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Don't Tell

Play trailer Poster for Don't Tell R,  2005,  1h 56m,  Drama/ Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 25% 20 Reviews Tomatometer 53% 2,500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
25% Tomatometer 20 Reviews 53% Popcornmeter 2,500+ Ratings
European actress Sabina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) has a happy relationship with her lover, then a long-buried memory of a childhood trauma surfaces during her pregnancy. She travels to the United States to find her brother (Luigi Lo Cascio), who tells her the horrible truth about their family.
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Critics Consensus

As well-intentioned as it is heavy-handed, Don't Tell mishandles a worthy subject with a meandering and melodramatic story.

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Claudia Puig USA Today Mar 24, 2006
2.5/4
Don't Tell, Italy's submission for the foreign-language Oscar, has strong performances, but the story takes too long to get off the ground. Go to Full Review
Ruthe Stein San Francisco Chronicle Mar 17, 2006
3/4
Well worth seeing for its sensitive and never maudlin portrayal of a sister and brother bonded together by a family secret. Go to Full Review
Kyle Smith New York Post Mar 17, 2006
1.5/4
Days of Our Lives fans, enjoy. Go to Full Review
Susan Michals FilmStew.com Mar 21, 2006
The film meanders and becomes painfully arbitrary in its storyline... Child abuse + funny lesbians = hilarious!!! Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Mar 19, 2006
2/5
Though tackling such potentially subversive subjects as incest and lesbianism, this inexplicably Oscar-nominee from Italy is basically a Lifetime Original performed as a magic show. Go to Full Review
Kim Morgan Reel.com Mar 17, 2006
2.5/4
Here's the problem with Cristina Comencini's Don't Tell: it should have been directed by Pedro Almodovar. Go to Full Review
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Theodore W Feb 10, 2018 Intense psychodrama in this Italian film about a woman who recall her past abuse by a pedophilia father. I first saw the beautiful Giovanna Mezzogiorno in "Love in the Time of Cholera" where she was excellent so I decided to see this film because of that. See more
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Cristina Comencini

Director

Giovanna Mezzogiorno

Sabina

Stefania Rocca

Emilia

Angela Finocchiaro

Maria

Alessio Boni

Franco

Luigi Lo Cascio

Daniele

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Synopsis European actress Sabina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) has a happy relationship with her lover, then a long-buried memory of a childhood trauma surfaces during her pregnancy. She travels to the United States to find her brother (Luigi Lo Cascio), who tells her the horrible truth about their family.
Director
Cristina Comencini
Producer
Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini, Riccardo Tozzi
Screenwriter
Cristina Comencini, Francesca Marciano
Production Co
Aquarius Films, Cattleya, Alquimia Cinema S.A., RAI Cinema, Babe Film
Rating
R (Language|A Brief Violent Image|Nudity|Sexual Content)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Italian
Rerelease Date (Theaters)
Mar 17, 2006
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 15, 2006
Box Office (Gross USA)
$27.1K
Runtime
1h 56m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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