Appassionata

Appassionata (1974) charts the mischievous exploits of two teenagers whose burgeoning sexuality collides with the fragile stability of their dentist's household. Amid the claustrophobic confines of a marriage strained by mental illness, the boys' experiments in forbidden desire threaten to unravel the family's precarious equilibrium. Director Marco Bellocchio's unflinching gaze captures the innocence and audacity of youth as it stirs the dormant tensions beneath the surface of a seemingly ordinary life.