It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You

It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You

Directed by Alain Robbe-Grillet

Produced by Les Films du Lendemain, Acajou Films

2007115 min6.1 / 10

A haunting, intellectually layered mystery about obsession and desire set against the atmospheric backdrop of Morocco, where the boundary between the living and the dead grows increasingly uncertain.

An English historian travels to Morocco to work on a study of the painter Delacroix. He hears of a rare series of engravings and embarks on a search for them that takes him through the mysterious streets of the ancient medina. He becomes obsessed with the figure of a beautiful blond woman dressed in white that he sees there. but it appears that she may have died years before.

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  • Is It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Is It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Does It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is It's Gradiva Who Is Calling You easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

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