Misunderstood

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Misunderstood

2015

1h 43m

Drama

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In 1984, 9-year-old Aria is mistreated by her family until she reaches the limit of what she can bear.

Peter Sobczynski

RogerEbert.com

09/25/2015

3.5/4

An occasionally strange, occasionally brutal and occasionally lovely work that goes up on the shelf with "The Ocean of Helena Lee" and "Girlhood" as one of the more impressive coming-of-age tales of recent times.

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Manohla Dargis

New York Times

09/24/2015

Ms. Argento has a florid visual style, and she likes turning up the heat.

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Adam Nayman

AV Club

09/24/2015

C+

The ostensible boldness of Misunderstood is undermined by the sense that it's also pandering-that its view of childhood as a bourgeois horror-show is at least as salable on the art-house circuit as it is authentic to its creator's experiences.

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Diego Batlle

Otroscines.com

09/20/2023

4/5

Between the portrait of a dysfunctional family, the criticism of machismo, the lucid observations on school dynamics and sexual awakening, Misunderstood confirms Argento... as a director of enormous power and talent. [Full review in Spanish]

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Jorge Ayala Blanco

El Universal

10/01/2015

Asia Argento takes full advantage of this original tale of children's psychology, [Full review in Spanish]

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Verónica Sánchez Marín

En Filme

09/25/2015

4/5

Imaginative, spontaneous and lots of fun. [Full review in Spanish]

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Charlotte Gainsbourg

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Gabriel Garko

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Carolina Poccioni

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Synopsis

In 1984, 9-year-old Aria is mistreated by her family until she reaches the limit of what she can bear.

Director: Asia Argento
Producer: Lorenzo Mieli, Mario Gianani, Eric Heumann, Maurice Kantor
Screenwriter: Asia Argento, Barbara Alberti
Distributor: IFC Films
Production Co: Orange Studio, Paradis Films, Wildside
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 25, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 4, 2017
Runtime: 1h 43m

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