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58% Critic Match
Arcana
“This movie is not a story, but a card game. This is why the beginning is not credible, nor is the ending. You are the players. Play well and win.”
5.8 / 10• 1972• 1h 42m•NR• Italian
DramaHorrorMystery
Storyline
A Sicilian widow earns her living as a clairvoyant, in Milan, but she hasn't got any power at all. Her son instead holds supernatural powers and with the help of his mother he becomes a strong sorcerer. But he fails perhaps to understand the real strength he possesses inside and unbinds uncontrolled forces that lead people that surround him to go mad.
Cast & Crew
Lucia Bosè
Mamma
LeadMD
Maurizio Degli Esposti
Son
Tina Aumont
Brenda
RP
Renato Paracchi
Passante gay
GP
Gianfranco Pozzi
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GR
Giovanni Ricci
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DV
Dario Viganò
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AD
Annarella De Faveri
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What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Giulio Questi's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Arcana is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
