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Arcana

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.

1972 · 102 min · ★ 5.8 · Drama, Horror, Mystery

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.

Directed by Giulio Questi · Written by Franco Arcalli

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