Don't Tell

2005 · 116 MIN · IMDB 6.4 · 2,617 VOTES · DIR. Cristina Comencini

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Overview

Sabina has a regular life. She is satisfied with her job and her love for Franco. Lately nightmares start disturbing her, and almost in the same time she discovers to be pregnant. Step by step she remembers her childhood spent within a severe middle-class family. But a big secret is hidden within her heart. Sabina wants to contact again her brother, a University teacher in the US, to try to understand what is happened in their past. What is the secret? She is determined to bring clarity and serenity in her life. She finally manages to free herself from her "beast in the heart".

Dialogue Timeline — 872 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:35 The arrangements for your parents' burial...
00:06:13 I want two actors who can deliver a line...
00:10:24 - Good. Your mom's? - How did it go?
00:14:37 - You're sweet... not wishy-washy. - But Emilia said I was.
00:24:21 My husband dumped me for her!
00:30:09 - I've only met his wife once. - I understand.
00:33:31 ..and if you can't do it with me, you'll do it with someone else.
00:37:25 Maybe fatherhood has transformed him.
00:42:21 - Were you in grade school? - More or less?
00:47:22 It's hard for him to express any feelings.
00:50:18 Telephone.
00:53:25 They're two wonderful riders of the night...
00:56:19 I wanted to talk to you about it.
00:58:57 No, too severe. She already tends to be that way, better not.
01:01:53 - Is he there? - Can we go now, please?
01:06:08 ..two gray-green eyes, like certain cats have...
01:13:13 - Hey! - Safe from what?
01:17:41 ..where was she when he went to get you?
01:22:29 I thought: You're dying, just as I will die.
01:27:17 How did it go in America?
01:30:50 - Know what I like best about my film? - What?
01:34:46 I wasn't thinking about it. Maybe you're the one who wants it back.
01:39:14 - 824. - You two stay, so if she returns...
01:47:32 Fuck you!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed872
Dialogue density7.5 lines / min
First line00:00:35
Final line01:47:32

Production Record

DirectorCristina Comencini
LanguageItalian
IMDb votes2,617