Rotten
Don't Tell, Italy's submission for the foreign-language Oscar, has strong performances, but the story takes too long to get off the ground.
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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Don't Tell
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".
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29%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Well worth seeing for its sensitive and never maudlin portrayal of a sister and brother bonded together by a family secret.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
It manages to treat a disturbing subject without despairing.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Rotten
Days of Our Lives fans, enjoy.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh
A persuasive if not groundbreaking drama.
Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
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