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Before It Had a Name (2005) -- A young Italian woman inherits from her deceased lover an enigmatic modern house in the New York country side, and goes to see it for the first time. When she arrives she meets the caretaker of the house...
Before It Had a Name (2005) -- A young Italian woman inherits from her deceased lover an enigmatic modern house in the New York country side, and goes to see it for the first time. When she arrives she meets the caretaker of the house...

Overview

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Director:
Giada Colagrande
Writers:
Giada Colagrande (writer)
Willem Dafoe (writer)
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Release Date:
2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Romance
Plot:
A young Italian woman inherits from her deceased lover an enigmatic modern house in the New York country side, and goes to see it for the first time. When she arrives she meets the caretaker of the house... | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
Dafoe Weds in Secret
 (From WENN. 7 July 2005)

User Comments:
It's TRUE, this IS awful! more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Claudio Botosso ... Karl

Seymour Cassel ... Jeff

Giada Colagrande ... Eleonora

Willem Dafoe ... Leslie

Isaach De Bankolé ... Waiter

Bari Hyman ... Local Policewoman

Spenser Leigh ... Girl crossing street
Emily McDonnell ... Gail
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Black Widow (USA) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sexual content and brief violence.
Runtime:
USA:90 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:PG-13 | Germany:12
Filming Locations:
New Paltz, New York, USA more
Company:
Bidou Pictures more

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Spoofs "The French Chef" (1962) more
Soundtrack:
Domani e un Altro Giorno (The Wonders you Perform) more

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11 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
It's TRUE, this IS awful!, 21 September 2006
1/10
Author: filmscholar35 from United States

I am a huge Willem Dafoe fan, and really sought out this film (I had to get a Region 5 Chinese DVD of it!). But, it is truly one of the worst that I've seen in quite a while.

The acting (except for Dafoe) is horrible. Dafoe and Colagrande BOTH wrote and directed this ( though he isn't credited as a director), and they have NO discernible talents for writing or directing. (Stick to acting Willem; Giada get out of the business, PLEASE!)

Absolutely nothing happens. Except a series of completely unconvincing, totally without believable motivation, acts by these two people (that just met) in this house. Colagrande's sleepy, I couldn't care less expression practically NEVER changes. And the sex scenes are downright lame. I actually cringed twice at one of them. Yuck! They're definitely not the least bit erotic, and yet are the only time the film isn't putting you to sleep. Then, it's busy repulsing you.

Just awful.

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