Gabriel's Inferno
Gabriel's Inferno, a movie about seduction, forbidden love, getting out of a difficult situation and some unethical behavior, reminded me of Miller's Girl, which I recently watched. I'm not saying that the story is exactly the same, but I think that the similarities are quite high and glaring enough for anyone who has seen both movies to easily recognize them.
First of all, the movie has a story that causes ethical values to be questioned frequently. We can consider this as both social ethics and work ethics because there is a lot of material about this in the movie.
Gabriel Emerson is a well-respected professor who often questions himself because of the mistakes he has made in the past and has an internal reckoning. Julia Mitchell is an innocent, timid graduate student who attends his lectures and has a natural power to attract the opposite sex.
Isn't the beginning of the story and characters very similar to Miller's Girl? The fact that both movies are based on novels might suggest that novels should be compared rather than movies, but it's worth adding right away that we don't know how faithful the movie is to the novels.
I really liked the dialogues and fluency in Miller's Girl. Although ethical behavior was questioned a lot, the fact that it was limited in the storyline strengthened the impact of the film. In Gabriel's Inferno, the mystery created until the identity of Gabriel and Julia and their connections from the past are revealed makes the story worthwhile.
As their relationship deepens, the characters have to face their inner demons, forgiveness and self-discovery, and the difficulties of forbidden love were quite remarkable as side elements supporting the main story. The fact that the story became more and more original and the performances of the actors were quite successful in this sense were the highlights of the movie.
Melanie Zanetti as Julia and Giulio Berruti as Gabriel were successful in reflecting emotions such as innocence and fragility that they added to their characters. The parts that I found the most successful were when the characters revealed their inner demons through their experiments on each other and reflected them to the audience.
The scenes set in Florence, Italy, created a historical and romantic atmosphere that enhanced the emotional depth of the movie in addition to the aesthetic and rich visuals. Or I can say that it strengthened the existing effect.
Even though my general thoughts about the movie are mixed, I recommend you to watch the movie. It didn't create a Miller's Girl effect on me, but I can say that it creates its own originality in the points where it differs from Miller's Girl.
I am sure that the few details that make the movie worthwhile and the performances of the actors will make you have a good time. At the point of questioning, we can discuss the unethical, but it is possible to see similar unusualness in every story where demonic emotions are revealed and experienced.
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