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Arcana (1972)

Name: Arcana
Director: Giulio Questi
Genre: Drama, Family, Misterio, Supernatural
Released: 1972
Duration: 102 min
Cast: Lucia Bosè, Maurizio Degli Esposti, Tina Aumont, Renato Paracchi, Gianfranco Pozzi

1972 · Giulio Questi · 102 min · Italy

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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.

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Arcana (1972)

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