Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- mournful
- austere
- brooding
- quiet evening
- arthouse mystery night
What sets it apart
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Sanzio investigates the girl's death while caring for an ill wife who no longer recognizes him.
The quiet town beside the northern Italian lake gradually reveals hidden tensions beneath its calm surface.
The detective format is infused with Sanzio's retirement, family troubles, and the town's somber social climate.
Sanzio's family crisis and the murder investigation develop as interlocking forms of personal and communal deterioration.
Films like The Girl by the Lake, and why
The Secret in Their Eyes
Shared austere detective mystery, rural isolation, mournful atmosphere, and psychologically burdened investigator.
Insomnia
Shared european film noir tradition, emotionally restrained police investigation, and moral ambiguity.
The Vanishing
Shared slow-burn procedural mystery, bleak small-community tensions, and damaged central detective.
Movie Details
- Director
- Andrea Molaioli
- Release Date
- 2007-09-14
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 (187)
Cast
- Toni Servillo
- Valeria Golino
- Fabrizio Gifuni
- Anna Bonaiuto
- Omero Antonutti
- Marco Baliani
- Denis Fasolo
- Sara D'Amario
- Franco Ravera
- Giulia Michelini
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Google Play Movies, YouTube
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Girl by the Lake about?
- A retiring Italian police commissioner investigates a girl's death by an alpine lake while his own family life slips beyond recognition.
- What is The Girl by the Lake like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Girl by the Lake as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Girl by the Lake violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Girl by the Lake as mild.
- Which films are like The Girl by the Lake?
- Films with a similar feel include The Secret in Their Eyes, Insomnia, and The Vanishing.
- How long is The Girl by the Lake?
- The Girl by the Lake runs 95 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Girl by the Lake?
- In United States, The Girl by the Lake is available to rent or buy from Google Play Movies, YouTube.
