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Movie poster: The Faun (1917)
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The Faun

1917 · 73 min Mystery Drama Fantasy
6.2 / 10 · TMDB

The model Fede loves the writer Arte, but he is enmeshed by the beautiful Femmina. Fede takes comfort in the Faun, a mythological creature who becomes animated from the stone sculpted by Arte. The love story with the Faun represents a return to a dreamt wildness impossible by now, for the modern man, to reach and maintain.

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📋 Film Details

Original Title Il Fauno
Year 1917
Country Italy
Genre Mystery, Drama, Fantasy
Director Febo Mari
Runtime 73 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.2/10 (6 votes)

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The director constructs a visual poem that relies on the contrast between stark reality and mythical warmth. It explores the protagonist's inner conflict through silent film grammar, using statues, nature, and gaze as primary symbols of a lost primal state.

What lingers after the final frame is a melancholic fairy tale for adults, a poignant allegory about the wildness we dream of but cannot hold. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Febo Mari

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Best viewed in a quiet, dimly lit room to fully absorb its poetic and dreamlike rhythm.

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