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I'm Not Scared

Who can you trust when everyone's a suspect?

2003 · 1h 48m · R Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by Gabriele Salvatores

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In a tiny community enclosed by wheat fields, the adults shelter indoors, while six children venture out on their bikes across the scorched, deserted countryside. Exploring a dilapidated and uninhabited farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele discovers a secret so momentous, so terrible, that he dares not tell anyone about it …

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90%
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Fresh

A lyrical throwback to such movies as Rene Clement's Forbidden Games (1952) and other works of the humanist European cinema of a half century ago.

David Denby, New Yorker
Fresh

The director reminds us that not all films require a breakneck pace or ridiculous twists to be effective.

Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
Fresh

The performances are all terrific. Each one suggests an entire story that we can only glimpse.

Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh

An accomplished and evocative thriller from Italy.

Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle
Fresh

An Italian drama that restores the overused phrase 'loss of innocence' to something meaningful and memorable.

Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

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