Don't Tell

Don't Tell (2005)

  • 29% of critics liked it
    (21 reviews)

  • 54% of users liked it
    (2,852 ratings)

Dark shadows from a woman's past come back to haunt her in this drama from writer and director Cristina Comencini. Sabina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) would seem to have a charmed life -- she has a successful career as a voice actress, a loving and supportive relationship with her boyfriend, Franco… More

R, 2 hr.
Directed By
Cristina Comencini
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Mar 17, 2005 Wide
On DVD
Aug 15, 2006
Lionsgate

Critic Reviews

  • Claudia Puig, USA Today

    Don't Tell, Italy's submission for the foreign-language Oscar, has strong performances, but the story takes too long to get off the ground.

  • Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle

    Well worth seeing for its sensitive and never maudlin portrayal of a sister and brother bonded together by a family secret.

  • Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

    It manages to treat a disturbing subject without despairing.

  • Kyle Smith, New York Post

    Days of Our Lives fans, enjoy.

  • Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times

    A persuasive if not groundbreaking drama.

Read all 16 critic reviews

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Walter M


    [font=Century Gothic]In "Don't Tell," Sabina(Giovanna Mezzogiorno) dubs television shows into Italian for a living and lives with her boyfriend, Franco(Alessio Boni), a theatre actor who has just been offered a plum role in a TV medical drama. In her spare time, she… More

  • Daisy M


    This Italian movie, La Bestia Nel Cuore was also an Oscar nominated movie in 2005. It was based on her own novel "The Beast in the heart," director Cristina Comencini showed with this movie an issue of family secrets. Through Sabina, played by beautifully Giovanna… More

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