The Double Hour: Film Review

12:19 PM PDT 9/25/2009 by Natasha Senjanovic, AP

Giuseppe Capatondi's debut feature is a smart psychological thriller with the one fatal flaw that Slavic women in Italian television and cinema must be dark, tormented characters who hardly ever smile.

VENICE, Italy -- Giuseppe Capatondi's debut feature, The Double Hour, is a smart psychological thriller with the one fatal flaw that Slavic women in Italian television and cinema must be dark, tormented characters who hardly ever smile. In a criminal caper with a twist, this actually works against the story.