Ritual - A Psychomagic Story

2013

1h 30m

4.9(9 votes)

Thriller

Overview

The fragile Lia suffers from a deep depression. Her relationship with her boyfriend Viktor is getting worse and worse and in the last desperate attempt to cure herself, Lia goes to visit her old aunt Agata in her creepy 18th century villa.

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7 members

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Désirée Giorgetti

Lia

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Ivan Franěk

Viktor

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Anna Bonasso

Agata

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Alejandro Jodorowsky

Fernando

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Patrizia Laquidara

Anguana

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Roberta Sparta

Gloria

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Cosimo Cinieri

Dott. Guerrieri

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