Don't Look Now story
Don't Look Now (Italian: A Venezia... un Dicembre rosso shocking, lit. "In Venice... a shocking red December") is a 1973 English-language film directed by Nicolas Roeg. It is a thriller adapted from the short story by Daphne du Maurier. Julie Christie and Donald Sutherland portray a married couple who travel to Venice following the recent accidental death of their daughter, after the husband accepts a commission to restore a church. They encounter two sisters, one of whom claims to be clairvoyant and informs them that their daughter is trying to contact them and warn them of danger. The husband at first dismisses their claims, but starts to experience mysterious sightings himself.
8 total · 2 choice · 2 major · 4 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| coping with the death of a child | choice | John and Laura lived and loved after they lost their daughter to a pond. |
| husband and wife | choice | John and Laura |
| communicating with the dead | major | a blind woman could, we understand, see and communicate with John and Laura's dead daughter |
| serial murder | major | Behind everything else the police in Venice were investigating a series of murders, then it seems John became another victim in the series. |
| Christianity | minor | Laura kissed the ring of a bishop in Venice |
| father and daughter | minor | John and Christine |
| father and son | minor | John |
| remote viewing | minor | John somehow sensed his daughters drowning in a pond outside and ran to save her, albeit too late. |