Igor O
Its not a bad movie. But it lacks intensity and emotion concerning the investigation. The female protagonist is clearely "women's power" style, artificially.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
12/08/24
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Gabriel S
Sometimes, real life immitates fiction, delivering artistic experiences worth screentime or pages in a book, or really any other form of art. However, there are also times when real life is just simply real life.
Yara has two main problems: the direction and the screenplay.
The movie starts in media res, and then we jump backwards 3 months, which creates a narrative slowness that is hard to bear. Because the movie already exposed what happens in the middle plot point, the first half is just trying to build character.
The main character is Chief Investigator Letizia Ruggeri, a senior crime investigator, strong woman and woman. The story follows her decisions while leading the case, and the toll that investigating the disappearance of a 13-year-old has on a mother of a daughter around the same age. Isabella Ratonese plays Letizia and does a fine job, overall.
If you endure the first half, the second half is 48 minutes of pretty much the same. There is no sense of urgency, no clock ticking down for another victim, nothing. We see the case spans several years, and, although we see the seriousness of how Letizia is leading the investigation, the events are just regular — I went for “boring” here, but I don’t think that is the case, rather, it is just too mundane.
Quick research shows that the whole trial process was convoluted, and even Letizia got her fair share of diligency in real life due to possible trial fraud, but that happened one year after this movie was released. The movie also avoid exploring a few loose ends, quite conspiracy-drive, but would be nice to open these gaps in the investigation. None of that, the movie just shows plain and simple the key events that led to the closure of this case, one of the most extensive, and expensive, cases in Italy.
Yara is okay, it even won an award for best TV movie, so you see the power it might have. It is a realistic dramatization of the events, without that many story tools thrown into it. Might feel bland, and in fact it quite is, though not in a terrible way. The movie just come sand goes without any deep connections.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
11/25/24
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Robert P
Very enjoyable--I don't understand the complaints. Watch it with Italian dialog + subtitles.
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Rated 4 out of 5 stars
10/23/24
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Linda L
It's not the movie, it's your reviewer. Your Reviewer should learn the difference between the word "taught," and the word "taut"!
I read reviews on your page and I realize that the standards of grammar, syntax, etc. are hitting rock-bottom! Do you have editors there at all? You can always hire me. I am a language arts instructor
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
05/02/23
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Paul A
As "Yara" (2021 release from Italy; 96 min) opens, it is "February 26, 2011" and a man discovers the body of a young woman. We then go to "Three Months Earlier" as we are introduced to Yara, a 13 yo who loves rhythmic gymnastics. Then one day, after leaving the gym, Yara disappears... At this point we are less than 10 minutes into the movie.
Couple of comments: this film is based on true events, and centers on how the prosecutor in Bergamo, Italy, goes about trying to find the killer(s). In and of itself, this could've/should've been a great starting point for a riveting "whodunnit" murder mystery. Alas, it didn't happen, and it is clear that the underlying script is what holds this movie back. The dialogue is dull, and as a result the performances feel dull too. I must admit I was not familiar with either the director Marco Tullio Giordana. Or anyone in the cast.
"Yara" started streaming on Netflix abut a year ago, but I just recently stumbled onto it, and decided to take a chance on it. I shouldn't have. Of course don't take my words for it, so if you are in the mood for a foreign murder mystery, I'd readily suggest you check it out and draw your own conclusion.
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Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars
02/12/23
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Audience Member
basada en un hecho real, una historia muy fuerte 10/10
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
02/27/23
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