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Though the production is naturalistic — in a way that ties it to an earlier, golden era of British productions — the dialogue can sound highly composed.

The writer-director, whose filmography includes “Last Summer in the Hamptons” and “Eating,” was known for his intimate, naturalistic style and foregrounding of women’s stories in his work.

Idealized depictions of the naturalistic human form didn’t flourish in the region for another thousand years — the so-called Golden Age of the classical era.

He seizes our attention in every scene, naturalistically conveying Robbie’s touching decency as the walls close in on him.

Minervini’s naturalistic, observational style is on display from the film’s first scene, which lingers on a pack of wolves meticulously digging into an animal carcass.