Agony

About Agony

Agony is a 2020 American thriller film directed by Michele Civetta and starring Asia Argento, Jonathan Caouette, Monica Guerritore, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Nero and Rade Šerbedžija.

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Agony (formerly titled The Executrix) is a 2020 American thriller film directed by Michele Civetta and starring Asia Argento, Jonathan Caouette, Monica Guerritore, Ninetto Davoli, Franco Nero and Rade Šerbedžija.

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Cast

Asia Argento

Jonathan Caouette

Nick Daly

Ninetto Davoli

Giulia Di Quilio

Monica Guerritore

Molly Jane McCarthy

Franco Nero

Rade Šerbedžija

Simone Wasserman

Release

The film was released on demand on April 3, 2020.

Reception

It has a rating of 20% on Rotten Tomatoes based on five reviews.

Lorry Kikta of Film Threat gave the film an 8 out of 10.

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Notable quotes

“Sunny days wouldn't be special if it wasn't for rain; joy wouldn't feel so good if it wasn't for pain.”
— 50 Cent, "Many Men", Get Rich or Die Tryin&zwj;'&zwj; (2003), New York: Shady Records
“According to the doctrine of informed consent, even when it is “for the good” of the patient no one else-neither relative nor expert-may determine for the embodied subject that medical risks are worth taking, what procedures are minimally or excessively invasive, what pain is minor.”
— Susan Bordo, “Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body”, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press, 2003, p.73.
“It never occurred to me to call 911 or my physician. […] As foolish as it may appear, you are, in a sense, a prisoner of the pain, which was intolerable. You're thinking, what could I do to relieve myself of it. If it becomes intense enough, you're perfectly willing to accept cardiac arrest as a possible way of getting rid of the pain.”
— Dr. Michael DeBakey, heart surgery pioneer, on his own pain attack from a damaged aorta
“The term 'psychogenic' assumes that medical diagnosis is so perfect that all organic causes of pain can be detected; regrettably, we are far from such infallibility... All too often, the diagnosis of neurosis as the cause of pain hides our ignorance of many aspects of pain medicine.”
— Ronald Melzack, 1996, in
“The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is selfcreated as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.”
— Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (1997) p. 25
“When pain can't bless, heaven quits us in despair.”
— Edward Young, Night Thoughts (1742-1745), Night IX, line 500.

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