Without Blood (2024)

Set in a frontier landscape at the dawn of the 20th century, this story unfolds as gunmen attack a remote farmhouse seeking revenge. The doctor living there, alone with his son and daughter, fights desperately to shield his family. The violence is inevitable. Years later, Nina strikes up what seems like a casual chat with Tito at his lottery kiosk. However, Tito soon realizes the encounter is no coincidence. Their conversation reveals the deep and enduring impact of revenge, manifesting in unexpected ways. Adapting Alessandro Baricco’s novel, Angelina Jolie preserves the book’s parable-like essence while infusing it with sharp precision, particularly in the intense exchanges between a woman who has witnessed horrific violence and the man who perpetrated it.