Devotion, A Story Of Love And Desire (2025)

If you enjoy Italian scenery as a character and don’t mind minimal plot, you’ll find moments to savor. But if you’re looking for genuine insight into love or desire, this story remains curiously, fatally, distant.

At first glance, Devotion promises a lush, sun-drenched escape into taboo romance. The Italian drama, set against the aristocratic glamour of Liguria, wants to be a sophisticated exploration of adult desire. Instead, it often plays like a handsomely shot soap opera that mistakes brooding silences for depth and infidelity for liberation. devotion, a story of love and desire

The pacing is also glacial. Long, wordless shots of characters staring at the sea substitute for actual emotional development. By episode four, the repetitive cycle of “meet, argue, gaze longingly, almost kiss, pull away” becomes exhausting. If you enjoy Italian scenery as a character