ultra-white tenebrae
for a film titled "tenebrae", there is an awful lot of white/beige, empty/uncluttered spaces and minimalist design on show here; not least the troubling dream-like sequence at the beach (note the trousers' and dress's colour). Check the streets: long, usually vacant even in day-time (and that's Roma we're talking about!). Even Daria Nicolodi(you mean, the divine enfant's mum)'s face is also surprisingly white.
Paradoxical or what, from our friend Dario!
(yes, yes, there are a couple of night-scenes near the end)
This being said, I also wanted to say that I am "not exactly" convinced by the main actor... Oh well, Brechtian highlighting of the artifice I guess!