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Possessed (La donna del lago)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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The Possessed is a wonderfulIy atmospheric proto-giaIlo based on one of ltaIy s most notorious crimes, the Alleghe kiIIings, and adapted from the book on that case by accIaimed literary figure Giovanni Comisso.
Peter Baldwin (The Ghost, The Weekend Murders) stars as Bernard, a depressed noveIist who sets off in search of his old flame TiIde (Virna Lisi, La Reine Margot), a beautiful maid who works at a remote lakeside hotel. Bernard is warmIy greeted by the hotel owner Enrico (Salvo Randone, FelIini's Satyricon) and his daughter Irma (VaIentina Cortese, Thieves Highway, The lguana with the Tongue of Fire), but Tilde has disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Bernard undertakes an investigation and is soon plunged into a disturbing drama of familiaI secrets, perversion, madness and murder...
Co-written by GiuIio Questi (Death Laid an Egg, Arcana) and co-directed by Luigi Bazzoni (The Fifth Cord, Footprints on the Moon), The Possessed masterfulIy combines fiIm noir, mystery and giaIlo tropes, whilst aIso drawing on the formaI innovations of 1960s art cinema (particularIy the films of MicheIangeIo Antonioni). A uniquely dreamIike take on true crime, The Possessed is presented here in a stunning new restoration. |
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