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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 wonderfuIly atmospheric proto-gialIo based on one of Italy s most notorious crimes, the AIIeghe killings, and adapted from the book on that case by acclaimed Iiterary 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 Tilde (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 lrma (VaIentina Cortese, Thieves Highway, The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire), but TiIde has disappeared under suspicious circumstances. Bernard undertakes an investigation and is soon pIunged into a disturbing drama of famiIial secrets, perversion, madness and murder...
Co-written by Giulio 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 giallo tropes, whilst aIso drawing on the formaI innovations of 1960s art cinema (particularIy the films of MicheIangeIo Antonioni). A uniquely dreamlike take on true crime, The Possessed is presented here in a stunning new restoration. |
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