The Perfume of the Lady in Black

Il profumo della signora in nero

Italy

1974

101 Min

Color

1.85:1

Italian

Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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PROD Giovanni Bertolucci, Aldo U. Passalacqua

SCR Francesco Barilli, Massimo D'Avak

CAST Mimsy Farmer, Maurizio Bonuglia, Mario Scaccia, Nike Arrighi, Jho Jhenkins, Lara Wendel, Aleka Paizi, Renata Zamengo, Ugo Carboni, Roberta Cadringher, Carla Mancini, Donna Jordan, Orazio Orlando

This haunting giallo/thriller is a delicate triumph of mood and paranoid psychosis. Poor Silvia (Farmer) is troubled: her childhood memories have become present hallucinations. A mysterious little girl has become her playmate. Her apartment neighbors seem increasingly sinister. But is Silvia’s mental breakdown occurring within a vacuum all its own…or is something altogether evil (and very real) driving her towards an inevitable insanity, towards her own death?

Beautifully crafted by director Barilli, Perfume takes some cues from Roman Polanski’s Apartment Trilogy, consistently striking a near perfect balance between Silvia’s fragile psychology and the real conspiracy around her. Farmer (on whom the whole enterprise depends) is wonderful throughout. Great score by composer Nicola Piovani! —Terrortrap.com

Director

Francesco Barilli

Francesco Barilli (Parma, February 4, 1943) is an Italian actor, director, screenwriter and painter.

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Fabio Di Felice

1Mar13

Un film che deve tanto a Polanski (specialmente a Repulsion e Rosemary's Baby) e che, incredibilmente, anticipa in più di un'occasione L'inquino del terzo piano. La vicenda sembra una specie di Alice nel paese delle meraviglie (qui degli orrori!) con un finale da brividi: inquietante, crudo, maligno, che fa davvero paura. Si perde in due, tre occasioni ma poi ritrova il filo. *** e mezzo