Stendhal Syndrome
La Sindrome di Stendhal
Also Known As: Stendhal's Syndrome (1996)
1996 Color
[STAFF]
Directed by : Dario Argento
Produced by: Cine 2000 / Medusa Film
Produced by : Dario Argento, Giuseppe Colombo, Walter Massi (line)
Written by Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini(story)
Cinematography by : Giuseppe Rotunno
Music by : Ennio Morricone
Production Design by: Massimo Antonello Geleng
Costume Design by: Lia Francesca Morandini
Film Editing by : Angelo Nicolini
Franco Casagni .... special make-up effects
Luigi Cozzi .... second unit director
Sergio Stivaletti .... special visual effects
Sound Mix : Dolby Digital
time : 118min
[CAST]
Asia Argento .... Anna Manni
Thomas Kretschmann .... Alfredo Grossi
Marco Leonardi .... Marco Longhi
Luigi Diberti .... Inspector Manetti
Paolo Bonacelli .... Dr. Cavanna
Julien Lambroschini .... Narie
John Quentin .... Anna's Father
Franco Diogene .... Victim's Husband
Lucia Stara .... Shop Assistant
Sonia Topazio .... Victim in Florence
Lorenzo Crespi .... Giulio
Vera Gemma .... Policewoman
John Pedeferri .... Hydraulic Engineer
Veronica Lazar .... Marie's Mother
Diano Mario .... Coroner
Eleonora Vizzini .... Anna as a Child
Maximilian Nisi .... Luigi
Leonardo Ferrantini .... Alessandro
Sandro Giordano .... Fausto
Cinzia Monreale .... Alfredo Grossi's Wife
Michele Kaplan .... Alfredo Grossi's Son
Laura Piattella .... 40 year old woman
Vincenzo Uccellini .... 40 Year Old Woman's Son
Elena Bermani .... 30 year old woman
Antonio Marziantonio .... Museum Watchman
Luca Camilletti .... Hotel Porter
Graziano Giusti .... 2nd Coroner
Monica Florentini .... Female Doctor in Florence
Giancarlo Teodori .... Male Doctor in Florence
Antonello Murru .... 1st Police Officer
Marna Del Monaco .... Dining Car Stewardess
Maria Grazia Nazzari .... Night Watch Victim
[STORY]
A young policewoman is afflicted by a strange illness wherein various artworks induce in her a state of complete deliria and insanity whenever she sees them. A vicious serial psychopath whom she is investigating kidnaps, rapes and tortures her, only to let the woman escape. After various traumatizing encounters, she begins to fall into a deeper abyss of horror, as it seems that the killer is always around (maybe even closer than she thinks). The latest production from the popular master of Italian horror films Dario Argento, this film marks a more minimalist approach to his visual set-pieces, but piles on the sadism and psychological cruelty for his protagonist, played by his very talented and beautiful daughter Asia. This film also marks the return of Ennio Morricone (The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, The Mission) as his composer, delivering a very eerie sing-song style score. Also appearing is Paolo Bonacelli, best known to genre enthusiasts as one of the ultra-sadistic bourgeois torturers in Pier Paolo Passolini's notorious Salo: The 120 Days of Sodom.
