Directed by:
Elio PetriCinematography:
Luigi KuveillerComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Vanessa Redgrave, Franco Nero, Georges Géret, Madeleine Damien, Valerio Ruggeri, Rita Calderoni, Renato MenegottoPlots(1)
Leonardo (Franco Nero) is a celebrated artist plagued by nightmares which stop him from completing his work. His agent and sometime lover, Flavia (Vanessa Redgrave), encourages him to relax, so he buys a country villa. Once there he begins tracing the story of the previous owner while Flavia’s presence in the house seems to awaken something as she encounters one mysterious accident after another. Part ghost story, part meditation on the creative process told through the excesses of the 1960s. Elio Petri brilliantly fuses these ideas in ways that are at times shocking, yet thought-provoking in their investigation of art, sex and madness, set to an eerie score by Ennio Morricone. (Radiance Films)
(more)Cast
![Vanessa Redgrave](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/544/162544391_8289b2.jpg)
Vanessa Redgrave
UK
Best movies:
Atonement (2007)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
A Man for All Seasons (1988) (TV movie)
![Franco Nero](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/618/164618380_badc95.jpg)
Franco Nero
Italy
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
Die Hard 2 (1990)
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
![Georges Géret](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/460/460078_3f86e0.jpg)
Georges Géret
France
Best movies:
Cop or Hood (1979)
Z (1969)
The Sleeping Car Murder (1965)
Madeleine Damien
France
Best movies:
To Die of Love (1971)
The Christmas Tree (1969)
Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
Valerio Ruggeri
Italy
Best movies:
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
![Rita Calderoni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/317/317697_3ce9ac.jpg)
Rita Calderoni
Italy
Best movies:
End of the Game (1975)
The True and the False (1972)
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)
Renato Menegotto
Best movies:
A Quiet Place in the Country (1968)