U-M Film Distributors Inc.
Directed by Giulio Questi
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Cult Epics)
Jean-Louis Trintignant owns a modern chicken factory with his wife Gina Lollobrigida. Unhappily married, he spends his off time picking up prostitutes in a chic hotel lobby and playing sadistic games with them upstairs. The arrival of his wife's cousin Ewa Aulin upends his home life, as he tries to convince her to have an affair. She eventually succumbs to his advances, but turns out to be secretly married and plotting to take over the farm by framing him for his wife's murder. Style frequently overwhelms plot and characters in this psychedelic giallo. The soundtrack by Bruno Maderna is front and center, featuring atonal classical experimentation and an occasional Spanish flourish. The direction is equally unpredictable, with fast, flashy editing and odd angles. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't, but the underlying story tends to get lost in the process.
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