The House with Laughing Windows
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| Directed by | Pupi Avati |
| Produced by | Antonio Avati Gianni Minervini |
| Written by | Antonio Avati Pupi Avati |
| Starring | Lino Capolicchio Francesca Marciano Gianni Cavina Giulio Pizzirani |
| Music by | Amedeo Tommasi |
| Cinematography | Pasquale Rachini |
| Release date(s) | Aug 16, 1976 (Italy) |
| Running time | 110 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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The House with Laughing Windows (La Casa dalle finestre che ridono) is a 1976 Italian mystery-horror film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati.
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[edit] Plot synopsis
A remote Italian village harbors unspeakable secrets, as young Stefano ("The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'" Lino Capolicchio) discovers when he arrives to restore a local church's decaying, painted fresco depicting the slaughter of St. Sebastian. Townspeople whisper that the original artist painted directly from real life, with models tortured and murdered all in the name of art. Suddenly a new, terrifying chain of murders begins, and Stefano finds himself caught in a chilling web of madness and unspeakable horror from which he may never escape! [1]
[edit] Cast
- Lino Capolicchio - Stefano
- Francesca Marciano - Francesca
- Gianni Cavina - Coppola
- Giulio Pizzirani - Antonio Mazza
- Vanna Busoni - Teacher
- Andrea Matteuzzi - Poppi
- Bob Tonelli - Solmi
- Pietro Brambilla - Lidio
- Ferdinando Orlandi - Marshall
- Ines Ciaschetti - Concierge
- Flavia Giorgi - Poppi's Wife
- Eugene Walter - Priest
- Carla Astolfi - Chambermaid
- Tonino Corazzari - Buono Legnani
- Pina Borione - Laura Legnani
[edit] Trivia
- Nominated for the 1983 International Fantasy Film Award for Best Film at Fantasporto.
- Filmed in Lido degli Scacchi, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (the villa where the main chararacter lives).
[edit] External links
- IMDb Profile
- Rotten Tomatoes Profile
- All Movie Guide Profile
- Kinocite Review
- DVDTalk - DVD Savant Review
- Channel 4 Review
- Hysteria Lives! review
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