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The Laughing Woman (1969)

The Laughing Woman poster
Original title
Femina Ridens
Directed by
Piero Schivazappa
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
R
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 49 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy man abducts a woman and keeps her in his modernist home. He subjects her to psychological games and forces her to play along. The dynamic shifts as she begins to resist his control.

tenseeroticpsychologically chargedslow-burnstylizedunsettlingclaustrophobicmanipulative

What happens

The Laughing Woman (Latin: Femina ridens), also known as The Frightened Woman, is a 1969 Italian erotic thriller film directed by Piero Schivazappa. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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