The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1974)

Original title

Il profumo della signora in nero

Directed by

Francesco Barilli

Genre

horror film

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

18

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 106 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An industrial scientist named Silvia starts seeing hallucinations tied to her childhood and her mother's suicide. As the visions worsen, she struggles to hold onto her sanity.

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What happens

The Perfume of the Lady in Black (Italian: Il profumo della signora in nero) is a 1974 Italian giallo film directed and co-written by Francesco Barilli in his feature directorial debut, and starring Mimsy Farmer, Maurizio Bonuglia, Mario Scaccia, and Orazio Orlando. The film is about Silvia (Farmer), an industrial scientist who is troubled by hallucinatory visions related to her younger self and her mother's suicide, and begins to lose her grasp on reality. The film shares its title with the 1908 novel by Gaston Leroux, though the two are unrelated in plot or theme. The Perfume of the Lady in Black was released in Italy on 29 March 1974 by Euro International Films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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