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Madness (1980)

Madness poster
Original title
Vacanze per un massacro
Directed by
Fernando Di Leo
Genre
drama film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 26m
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 34 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man gets caught up in a violent and sexually charged situation in Italy. The story follows his dangerous entanglement with criminals and a woman.

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What happens

Madness (Italian: Vacanze per un massacro) is a 1980 Italian drama erotic thriller film directed by Fernando Di Leo and starring Joe Dallesandro. A low-budget film, it was shot in just twelve days. It was first supposed to be directed by Mario Gariazzo. The film was the last film Dallesandro shot in Italy before returning to United States. The Luis Bacalov's musical score is mainly recycled from his scores for Di Leo's Caliber 9 and Maurizio Lucidi's The Designated Victim. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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