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Il mistero di Bellavista (1985)

Il mistero di Bellavista poster
Original title
Il Mistero di Bellavista
Directed by
Luciano De Crescenzo
Genre
comedy film
Country
Italy
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
T
Rating
7.2 of 10 from 27 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two people see a murder while trying to watch Halley's Comet through a telescope. They start their own private investigation and stumble into art forgery and fur smuggling.

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What happens

Il mistero di Bellavista (also known as Bellavista's Mystery and The Mystery of Bellavista) is a 1985 Italian comedy film written, directed and starring Luciano De Crescenzo. In the film, an attempt to observe Halley's Comet with a telescope allows two people to witness a murder. They realize that a woman is missing, and they start privately investigating the crime. But they accidentally uncover other crimes, such as the trade of art forgeries, and the smuggling of furs. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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