The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)
- Original title
- La sindrome di Stendhal
- Directed by
- Luigi Cozzi, Dario Argento
- Genre
- mystery film, thriller film, giallo, suspense film, psychological thriller film, horror film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 2h
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.5 of 10 from 294 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A policewoman in Rome is an art lover. She is attacked and changes after a traumatic encounter in a museum.
psychologically intensevisually strikingdisturbingdreamlikeunnervingsuspensefulart-obsessed
What happens
The Stendhal Syndrome (Ital. La Sindrome di Stendhal) is a 1996 Italian psychological thriller film written and directed by Dario Argento and starring his daughter Asia Argento, with Thomas Kretschmann and Marco Leonardi. It was a critical and commercial success in Italy, grossing ₤5,443,000,000 Italian lira (US $3,809,977). The title refers to a psychological condition in which a subject enters a fugue state induced by the presence of art. Argento said he experienced Stendhal syndrome as a child. While touring Athens with his parents young Dario was climbing the steps of the Parthenon when he was overcome by a trance that caused him to become lost from his parents for hours. The experience was so strong that Argento never forgot it; he immediately thought of it when he came across Graziella Magherini's book about the syndrome, which would become the basis of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Bits and Pieces (1996)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.