Underplayed Gems

Puzzle (1978)

Puzzle poster
Directed by
Guido Stagnaro
Genre
crime television series
Country
Italy
Length
1 season, 4 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

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 series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A married man plots to kill his obsessive wife and stage it as a suicide. When he returns to his house expecting to find her body, she is gone. Anonymous calls and a photograph of the corpse send him into a confusing and dangerous situation.

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What happens

Puzzle è una miniserie televisiva andata in onda su Rete 1 nel 1978. Per liberarsi di una moglie ossessiva, un uomo decide di ucciderla inscenando un suicidio; al suo ritorno in casa, dove secondo il suo piano avrebbe dovuto scoprire la moglie defunta, non la trova più; una telefonata anonima comunica alla polizia l'avvenuto omicidio ed il giorno dopo l'uomo riceve una foto raffigurante il cadavere della moglie nella loro casaStampa Sera, 10 gennaio 1978, p. 22 archiviolastampa.it. Una voce anonima gli comunica che per avere risposte alla situazione deve recarsi ad un appuntamento, che si rivela in un palazzo completamente deserto, dove però l'uomo viene tramortitoLa Stampa, 17 gennaio 1978, p. 7 archiviolastampa.it. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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