The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion [Blu-ray]

The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion [Blu-ray]

Director: Luciano Ercoli Cast: Dagmar Lassander
Dagmar Lassander
, Osvaldo Genazzani
Osvaldo Genazzani
, Pier Paolo Capponi
Pier Paolo Capponi
, Salvador Huguet
Salvador Huguet
Luciano Ercoli
The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion [Blu-ray]

The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion [Blu-ray]

Director: Luciano Ercoli Cast: Dagmar Lassander
Dagmar Lassander
, Osvaldo Genazzani
Osvaldo Genazzani
, Pier Paolo Capponi
Pier Paolo Capponi
, Salvador Huguet
Salvador Huguet
Luciano Ercoli

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Overview

Fetishistic and dark, this early giallo thriller from Italian filmmaker Luciano Ercoli prefigures such sexually-themed gialli as La Ragazza dal Pigiama Giallo and Tenebre in its explicit connection between female sexuality and violence. Dagmar Lassander stars as Minou, who is threatened at the beach by a mysterious figure (Simon Andreu) who caresses her body with a knife and intimates that her businessman husband Pierre (Pier Paolo Capponi) is a murderer. Slowly, she begins to believe him, because Pierre was in debt to a murdered businessman, Jean Dubois. The stranger soon shows up with a tape recording which seems to verify his claim, and forces Minou to perform degrading sexual acts in order to protect her husband. When she later balks, he produces the titular photos to blackmail her into even more depravity. Like many giallo heroines, Minou can get no sympathy from anyone, particularly her kinky bisexual friend Dominique -- played by Ercoli's real-life wife Nieves Navarro (aka "Susan Scott") -- who actually claims to enjoy being forced into sex. The situation begins to take its toll, and Minou slips into a haze of tranquilizers and shame, finally confessing to Peter and leading the stranger to attempt silencing her permanently. Backed by a vibrant Ennio Morricone score and slick photography by Alejandro Ulloa, the film co-stars Osvaldo Genazzani and Salvadore Huguet. Available versions run between 91 and 96 minutes.

Product Details

Release Date: 01/15/2019
UPC: 0760137210689
Original Release: 1970
Rating: NR
Source: Arrow Video
Region Code: A
Presentation: [Wide Screen]
Sound: [Dolby Digital Mono]
Language: English
Time: 1:36:00
Sales rank: 25,546

Special Features

New audio commentary by Kat Ellinger, author and editor-in-chief of Diabolique Magazine; Private Pictures, a newly-edited documentary featuring archival interviews with actress Nieves Navarro and director Luciano Ercoli, and new interview material with writer Ernesto Gastaldi; The Forbidden Soundtrack of the Big Three, a new appreciation of the music of Forbidden Photos and 70s Italian cult cinema by musician and soundtrack collector Lovely Jon; The Forbidden Lady, a Q&A with actress Dagmar Lassander at the 2016 Festival of Fantastic Films; Original Italian and English theatrical trailers; Image gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Dagmar Lassander Minou
Osvaldo Genazzani Frank
Pier Paolo Capponi Peter
Salvador Huguet George
Simon Andreu Blackmailer
Nieves Navarro Actor
Ennio Morricone Composer

Technical Credits
Luciano Ercoli Director,Producer
Ernesto Gastaldi Screenwriter
Mahnahén Velasco Screenwriter
Jose Frade Producer
Alberto Pugliese Producer
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