A Quiet Place in the Country (Un tranquillo posto di campagna) (1969)
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63% of users liked it
(221 ratings)
Leonardo (Franco Nero) is a painter who retreats to a house in the country to regain his lost inspiration. He is plagued by the presence of an erotic apparition. The gorgeous ghost soon moves the painter to the point he wishes to carry on a relationship with her. Leonardo is several bristles shy of… More Leonardo (Franco Nero) is a painter who retreats to a house in the country to regain his lost inspiration. He is plagued by the presence of an erotic apparition. The gorgeous ghost soon moves the painter to the point he wishes to carry on a relationship with her. Leonardo is several bristles shy of a brush as he sinks deeper into insanity. When his fiancé arrives for a visit, she is murdered and chopped into little pieces by the troubled artist. Vanessa Redgrave and Gabriella Grimaldi also star in this story of madness and horror. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
- Directed By
- Elio Petri
- Genres
- Horror, Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1968 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Ed Whitfield, What Culture
Psychologically dense, ambiguous in intent and profoundly unsettling.
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Its startling images were chillingly effective.
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Cast
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Franco Nero
as Leonardo
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Vanessa Redgrave
as Flavia
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Georges Géret
as Attilio
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Gabriella Grimaldi
as Wanda
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Madeleine Damien
as Wanda's Mother
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Rita Calderoni
as Egle
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Renato Menegotto
as Egle's Friend
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John Francis Lane
as Asylum Attendant
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David Maunsell
as Medium
- Arnaldo Momo
- Umberto Di Grazia
