Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.
Cinematography
Fetid yellows and rotting greens that crawl under your skin.
Direction
Avati builds dread through mundane conversations that curdle.
Writing
Village dialogue so authentic you can smell the farmhouse wine.
Director
Pupi Avati
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Avati deliberately rejected giallo's flashy kills for something more insidiously Italian: the horror of piazza gossip calcified into conspiracy.
The actual mural was painted by art students who were never told the film's plot; their genuine confusion at the grotesque imagery adds uncanny authenticity.
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