A young American woman traveling through Italy finds herself in a strange Mediterranean villa where nothing seems quite right.
Direction
Polanski at his most unhinged and self-indulgent.
Costume
Sydne Rome's barely-there outfits are practically characters.
Acting
Mastroianni commits to the bit with deranged commitment.
Director
Roman Polanski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Polanski made this immediately after Chinatown was rejected by Paramount, essentially as a spite project. It shows.
Often called 'the movie Polanski made so he could film Sydne Rome in various states of undress'—a critique the director never really denied.
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