A teenage girl is kidnapped by 3 guys and taken to an abandoned house in the country, where she is made to write her own ransom letter. She soon discovers that one of her captors is infatuated with her and she will use those feelings to stay alive.
Acting
Rena Niehaus's unnervingly calm captive performance.
Direction
Visconti's claustrophobic rural tension-building.
Cinematography
Gritty 16mm that looks like a fever dream.
Director
Eriprando Visconti
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Italy's 'poliziotteschi' crime wave, but with unflinching focus on female psychological survival rather than police procedurals.
Director Eriprando Visconti was Luchino Visconti's cousin — this film's grime is basically family rebellion.
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