A young girl and her mother run a hotel during the war. The girl finds herself at the mercy of her sex-crazed guests and matters become worse when her mother dies. Soon after, a cloaked figure starts killing off everyone that tries to harm her.
After directing The Perfume of the Lady in Black, it took four years for director Francesco Barilli to return to directing.[1] Barilli stated this was because he was not allowed to make the film he wanted to make, but was offered several different projects to work at.[1] One film Barilli wanted to make was titled L'occhio, when he was approached by producer Tommaso Dazzi who deemed L'occhio too expensive, and presented him with the treatment for Pensione paura.[1][4] Barilli admitted to needing the money and took the offer to direct the film.[4]
Filming started in Manziana in August 1977.[5] Barilli and producer Tommaso Dazzi often argued on set as Barilli shot scenes that were not in the script, which Barilli did not care for as he wanted to shoot the film the way he wanted to.[5]
The film had an unusual setting, which film historian Roberto Curti described as "one-of-a-kind work" that did not fit into the mold of a gothic, giallo, or psychological drama but encompassed elements of all the genres.[5]
Releaseedit
Pensione paura was distributed theatrically in Italy by Euro International Films on 16 February 1978.[1] The film grossed a total of 82,645,242 Italian lire domestically.[1] Curti described the film a commercial flop.[6] Barilli commented the producer who sold the film to Euro International Films went bankrupt shortly after.[6] The film was released in Spain where it was promoted as an erotic film La violación de la señorita Julia.[6] It was Barelli's last theatrically released film, as the director dedicated himself to painting afterwards.[6]
pensione, paura, hotel, fear, 1978, film, directed, francesco, barilli, directed, byfrancesco, barilliscreenplay, bybarbara, alberti, amedeo, pagani, francesco, barilli, story, bybarbara, alberti, amedeo, pagani, produced, bytommaso, dazzi, paolo, fornasier, t. Pensione paura lit Hotel Fear is a 1978 film directed by Francesco Barilli 2 3 Pensione pauraDirected byFrancesco BarilliScreenplay byBarbara Alberti Amedeo Pagani Francesco Barilli 1 Story byBarbara Alberti Amedeo Pagani 1 Produced byTommaso Dazzi Paolo Fornasier Tadeo Villalba Jose Gutierrez Maesso 1 StarringLeonora Fani Luc MerendaCinematographyGualtiero Manozzi 1 Edited byAmedeo Salfa 1 Music byAdolfo Waitzman 1 ProductioncompaniesAleph Cinematografica Alexandra Films S A 1 Distributed byVariety DistributionRelease date16 February 1978 1978 02 16 Italy Running time100 minutes 1 CountriesItaly Spain 1 Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Footnotes 6 2 Sources 7 External linksPlot editA young girl and her mother run a hotel during the war The girl finds herself at the mercy of her sex crazed guests and matters become worse when her mother dies Soon after a cloaked figure starts killing off everyone that tries to harm her Cast editLeonora Fani Rosa Luc Merenda Rodolfo Lidia Biondi Marta Francisco Rabal Marta s lover Jole Fierro Rodolfo s lover Wolfango Soldati Maximo ValverdeProduction editAfter directing The Perfume of the Lady in Black it took four years for director Francesco Barilli to return to directing 1 Barilli stated this was because he was not allowed to make the film he wanted to make but was offered several different projects to work at 1 One film Barilli wanted to make was titled L occhio when he was approached by producer Tommaso Dazzi who deemed L occhio too expensive and presented him with the treatment for Pensione paura 1 4 Barilli admitted to needing the money and took the offer to direct the film 4 Filming started in Manziana in August 1977 5 Barilli and producer Tommaso Dazzi often argued on set as Barilli shot scenes that were not in the script which Barilli did not care for as he wanted to shoot the film the way he wanted to 5 The film had an unusual setting which film historian Roberto Curti described as one of a kind work that did not fit into the mold of a gothic giallo or psychological drama but encompassed elements of all the genres 5 Release editPensione paura was distributed theatrically in Italy by Euro International Films on 16 February 1978 1 The film grossed a total of 82 645 242 Italian lire domestically 1 Curti described the film a commercial flop 6 Barilli commented the producer who sold the film to Euro International Films went bankrupt shortly after 6 The film was released in Spain where it was promoted as an erotic film La violacion de la senorita Julia 6 It was Barelli s last theatrically released film as the director dedicated himself to painting afterwards 6 See also editList of Italian films of 1978References editFootnotes edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Curti 2017 p 196 Roberto Chiti Roberto Poppi Enrico Lancia Dizionario del cinema italiano I film Gremese 1991 ISBN 8876059695 Giancarlo Grossini 1985 Dizionario del cinema giallo Dedalo 1985 ISBN 8822045106 a b Curti 2017 p 197 a b c Curti 2017 p 198 a b c d Curti 2017 p 200 Sources edit Curti Roberto 2017 Italian Gothic Horror Films 1970 1979 McFarland ISBN 978 1476629605 External links editPensione paura at IMDb nbsp Pensione paura at Variety Distribution Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pensione paura amp oldid 1113029887, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
