Tino (Danilo Mattei) arrives as a guest in the large family home of the Stolz's, Fabio (Vittorio Gassman) and Elisa (Catherine Deneuve) in Venice, eager to take a painting class at art school. He immediately notices the uneasy atmosphere hovering over the huge, partially dilapidated house. His uncle turns out to be a surly and severe man who treats his wife, Elisa, with little respect. She, in turn, seems psychologically submissive and resigned to this controlled existence. To further disturb Tino's stay, there are strange noises coming from the attic, a place he is initially forbidden to visit, but which he then - thanks to the elderly housekeeper - discovers is the secret room where Berth, his uncle's brother, and ex-science professor. The man apparently went mad after the death of Elisa's ten-year-old daughter, Beba, born from her first marriage and to whom he was very attached. But more surprises lay in store.
The Forbidden Room was based on the novel L'anima persa written by Giovanni Arpino and published in 1966. Director Dino Risi had previously adapted Arpino's novel previously, as Profumo di donna.[4]
Risi's adaptation of L'anima persa changed the novels location from Turin to Venice and changed the names, features and characteristics of some characters such as Tino's uncle and aunt Galla.[4]
Releaseedit
The Forbidden Room was distributed theatrically in Italy by Fox/Dean Film on 20 January 1977.[2] In Italy, the film grossed a total of 857,364,083 Italian lire domestically.[2] The film was released in France on 23 March 1977 as Âmes perdues.[2]
forbidden, room, 1977, film, forbidden, room, italian, anima, persa, 1977, thriller, film, directed, dino, risi, page, needed, based, novel, anima, persa, giovanni, arpino, film, production, between, italy, france, dean, film, productions, europa, forbidden, r. The Forbidden Room Italian Anima persa is a 1977 thriller film directed by Dino Risi 3 page needed It is based on the novel Un anima persa by Giovanni Arpino 1 The film was co production between Italy and France by Dean Film and Les Productions Fox Europa 2 The Forbidden RoomItalian film poster by Piero Ermanno Iaia 1 Directed byDino RisiScreenplay byBernardino Zapponi Dino Risi 2 Based onUn anima persaby Giovanni ArpinoProduced byPio Angeletti Adriano De Micheli 2 StarringVittorio Gassman Catherine Deneuve Danilo Mattei Anicee AlvinaCinematographyTonino Delli Colli 2 Edited byAlberto Gallitti 2 Music byFrancis Lai 2 ProductioncompaniesDean Film Les Productions Fox EuropaDistributed byFox Dean FilmRelease dates20 January 1977 1977 01 20 Italy 23 March 1977 1977 03 23 France Running time100 minutes 2 CountriesItaly France Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Release 5 See also 6 References 6 1 Footnotes 6 2 Sources 7 External linksPlot editTino Danilo Mattei arrives as a guest in the large family home of the Stolz s Fabio Vittorio Gassman and Elisa Catherine Deneuve in Venice eager to take a painting class at art school He immediately notices the uneasy atmosphere hovering over the huge partially dilapidated house His uncle turns out to be a surly and severe man who treats his wife Elisa with little respect She in turn seems psychologically submissive and resigned to this controlled existence To further disturb Tino s stay there are strange noises coming from the attic a place he is initially forbidden to visit but which he then thanks to the elderly housekeeper discovers is the secret room where Berth his uncle s brother and ex science professor The man apparently went mad after the death of Elisa s ten year old daughter Beba born from her first marriage and to whom he was very attached But more surprises lay in store Cast editVittorio Gassman as Fabio Stolz Catherine Deneuve as Elisa Stolz Danilo Mattei as Tino Anicee Alvina as Lucia Ester Carloni as Annetta Michele Capnist as Il Duca Gino Cavalieri as Prof SattinProduction editThe Forbidden Room was based on the novel L anima persa written by Giovanni Arpino and published in 1966 Director Dino Risi had previously adapted Arpino s novel previously as Profumo di donna 4 Risi s adaptation of L anima persa changed the novels location from Turin to Venice and changed the names features and characteristics of some characters such as Tino s uncle and aunt Galla 4 Release editThe Forbidden Room was distributed theatrically in Italy by Fox Dean Film on 20 January 1977 2 In Italy the film grossed a total of 857 364 083 Italian lire domestically 2 The film was released in France on 23 March 1977 as Ames perdues 2 See also editList of Italian films of 1977References editFootnotes edit a b Curti 2017 p 170 a b c d e f g h i j Curti 2017 p 169 Lino Micciche 2000 Una vita difficile di Dino Risi risate amare nel lungo dopoguerra Marsilio 2000 ISBN 88 317 7432 8 a b Curti 2017 p 171 Sources edit Curti Roberto 2017 Italian Gothic Horror Films 1970 1979 McFarland ISBN 978 1476629605 External links editThe Forbidden Room at IMDb The Forbidden Room at Rotten Tomatoes nbsp This article related to an Italian film of the 1970s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Forbidden Room 1977 film amp oldid 1173406448, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
