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The Stendhal Syndrome (1996)

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Reviews Counted:18

Fresh:9

Rotten:9

Average Rating:4.1/10

Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins

Genre: Horror/Suspense

Synopsis: International star Asia Argento portrays Anna Manni, a beautiful detective in pursuit of a savage serial killer-rapist who has been terrorizing Italy. When his trail leads Anna to Florence's famed... International star Asia Argento portrays Anna Manni, a beautiful detective in pursuit of a savage serial killer-rapist who has been terrorizing Italy. When his trail leads Anna to Florence's famed Uffizi Museum, the investigation takes a violently psychotic turn. Anna is struck by the bizarre phenomenon known as the Stendhal Syndrome, a psychological reaction to artwork that forces Anna into a mysterious trance. An atmospheric horror film from longtime maestro Argento. [More]

Starring: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Luigi Diberti, Marco Leonardi

Starring: Asia Argento, Thomas Kretschmann, Luigi Diberti, Marco Leonardi, Paolo Bonacelli, Julien Lambroschini, John Quentin

Director: Dario Argento

Director: Dario Argento
Screenwriter: Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini
Producer: Giuseppe Colombo, Dario Argento
Composer: Ennio Morricone

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Nov 18, 2008

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  • When beautiful police detective Anna Manni follows the bloody trail of a sophisticated serial murderer/rapist through the streets of Italy, the young woman falls victim to the bizarre "Stendhal Syndrome" - a hallucinatory phenomenon which causes her to lose her mind and memory in the presence of powerful works of art. Trapped in this twilight realm, Anna plunges deeper and deeper into sexual psychosis, until she comes to know the killer's madness more intimately than she ever imagined.
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    Blue Underground's Blu-ray release provides the film with its best home viewing presentation to date ....

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    09/13/07
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    As a result, it's hard to call The Stendhal Syndrome "horror", though it definitely deals in dreadful things. This is more like a literal psychological thriller, a film that rises and falls by the sinister and sick psyche of its characters.

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