L'uomo, la donna e la bestia - Spell (Dolce mattatoio) (1977)
Erscheinungsjahr: 1977
Land: Italy
Alternative Title: Mard, Zan va Haivan, L'uomo, la donna e la bestia, Мужчина
Regisseur: Alberto Cavallone
Writer: Alberto Cavallone
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Schlüsselwörter
Schlüsselwörter: dark secret, small town
Geschichte
In a small Italian town preparing to celebrate their patron saint, several intertwined stories unfold among its troubled inhabitants. A communist party member struggles with existential crisis while caring for his mentally ill wife. His neighbor, a woman frustrated by her emotionally distant husband, retreats into dreamlike fantasies. Meanwhile, the town's butcher engages in perverse sexual activities with meat and peeping on young girls. A girl grapples with her pregnancy resulting from an incestuous relationship with her father. Into this brew arrives a mysterious stranger who stirs up the lives of these residents, turning their realities into nightmares.
Zusammenfassung
Directed by Alberto Cavallone in 1977, 'L'uomo, la donna e la bestia - Spell (Dolce mattatoio)' is an Italian drama that explores the dark secrets and psychological turmoil bubbling beneath the surface of a seemingly ordinary small town. The film interweaves several narratives, each revolving around the townspeople's inner conflicts and their explosive eruption during the patron saint's celebration. Cavallone uses the religious festival as a catalyst to reveal the characters' deepest contradictions and desires, transforming the event into something raw, primal, and almost pagan.