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The Stendhal Syndrome

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The Stendhal Syndrome
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NR,1hr 59min
Genres:
Action,Drama
Released:
January 1, 1996
Director:
Dario Argento
Distributor:
Troma
Starring:
Asia Argento, Paolo Bonacelli, Luigi Diberti  ...more
Synopsis: The title affliction causes sufferers to react to paintings in extreme and bizarre ways. In the case of police detective Anna Manni, she swoons and feels herself entering hallucinatory versions of the artwork she sees. This Italian psychothriller contains dark elements of horror as Manni tries to capture a murderous serial rapist. The lady detective is first seen walking the art-filled hallways of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence. The great paintings have a terrible effect upon her and she ends up ... Full Synopsis
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Jason Buchanan, AMG Review
A sadistic and disturbing psychological exploration driven by the horrifying concept of a rape victim who begins to take on her attacker's dark persona, Dario Argento's The Stendhal Syndrome is ultimately a victim of it's own excess and the director's tendency to overcomplicate a fairly simple storyline. A vast improvement in style and storytelling over the Argento's previous efforts of the 1990s, ... Full Review
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