Così dolce... così perversa (1969)

Director:

Umberto Lenzi

Writers:

Massimo D'Avak (story), Ernesto Gastaldi (screenplay),

Stars:

Carroll Baker, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Erika Blanc

Cast

Cast overview:
Carroll Baker	...	Nicole Perrier
Jean-Louis Trintignant	...	Jean Reynaud
Erika Blanc	...	Danielle Reynaud
Horst Frank	...	Klaus
Helga Liné	...	Helene Valmont
Ermelinda De Felice	...	Hotel proprietor
Giovanni Di Benedetto	...	Monsieur Valmont (as Gianni De Benedetto)
Irio Fantini	...	Party guest
Dario Michaelis	...	Police commissioner
Renato Pinciroli	...	Porter
Gianni Pulone	...	Press photographer
Lucio Rama	...	Party guest
Paola Scalzi	...	Helene's friend
Luigi Sportelli	...	Party guest
Beryl Cunningham	...	Black stripper

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

giallo | lipstick on mirror | writing on mirror | unhappy marriage | sex with neighbor | 

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Genres:

Mystery | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Italy France West Germany

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

31 October 1969 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Así de dulce, así de maravillosa

Company Credits

Production Co:

Zenith Cinematografica, Flora Film, Tritone Cinematografica

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Second part of a trilogy also including Paranoia and A Quiet Place to Kill.

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Connections

Followed by A Quiet Place to Kill (1970)

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Soundtracks

"Why"
Music by Riz Ortolani
Lyrics by Norman Newell
Performed by J. Vincent Edward

User Reviews

Diaboliques II

Caroll Baker :from Elia Kazan and John Ford to Umberto Lanzi:what a fall!to be fair,you must underline she played opposite Nicholson -quite well- in the overlooked "ironweed" ;this is not the kind of movie Jean Louis Trintignant must be very proud of !two years after Claude Chabrol's "Les Biches " in which he slept with two bisexual women too.

The first part recalls a poor man's Chabrol,depicting the luxury world of the bourgeoisie .Trintignant ,a very earnest thespian,seems ill at ease ,but the women often strip bare ,to the viewer's great enjoyment.

The second part is Lenzi trying to make his own "Diaboliques" :the heroine 's first name is Nicole ,like in Clouzot's classic ;it's almost absolute plagiarism -except for the mediocre ending- ,including the "clues" Baker scatters to frighten her mate and to make her believe that her dear husband might possibly be still alive .

Take Dario Argento's movies instead:their screenplays ,though influenced by Hitchcock ,are much more exciting and original.