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Plucked

Original title: La morte ha fatto l'uovo
  • 1968
  • 1h 26m
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Plucked (1968)
The depraved manager of a high-tech poultry factory - which is genetically engineering boneless chickens - is pulled into a love triangle with his domineering wife and her sexually-liberated cousin, leading to double-crosses and murder.
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The depraved manager of a high-tech poultry factory - which is genetically engineering boneless chickens - is pulled into a love triangle with his domineering wife and her sexually-liberated... Read allThe depraved manager of a high-tech poultry factory - which is genetically engineering boneless chickens - is pulled into a love triangle with his domineering wife and her sexually-liberated cousin, leading to double-crosses and murder.The depraved manager of a high-tech poultry factory - which is genetically engineering boneless chickens - is pulled into a love triangle with his domineering wife and her sexually-liberated cousin, leading to double-crosses and murder.

  • Director
    • Giulio Questi
  • Writers
    • Franco Arcalli
    • Giulio Questi
  • Stars
    • Gina Lollobrigida
    • Jean-Louis Trintignant
    • Ewa Aulin
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
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    • Director
      • Giulio Questi
    • Writers
      • Franco Arcalli
      • Giulio Questi
    • Stars
      • Gina Lollobrigida
      • Jean-Louis Trintignant
      • Ewa Aulin
    • 30User reviews
    • 62Critic reviews
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    Gina Lollobrigida
    Gina Lollobrigida
    • Anna
    Jean-Louis Trintignant
    Jean-Louis Trintignant
    • Marco
    • (as Jean Louis Trintignant)
    Ewa Aulin
    Ewa Aulin
    • Gabrielle
    Jean Sobieski
    • Mondaini
    Renato Romano
    Renato Romano
    • Luigi
    Vittorio André
    Giulio Donnini
    • Hotel Manager
    Biagio Pelligra
    • Chemical operator
    Cleofe Del Cile
    • Prostitute #1
    Monica Millesi
    Ugo Adinolfi
    Conrad Andersen
    Aldo Bonamano
    • Police Inspector
    Rina De Filippo
    Livio Ferraro
    Mario Guizzardi
    Margherita Horowitz
    • Marco's secretary
    Barbara Pignaton
    • Director
      • Giulio Questi
    • Writers
      • Franco Arcalli
      • Giulio Questi
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    • Trivia
      Italian censorship visa # 50298 delivered on 21-11-1967.
    • Goofs
      All entries contain spoilers
    • Connections
      Featured in Ultimate Poliziotteschi Trailer Shoot-Out (2017)

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    "Diabolique" on acid (and with a lot of chickens)
    Like many other European thrillers this early Italian giallo was obviously very influenced by the French film "Diabolique" with it's basic plot of a wealthy husband, wife, and mistress all scheming against each other. And like the later film "So Sweet, So Perverse" the movie throws another man (Jean Sorel)into the mix as a kind of a fourth side to the main triangle. This movie is no conventional thriller, however. For one thing it has kind of psychedelic, surrealist pop-art late 60's sensibility to it that always threatens to overwhelm (and occasionally does) the rational story-line. For another thing, it has a VERY bizarre setting, a fully-automated chicken plant. (There's a scene where the scientists at the plant create "monster" chickens without wings or beaks that really makes one want to swear off poultry for life). This unusual setting adds a whole industrial conspiracy angle and, moreover, a weird sort of social commentary to the proceedings.

    The acting is all very good. Jean-Louis Tritigant plays a similar role to the one he'd later play in "So Sweet, So Perverse", but here he also might be a serial killer who is offing prostitutes in a roadside motel. Latin sex symbol Gina Lollabridga makes a rare appearance in this kind of film (which is actually much more entertaining than some of the bigger-budgeted movies she starred in)as the domineering wife. The young mistress is believably played by Ewa "Candy" Aulin, although she is not quite as enjoyable when she's not naked and not speaking in her natural (undubbed) heavy Swedish accent. (Aulin also appeared in another excellent, if even more obscure, giallo called "The Double"). The best thing about the movie though is the ending where EVERYBODY manages to get their just desserts--and then some. Definitely check this one out.
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    • Jan 20, 2005

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    • can someone at IMDB look at photos 4 5 6 7 8 and tell me what film they are from? they are not death laid an egg

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    • Release date
      • January 9, 1968 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Death Laid an Egg
    • Filming locations
      • Italy
    • Production companies
      • Summa Cinematografica
      • Cine Azimut
      • Les Films Corona
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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