La morte ha fatto l'uovo

1968
1h 26m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

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 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 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 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

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

1.9K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Giulio Questi
Writers
- Franco Arcalli
- Giulio Questi
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
This is the second pairing of Jean-Louis Trintignant and Ewa Aulin in a film in the giallo vane, the other being "I Am What I Am" the previous year.

Goofs
In the first slasher scene, the knife blade doesn't show any blood till after 7 slashes.

Quotes
Anna: Honest women have got to dress like prostitutes and surprise their husbands in order to keep them. What good is a woman who can't hold onto her husband? She's got to fight for him! It's worth fighting for, isn't it?

Connections
Featured in Ultimate Poliziotteschi Trailer Shoot-Out (2017)

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Featured review

6/10

Avant-garde Giallo

An avant-garde kind of giallo (more like a meta-reflection on the genre, really) that it's all over the place. Like a strange mix of Buñuel and Antonioni cinema with a documentary on acid of the poor conditions of a poultry factory, the plot was a little too convoluted to really keep my attention and I think the film tries too hard to be something different, without really achieving much. It's still an important title in this subgenre, but not for everyone.