Movie
1996
The Stendhal Syndrome (Ital. La Sindrome di Stendhal) is a 1996 Italian psychological thriller film written and directed by Dario Argento and starring his daughter Asia Argento, with Thomas Kretschmann and Marco Leonardi. It was a critical and commercial success in Italy, grossing ₤5,443,000,000 Italian lira.
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When asked about great horror film makers, average person would probably mention the names of John Carpenter or Wes Craven. Real connoisseurs of the genre would mention Dario Argento, Italian director whose opus includes many cult titles, but who is relatively unknown outside the world cinema ghetto. Ironically, his daughter Asia is better known among general public thanks to her role of Vin Diesel's partner in *XXX…More
The directors own daughter is cast in the leading role of this splatteresque, english speaking, Italian psycho thriller. It must be a peculiar situation to direct a rape scene with your own daughter in it - but i guess they do not take that so seriously. Everything for "art". Anne is a police detective who suffers from a rare mental disturbance called the Stendhal syndrome. It means she gets disturbed emotionally by…More
