Spell – Dolce mattatoio
Directed byAlberto Cavallone
Screenplay byAlberto Cavallone[1]
Story byAlberto Cavallone[1]
Starring
  • Paola Montenero
  • Jane Avril
  • Monica Ronchi
  • Martial Boschero
  • Giovanni De Angelis
CinematographyGianni Bonicelli[1]
Edited byAlberto Cavallone[1]
Production
company
Stefano Film[1]
Distributed byStefano Film[1]
Release date
  • 20 May 1977 (1977-05-20) (Italy)
CountryItaly[2]

Spell – Dolce mattatoio (transl. Spell – Sweet Abattoir) is a 1977 Italian film directed by Alberto Cavallone.

Release

Spell was distributed in Italy by Stefano Film on 20 May 1977 as Spell – Dolce mattatoio (transl. Spell – Sweet Abattoir).[3][4] After a short run in Italy, it was released as L'uomo, la donna e la bestia (transl. The Man, the Woman and the Beast) to capitalize on the popularity of Walerian Borowczyk's La Bête.[4] Cavallone commented on the re-titling of the film as "very irritating" and that the re-release was "definitely a shitty title."[4]

Reception

In contemporary reviews, Leonardo Autera of Corriere della Sera stated that the film was "redundant, clunky, and amateurishly acted and ultimately, lacking any semblance of style"[5][6]

See also

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Spell". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. ↑ Buchanan, Jason. "Man, Woman and Beast (1977)". AllMovie. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. ↑ Curti 2018, p. 46.
  4. 1 2 3 Curti 2018, p. 47.
  5. ↑ Curti 2018, p. 49.
  6. ↑ Autera, Leonardo (May 30, 1977). "L'incubo del sesso". Corriere della Sera.

Sources

  • Curti, Roberto (2018). Mavericks of Italian Cinema. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7242-7.


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