The House with Laughing Windows

The House with Laughing Windows

Infobox Film
name = The House with Laughing Windows


caption = Italian theatrical release film poster
director = Pupi Avati
producer = Antonio Avati
Gianni Minervini
writer = Antonio Avati
Pupi Avati
starring = Lino Capolicchio
Francesca Marciano
Gianni Cavina
Giulio Pizzirani
music = Amedeo Tommasi
cinematography = Pasquale Rachini
editing =
distributor =
released = Aug 16, 1976 (Italy)
runtime = 110 min
rating =
country = Italy
awards =
language = Italian
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id = 1:145820
imdb_id = 0074287

The House with Laughing Windows (Italian title: "La casa dalle finestre che ridono") is a 1976 Italian mystery-horror film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati.

Plot synopsis

Stefano (Lino Capolicchio) arrives in a rural Italian village to restore a fresco of the slaughter of Saint Sebastian which is painted on a rotting church wall. While living temporarily in a house previously owned by the two sisters of the long dead artist, Stefano begins a romance with a beautiful teacher, Francesca (Francesca Marciano). He hears from various townspeople that the painter was a madman who created his art from real life. The artist, assisted by his two equally insane sisters, had viciously tortured people to death as inspiration for his horrific paintings. Some of the villagers are brutally killed and Stefano comes to believe that the murderer is trying to stop him from learning even more of the village's depraved secrets.

Cast

*Lino Capolicchio - Stefano
*Francesca Marciano - Francesca
*Gianni Cavina - Coppola
*Giulio Pizzirani - Antonio Mazza
*Vanna Busoni - Teacher
*Andrea Matteuzzi - Poppi
*Bob Tonelli - Solmi
*Pietro Brambilla - Lidio
*Ferdinando Orlandi - Marshall
*Ines Ciaschetti - Concierge
*Flavia Giorgi - Poppi's Wife
*Eugene Walter - Priest
*Carla Astolfi - Chambermaid
*Tonino Corazzari - Buono Legnani
*Pina Borione - Laura Legnani

Trivia

*Nominated for the 1983 "International Fantasy Film Award" for Best Film at Fantasporto.
*Filmed in Lido degli Scacchi, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (the villa where the main chararacter lives).

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074287/ IMDb Profile]
* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/house_with_laughing_windows/ Rotten Tomatoes Profile]
* [http://www.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:145820 All Movie Guide Profile]
* [http://www.kinocite.co.uk/1/121.php Kinocite Review]
* [http://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s765house.html DVDTalk - DVD Savant Review]
* [http://www.channel4.com/film/reviews/film.jsp?id=158397 Channel 4 Review]
* [http://www.hysteria-lives.co.uk/hysterialives/Hysteria/the_house_with_the_windows_that_laughed.html Hysteria Lives! review]


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