La sindrome di Stendhal
| Release Date: | Jan 1996 |
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| Genre: | Horror / Thriller / Crime |
| Awards: | 1 nomination |
| Cast: | Asia Argento (Det. Anna Manni), Thomas Kretschmann (Alfredo Grossi), Marco Leonardi (Marco Longhi), Luigi Diberti (Insp. Manetti), Paolo Bonacelli (Dr. Cavanna), Julien Lambroschini (Marie), John Quentin (Anna's father), Franco Diogene (Victim's husband), Lucia Stara (Shop assistant), Sonia Topazio (Victim in Florence), Lorenzo Crespi (Giulio), Vera Gemma (Policewoman), John Pedeferri (Hydraulic engineer), Veronica Lazar (Marie's mother), Mario Diano (Coroner) |
Anna Manni is a policewoman trying to capture a vicious serial rapist and killer. The problem is that she suffers from "Stendhal's syndrome", a psychosomatic disease that gives her dizziness and hallucinations when she is exposed to the sight of paintings and artistic masterpieces. When the maniac lures her into a trap inside Florence's famous Uffizi museum, her troubles are just beginning...