Madeleine: Anatomy of a Nightmare

1974 [ITALIAN]

Action / Drama / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Romance

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IMDb Rating 5.5/10 10 303 303

Director

Roberto Mauri Photo
Roberto Mauri

Top cast

Camille Keaton Photo
Camille Keaton as Madeleine
Lorenzo Piani Photo
Lorenzo Piani as (credit only)
Alessandro Perrella Photo
Alessandro Perrella as (credit only)
Pier Maria Rossi Photo
Pier Maria Rossi as Thomas
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941.87 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 2
1.71 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
NR
us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 42 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by richardtilley-76559 6 / 10

Visually beautiful but ambiguous which will frustrate many who view it.

A psychological fever-dream of trauma, hypnosis, dreams, sex, male control, haunting theme tune, 70's fashion and the sexiest swimming pool ever designed.First off I think it's fair to say that Camille Keaton was stunningly beautiful and is unfairly over-remembered for 'I Spit On Your Grave. Like many lower budget stars of the 70's & 80s who filmed in Europe, she was also unfairly maligned as an actress, thanks to terrible dubbing and awful dialogue. I'm not suggesting she was ever an Oscar winner but the low quality dubbing performances, dialogue and translation hinders so many films.'Madeleine, Study/Anatomy Of A Nightmare' is a film of many layers that can be peeled back and interpreted in a number of ways but thanks to some ambiguity will frustrate many who prefer a more straightforward story. It's not helped by some hideous english dialogue in the dubbed version. It is however a visually beautiful film made all the more appealing by Keaton's ethereal face. She owns the film, every time she is on screen.The finale pulls the rug under the feet of many who view it and it is a brave choice by the director. If you watch the film closely, all the clues are there as to what is actually going on.I wish Keaton was remembered more for films such as this and 'What Have You Done To Solange'.
Reviewed by Rose_Noire 6 / 10

«Dreams are fine till you wake up: awakening is always terrible.»

This psychological thriller follows the troubles of Madeleine (Camille Keaton, Cosi avete fatto a Solange), a young woman married to the much older Franz (Silvano Tranquilli, La Gatta in calore), a ship broker fond of parapsychology. Madeleine lives through a schizophrenic mood, "an evil thing that appears and disappears", where mixed with reality she has nightmares and visions of harassment by black-caped women with colorful whigs, a doll's funeral and a dreadful car accident during a race.In their luxurious summer villa in Rome, cared by a whole staff of servants (the butler Giovanni, Nando Sarlo, Carnalita; the gardener Antonio, Gualtiero Rispoli, Amori morbosi di una contessina; the maid, Maria Teresa Piaggio, L'Ossessa), Madeleine multiplies her love affairs under the comprehensive look of her complacent husband: with Thomas (Pier Maria Rossi, Quelli che contano), a young Swiss student in philosophy, with his girlfriend Mary (Paola Senatore, Il Fiore dai petali d'acciaio), and even with her husband's son Louis (Riccardo Salvino, Il Tuo Vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave).Where is the truth among the chaotic thoughts of her mind? Is her past "a fantasy or a reality"? Could she find the way to free herself and find a more peaceful life with her real self? Does her husband involved in strange experiments really want to help her? Could she be harmful to her entourage or to herself? Through this initiatory and erotic journey, the film will help us to find the key to the truth embedded in Madeleine's mind. (Viewed in English 1h42 version.)
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