Prisoner of Passion (Italian: La Orca) is an Italian film directed by Eriprando Visconti. The film was followed with the sequel Oedipus Orca.[2]
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Directed by | Eriprando Visconti |
Screenplay by |
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Story by | Eriprando Visconti |
Produced by | Marcello D'Amico[1] |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Blasco Giurato[1] |
Edited by | Franco Arcalli[1] |
Music by | Federico Monti Arduini[1] |
Production company | Serena Film '75 [1] |
Running time | 101 minutes[1] |
Country | Italy[1] |
Cast
- Michele Placido: Michele
- Rena Niehaus: Alice
- Carmen Scarpitta: Irene, Alice's mother
- Lisa Morpurgo: Elisa
- Flavio Bucci: Gino
- Bruno Corazzari: Paolo
Reception
From a contemporary review, David Badder wrote in the Monthly Film Bulletin that the film was "slowly paced and directed with no commitment to character or theme, it is difficult to detect any compelling motive behind Prisoner of Passion."[1] Badder continued that "the sex scenes remain wholly unerotic because their premise, that Alice uses her worldliness to overcome and then exploit the innocent peasant, is insufficiently defined."[1]
References
Sources
- Badder, David (May 1978). "Orca, La (Prisoner of Passion)". Monthly Film Bulletin. Vol. 45 no. 532. The British Film Institute.
- Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476672434.