Danse Macabre (2017)

  • NR
  • 09/21/2017 (IT)
  • Horror, Mystery
  • 1h 42m

A journey through the obsession

Overview

Margherita, a regular girl just about to turn thirty, has got a life and a normal job, a boyfriend whom she loves and a she did not get any strange ideas. Her existence is disrupted by the death of her beloved grandmother who had raised her. The old woman was hiding a secret that had torn her soul for years: discovering what happened to her mother, a young actress in twenties, disappeared during the shooting of a film directed by a madman named Agenore Venturi. After the grandmother's funeral, Margherita begins to have terrifying visions and fears to going crazy. Even her boyfriend begins to doubt her sanity. The visions are increasingly disturbing and Margherita decides to seek help from a priest, her confidant. The man reveals to her something terrible about Venturi's past. After overcoming many misfortunes, Margherita succeeded in finding copy of the film that was supposed to be lost. The vision of those images reveals a truth that had to remain buried in the oblivion of time.

Davide Riccardi

Screenplay

Ildo Brizi

Director, Story, Screenplay

Cast

Guia Zapponi's headshot

Guia Zapponi

Margherita
Francesco Gasparri's headshot

Francesco Gasparri

Agenore Venturi
Franco Leo's headshot

Franco Leo

Padre Claudio
Julia Ivaldi's headshot

Julia Ivaldi

Sè stessa
Elena Palombo's headshot

Elena Palombo

Prostituta
Mario Giustini's headshot

Mario Giustini

Francesco
Chiara Cimmino's headshot

Chiara Cimmino

Lucia
Roberto Bobbio's headshot

Roberto Bobbio

Don Massimiliano

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