''Imago Mortis'' is a 2009
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film directed by
Stefano Bessoni. The supernatural thriller stars
Geraldine Chaplin
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and is the first major screen appearance of her daughter,
Oona
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.
Richard Stanley, one of the film's scriptwriters described the film as a "Sort of a neo-''
giallo
In Italian cinema, ''Giallo'' (; plural ''gialli'', from ''giallo'', Italian for yellow) is a genre of mystery fiction and thrillers that often contains slasher, crime fiction, psychological thriller, psychological horror, sexploitation, and, ...
'' taking off from
Dario Argento's ''
Four Flies on Grey Velvet'' by way of
Umberto Lenzi
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A fan of film since young age, Lenzi studied at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia and made his first film in 1958 which went unr ...
's ''
Spasmo
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Plot
A young couple on their nightly hormonal romp decide to go to the beach, where they first meet a mysterious man who is ...
'' and ''
DaVinci Code''." Speaking about his hopes for the film, Bessoni said; “My film aspires to del revive fantasy cinema, as is happening in Spain”.
[ It was released in Italy on 16 January 2009.
]
Plot
Bruno (Amarilla), a student at the rundown FW Murnau Film School comes across the thanatoscope, an ancient instrument of death. The instrument, created by scientist Girolamo Fumagalli immortalises on a plate the last image seen by the victim’s retina. The school's teachers, led by Countess Orsini (Geraldine Chaplin) are involved in a secretive plot concerning the instrument.[
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Cast
*Geraldine Chaplin
Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to act ...
as Countess Orsini
*Oona Chaplin
Oona Castilla Chaplin (; born 4 June 1986) is a Spanish-Swiss actress. Her roles include Talisa Maegyr in the HBO TV series ''Game of Thrones'', Kitty Trevelyan in the BBC drama '' The Crimson Field'', and Zilpha Geary in the series ''Taboo' ...
as Arianna
*Alberto Amarilla as Bruno
*Leticia Dolera
Leticia Dolera (born 23 October 1981) is a Spanish actress. She was born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is best known for her roles as Clara in the Spanish horror film '' REC 3: Genesis'', Teresa in the 2003 film ''Imagining Argentina'', an ...
as Leilou
*Álex Angulo as Caligari
*Jun Ichikawa
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as Aki
*Silvia De Santis as Elena
Reception
The film debuted at no. 5 in Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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, grossing $309,175 in its first week. The film took nearly €460,000 on its opening weekend in Italy.[Imago Mortis]
The Wild Eye. 20 January 2009
Zacarías M. de la Riva was nominated by the International Film Music Critics Association
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The IFMCA was founded in the ...
for ''Best Original Score for a Horror/Thriller film''.[Stone, Sasha. ''International Film Music Nominees''. ]AwardsDaily
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History
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. 29 January 2010
References
External links
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* {{Rotten Tomatoes, imago_mortis
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Imago Mortis
' at Cineuropa
Italian horror films
Spanish horror films
2009 films
Films set in Turin
Films scored by Zacarías M. de la Riva
Films with screenplays by Richard Stanley (director)