''Le strelle nel fosso'' () is a 1979 Italian film directed by

Pupi Avati Giuseppe Avati, better known as Pupi Avati (born 3 November 1938), is an Italian film director, producer, and screenwriter. He is known to horror film fans for his two giallo masterpieces, ''The House with Laughing Windows'' (1976) and '' Zeder ...

Production

Following the release of his autobiographical television film ''Jazz Band'', director

conceived and shot his next film ''Le strelle nel fosso'' in July 1978. The film's story was developed while filming on a very low budget, with actor Giulio Pizzirani stating that he did not know anything about the script and that Pupi Avati gave the actors sheets of papers with lines to remember which he would repeat and occasionally improvise on. Pizzirani described the process as "traumatic". Cesare Bastelli, the assistant director on the film stated that he found an injured seagull while filming which led to Pupi Avati writing a scene where Cavina finds a bird and takes it into her kitchen.

Release

''Le strelle nel fosso'' was distributed theatrically in Italy by Impegno Cinematografico on 24 March 1979. The film grossed a total of 24 million

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on its domestic release which Italian film historian and critic Roberto Curti describing the film as a financial flop.

Reception

Critic

Tullio Kezich Tullio Kezich (17 September 1928 in Trieste – 17 August 2009 in Rome) was an Italian screenwriter and playwright, best known as the film critic for ''Corriere della Sera'' and for his award-winning biography of Italian director Federico Fell ...

wrote on the film, stating that even though Pupi Avati "returns to the Fantastic inspiration of his earliest and best experiments, loses along the way every naturalness and results in almost always manneristic excitement"

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* {{Pupi Avati Italian historical drama films Films directed by Pupi Avati Italian romantic drama films 1970s Italian films