''The House of the Yellow Carpet'' ( it, La casa del tappeto giallo) is a 1983 Italian
''giallo'' film directed by
Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...
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Plot
Franca and her husband Antonio decide to sell a yellow rug which was a gift from Franca's stepfather. One day, while Antonio is out, a strange man responding to their advertisement rings saying he wishes to buy the rug. But the man's visit becomes a nightmare as he overstays his welcome. He kidnaps Franca and tells her he murdered his wife on that same yellow rug. Franca winds up killing the man.
Cast
Cast adapated from ''Blood & Black Lace''.
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Beatrice Romand as Franca
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Erland Josephson
Erland Josephson (; 15 June 1923 – 25 February 2012) was a Swedish actor and author. He was best known by international audiences for his work in films directed by Ingmar Bergman, Andrei Tarkovsky and Theodoros Angelopoulos.
Life and career
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as Achille Cimatti
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Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Vittorio Mezzogiorno (16 December 1941 – 7 January 1994) was an Italian actor.
Biography
Mezzogiorno was born in Cercola, the youngest of seven children. His older brother Vincenzo, who wanted to become a director, introduced him to the thea ...
as Antonio
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Milena Vukotic as the psychiatrist
Production and style
''The House of the Yellow Carpet'' was the first film by
Carlo Lizzani
Carlo Lizzani (3 April 1922 – 5 October 2013) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and critic.
Biography
Born in Rome, before World War II Lizzani worked as a scenarist on such films as Roberto Rossellini's '' Germany Year Zero' ...
after his four year tenure as the director of the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...
. The film was adapted from Aldo Selleri's 1978 radio play ''Teatro a domicilio'' and was adapted by Filiberto Bandini and Lucio Battistrada.
Film critic and historian Roberto Curti stated that despite promotional material suggested that the material was part of a "horror-thriller fad", that the film was closer to the ''gialli'' of the 1930s. Adrian Luther Smith, echoed this statement referring to the film as a psychological thriller, stating despite some more violent scenes, "the emphasis is on pulling the proverbial rug, er carpet from beneath the audience's feet."
Release and reception
''The House of the Yellow Carpet'' was released in 1983. It was released by Lightning video in the United States as ''The House of the Yellow Carpet''.
Adrian Luther Smith, wrote in his book ''Blood & Black Lace'' that viewers "willing to accept a dose of strong black humor with your ''giallo'', then you'll be able to stomach the eccentricities on offer here."
See also
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List of Italian films of 1983
A list of films produced in Italy in 1983 (see 1983 in film):
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1983
Films
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1983 films
Giallo films
1980s psychological thriller films
Films directed by Carlo Lizzani
Films scored by Stelvio Cipriani
1980s Italian-language films
1980s Italian films
Italian thriller films
Films based on radio series
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