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Actors: Carlotta Barilli, Alvaro D'Ercole, Allen Midgette, Gabriella Giorgelli, Giancarlo De Rosa
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about La Commare Secca |
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LA COMMARE SECCA (a.k.a. The Grim Reaper) is an Italian movie cowritten and directed by Bernardo Bertolucci in 1962.
A prostitute is found stabbed to death near the Tiber river. A police inspector is questioning the people who was in the park nearby minutes before the murder. While each of these suspects is telling him what he has done that very evening, the film shows us what has really happened as everybody is lying and distorting the truth.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of La Commare Secca |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70%
How difficult to spot villain?
- Somewhat obvious
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Murder Mystery?
Yes
What % of story relates directly
to the mystery, not the subplot?
- 20%
Murders of set profession?
- prostitutes/strippers/porn
Kind of mystery?
- police procedural
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- prostitute/concubine
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, straight (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair style
- (man) short/standard curly
Body type
- average build (man)
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- muscular (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
Forest?
Yes
City?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
How many deaths in film?
- 1
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- Italian
Subtitles?
- Yes
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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