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Actors: Stefano Cassetti, Isild Le Besco, Patrick Dell'Isola
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Roberto Succo |
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ROBERTO SUCCO is a French movie written and directed by Cédric Kahn in 2001.
The film depicts, in a nearly clinical manner and from both the points of view of the criminal and the French police forces, Succos' bloody journey through France, Switzerland and Italy in 1987 and 1988.
After having coldly murdered his parents in 1981, Roberto Succo was interned in an Italian mental hospital. Five years later, he escapes and goes to France. There, he seduces Léa, a 16 years old girl, he will regularly go out with between two criminal acts. Léa will be unaware of Succo's real status until the very end of his journey.
For two years, Roberto Succo will burglarize houses, rape women and kill anyone threatening him. The French police will spend months before understanding that one and only person is responsible for the different unsolved murders happening during this period. As Succo is a psychopath, he kills without coherent motives and the police can't anticipate his next move. When he is finally arrested in Italy, in front of his parents's house, Roberto Succo will have killed six innocent people.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Roberto Succo |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Story of
- catching brutal killer/stalker
- Killer POV story
Lover is...
- criminal/bad doer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Unclothed?
- chest
How much in movie?
- 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
- Switzerland
- Italy
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel...
- in awe
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- actual description of sex
- seeing breasts
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
Any profanity?
- Occasional swearing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
Is this movie based on a
- book
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