Ti piace Hitchcock? (2005) (TV)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Dario Argento

Writers:

Dario Argento (writer)
Franco Ferrini (writer)

Release Date:

1 July 2005 (Sweden)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A college film student, obsessed with the works of Alfred Hitchcock, investigates a murder committed in the apartment building across from his and suspects that his seductive neighbor hired a girlfriend to commit the deed.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Film Student | Hitchcock | Broken Foot | Peeping Tom

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Elio Germano	...	Giulio
Chiara Conti	...	Federica
Elisabetta Rocchetti	...	Sasha
Cristina Brondo	...	Arianna
Iván Morales	...	Andrea
Edoardo Stoppa	...	Inspector
Elena Maria Bellini	...	Giulio's Mother
Horacio José Grigaitis	...	Inspector
Giuseppe Lo Console	...	Federica's Boss (as Giuseppe Loconsole)
Milvia Marigliano	...	Sasha's Mother
Giampiero Perone	...	The Fiancee
Antonio Mazzara	...	Cleaning Man
Anna Varello	...	Doctor
Carla Gambino
Lorenzo Federici

Also Known As:

Do You Like Hitchcock? (International: English title)
T'agrada Hitchcock? (Spain: Catalan title)

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

Italy | Spain

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Certification:

Germany:16 | Italy:T | Argentina:16 | USA:Unrated

Filming Locations:

Torino, Italy

Company:

Film Commission Torino-Piemonte

Trivia:

On the door to the video store hangs a poster for Argento's previous film, Il cartaio (2004). Next to it is taped up the sleeve from a copy of Scarlet Diva (2000), a film written, directed by and starring Dario's daughter Asia Argento, and produced by Dario and his brother Claudio Argento. (The Scarlet Diva video is also displayed behind the counter).

Movie Connections:

References Marathon Man (1976)

Not the top-notch Argento of old, but still pretty good stuff

This begins rather promisingly with a young boy spying on two women in a forest and following them back to an old house where he witnesses them doing things to a chicken that are perhaps above and beyond the call of duty for merely preparing it for dinner, after which they chase him through the woods threatening to kill him. Fast forward 15 years and we find our young hero Julio still has the knack for being nosy, and we find ourselves in rather a Rear Window-type setting of two apartment buildings that face each other. Of course Julio's been spying on the most attractive of the tenants, and she lives with her mother, at least until her mother gets killed. Of course Julio is playing super-sleuth at this point and nosing around. As he pokes and pries he becomes more and more embroiled in the mystery, of course. This is a great little homage to Hitchcock and there are bits and pieces and themes from Hitchcock's movies strewn throughout this whole production, so if you DO like Hitchock you'll definitely get a kick out of that. I know I did. This is by no means as gruesome as some of Argento's previous outings but it was made for Italian TV so that might have something to do with it. If you like Argento & Hitchcock, you'll definitely enjoy this, it's not up to some of Argento's previous work but it's a great little flick and well worth seeing. 8 out of 10.