Original
Italian Title: PROFUMO [Perfume or Scent]
director: Giuliana
Gamba
starring Florence Guerin · Luciano Bartoli · Robert Egon
· Stefano Sabelli · Giulano Sestilli
Florence
Guerin plays Laurie, the wife of a man obsessed with perverse sexual
and sado game playing. She wants out of the marriage. This leads Laurie
to a succession of escapades with other men which makes it more difficult
to get away from her husband. She eventually manages to break from him
and run away with the gardener Edward. However, husband Corbi is wildly
desperate and is willing to stop at nothing to get her back.
In
a plot uncomfortably similar to Julia Roberts' Sleeping With The
Enemy (but much sleazier and made 4 years prior), this is
one of Florence Guerin's most notorious films. She has made 50+ movies
- including many genre favorites [i.e.,NOTHING
UNDERNEATH 2 (Too Beautiful To Die), ATTRACTION,
Jess Franco's PREDATORS
OF THE NIGHT (Faceless), et al] - since her since her
first major appearance in THE
CLICK (1983). After a automobile accident in May 1998 - which
resulted in a lengthy coma, numerous surgeries and the death of her
only son, five year old Nicolas - she returned to acting under the name
of Florence Nicolas. She is still active today.
Director
Giuliana Gamba is one of the few female directors in Italian cinema.
Her films tend to gravitate towards darker S&M themes as seen in
the subsequent thriller THE
BELT and later DANGEROUS
SEX DATE.
An
Italian film in English language; widescreen format,
fully uncut (97 min.), DVD encoded for ALL REGION NTSC, playable on any American
machine. Extras include original theatrical trailer.
Violence/Nudity/Rape/Sexual
Brutality/S&M/Drugs
For Adult Audiences
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