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The Conspiracy of Torture

1969 · 99 min

A grim, slow-burning historical tragedy that immerses you in cruelty and vengeance, leaving a lingering sense of injustice.

Overview
In 1599 Italy, Beatrice Cenci is the teenage daughter of the crazed landowner and nobleman Francesco Cenci who keeps her locked up in the dungeon of his castle where he sexually abuses her. Beatrice plots with her stepmother, her besotted servant Olimpio, as well as a local bandit, named Catalano to plan Francesco’s murder.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • corruption
  • power
  • guilt
  • justice
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour1
Realism8
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Lucio Fulci
Written by
Roberto Gianviti, Lucio Fulci
Starring
Adrienne La Russa, Tomas Milian, Georges Wilson, Mavie Bardanzellu, Antonio Casagrande, Ignazio Spalla, Steffen Zacharias, Raymond Pellegrin
Music
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino, Silvano Spadaccino
Cinematography
Erico Menczer
Runtime
99 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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