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What Have They Done to Your Daughters?

1974 · 96 min

A grim, procedural plunge into institutional rot, punctuated by sudden cleaver violence and a cold sense of mounting dread.

Directed by
Massimo Dallamano
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Starring
Giovanna Ralli, Claudio Cassinelli, Mario Adorf
Tagline
Just another suicide until the police discovered... A bloody bathroom. A maniac with a cleaver. A schoolgirl sex ring.
Overview
An unidentified fifteen year-old girl is found hanged after an anonymous tip-off. The girl, Silvia Polvesi, is soon discovered to have been murdered. A peeping tom is caught with photos of her having sex with a teenage drop-out but he is later released due to lack of evidence. The investigation, conducted by Inspector Silvestri and the assistant public prosecutor Vittoria Stori, focuses on the girl's parents. Conspiracies and horrors pile up, as do the body parts.

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Directed by
Massimo Dallamano
Genres
Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Starring
Giovanna Ralli, Claudio Cassinelli, Mario Adorf
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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • corruption
  • crime
  • power
  • betrayal
  • justice
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror6
Humour1
Realism7
Romance1
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Starring
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Music
Stelvio Cipriani
Cinematography
Franco Delli Colli
Runtime
96 min
Country
Italy
Languages
Italian

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