Danse Macabre

Story

Synopsis

Margherita, a regular girl just about to turn thirty, has got a life and a normal job, a boyfriend whom she loves and a she did not get any strange ideas. Her existence is disrupted by the death of her beloved grandmother who had raised her. The old woman was hiding a secret that had torn her soul for years: discovering what happened to her mother, a young actress in twenties, disappeared during the shooting of a film directed by a madman named Agenore Venturi. After the grandmother's funeral, Margherita begins to have terrifying visions and fears to going crazy. Even her boyfriend begins to doubt her sanity. The visions are increasingly disturbing and Margherita decides to seek help from a priest, her confidant. The man reveals to her something terrible about Venturi's past. After overcoming many misfortunes, Margherita succeeded in finding copy of the film that was supposed to be lost. The vision of those images reveals a truth that had to remain buried in the oblivion of time.

Director

Ildo Brizi

Writers

Davide Riccardi, Ildo Brizi, Ildo Brizi

Language

Italian

Country

Italy

Release date

21 September 2017

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Guia Zapponi

  Margherita

• Francesco Gasparri

  Agenore Venturi

• 

  Franco Leo

  Padre Claudio

• Julia Ivaldi

  Sè Stessa

• Elena Palombo

  Prostituta

• Mario Giustini

  Francesco

• Chiara Cimmino

  Lucia

• Roberto Bobbio

  Don Massimiliano

• 

  Daniela Camera

  Ada

• Ilvia Carpi

  Responsabile Clinica

• Bianca Podestà

  Maria Antonia

• Francesco Scandale

  Guardiano Del Manicomio