1976 · giallo · rural · mystery
The House with Laughing Windows
Directed by Pupi Avati1h 50m1976
Stefano, a young restorer, is commissioned to save a controversial mural located in the church of a small, isolated village.
Our read: The House with Laughing Windows (1976) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive giallo · rural · mystery entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, measured giallo / rural, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- bleak
- cold
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