Delitti e profumi

Crimes and Perfume
Directed by Vittorio De Sisti
Written by Francesco Massaro
Franco Ferrini
Oreste De Fornari
Carlo Alberto Bonadies
Music by Umberto Smaila
Cinematography Giuseppe Maccari
Release dates
  • 1988 (1988)
Running time
90 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian

Delitti e profumi (also known as Crimes and Perfume) is a 1988 Italian giallo film directed by Vittorio De Sisti.[1][2][3]

Cast

Plot

Eddy, a detective who works as a security guard in a department store, is engaged with Barbara, who works as a clerk in the same store. After receiving a perfume as a gift from a mysterious admirer, Barbara burns alive passing under a series of warm halogen spotlights. In order to discover the truth about the death of Barbara, Eddy decides to investigates together with Inspector Turroni. Afterward a prostitute named Portia is murdered in similar circumstances and Eddy discovers the cause of the deaths: the perfume sent by the killer contains a highly flammable substance (benzopyrene-15). He decides than to find the connection between the two women and he discovers two pieces of a picture that the two victims had. The picture was taken years before, in 1971, when the victims were just young girls. They spent that summer together with a third girl, Mariri, and another mysterious girl at a holiday camp managed by Sister Melania. The solution of the crimes is a terrible accident occurred during that summer.

References

  1. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
  2. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 8877424230.
  3. P. Per. (1988-12-14). "Jerry Calà nel grande magazzino del giallo". La Stampa. p. 19.

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