A Quiet Place in the Country (1968) [N/A]

Featuring:
Franco Nero, Vanessa Redgrave, Georges Géret

Written by:
Tonino Guerra
Elio Petri
Luciano Vincenzoni

Directed by:
Elio Petri


Release Date:
November 14, 1968

Original Title:
Un tranquillo posto di campagna

Alternate Titles:
A Quiet Place in the Country
Un tranquillo posto di campagna

Genres:
Horror | Thriller

Production Companies:
Les Productions Artistes Associés
PEA

Production Countries:
France | Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 16 

Runtime: 106

In a quiet place she strips away the structure of his mind and body... piece by piece.

A painter facing a creative block arranges to spend the weekend in the country at his mistress's villa. While staying there, his sanity begins to disintegrate.

Renowned painter Leonardo Ferri, whose works have a standard price set by the market, and his girlfriend Flavia live together in his studio in Milan. He has not completed any paintings in two months as he slowly goes mad. His mental issues, about which Flavia is aware, includes a recurring dream where she is torturing him before attempting to kill him. As such, Flavia makes arrangements for them to rent a country villa outside of Venice where the change in scenery may recharge his creative juices. Because she can feel negative energy toward her at the villa, Flavia decides to spend her weekdays in Milan, visiting on the weekends, leaving Leonardo alone at the villa during week with only the housekeeper, Egle. Still haunted by his mental problems, Leonardo tries but is unable to restart his work. During this time alone, he learns of Vanda Valier, a previous occupant of the villa who was killed outside the villa walls during the war at age fifteen. Many of the locals still have their own stories of Vanda, some who still seem obsessed with her and her timeless beauty. Leonardo becomes one of those obsessed. In his mental state, Leonardo will have to reconcile hie obsession with Vanda with his relationship with Flavia, especially as many believe Vanda's ghost still controls what happens at the villa.

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Rankings and Honors

A Quiet Place in the Country (1968) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes 100%
Awards Won: 1 win & 4 nominations total

Art Direction:
Sergio Canevari

Assistant Camera:
Antonio Annunziata
Michele Picciaredda

Assistant Editor:
Adriana Olasio

Assistant Production Design:
Amedeo Fago

Camera Operator:
Ubaldo Terzano

Costume Design:
Giulio Coltellacci
Franco Carretti

Dialogue:
Luciano Vincenzoni
Elio Petri

Director:
Elio Petri

Director of Photography:
Luigi Kuveiller

Editor:
Ruggero Mastroianni

First Assistant Director:
Mario Chiari

Gaffer:
Sergio Coletta

Key Grip:
Sergio Emidi

Makeup Artist:
Pierantonio Mecacci

Original Music Composer:
Ennio Morricone

Painter:
Jim Dine

Producer:
Alberto Grimaldi

Production Design:
Sergio Canevari

Production Manager:
Gino Millozza

Production Secretary:
Stefano Pegoraro

Production Supervisor:
Alfredo Petri

Screenplay:
Luciano Vincenzoni
Elio Petri

Script Supervisor:
Enzo Ocone

Sound:
Mario Bramonti

Sound Mixer:
Emilio Rosa

Still Photographer:
Claudio Patriarca

Story:
Tonino Guerra
Elio Petri

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