The House of the Laughing Windows (1976) on Netflix
NR19761h 50mHorrorMysteryThriller
Stefano, a restorer, is hired to repair a fresco of Saint Sebastian in a village church near Ferrara. Its painter, Legnani, was said to be mad, and the town discourages the work.
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Plot summary
Stefano is a young restorer sent to a village in the Valli di Comacchio to repair a fresco of the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian on a rotting church wall. The painter, Legnani, died years earlier and was said to be insane; the townspeople tell Stefano that he worked from people in their final agony, and that his body was never found. Mayor Solmi hired Stefano on the recommendation of Dr. Antonio Mazza, who begins looking into Legnani's past. Stefano lodges in the house that once belonged to the painter's two sisters and begins a romance with Francesca, a new schoolteacher. The town discourages him from the task.
Cast
- Bob Tonellias Mayor Solmi
- Vanna Busonias Teacher
- Ferdinando Orlandias Police Marshall
- Andrea Matteuzzias Poppi
- Ines Ciaschettias Concierge
- Pina Borioneas Paraplegic Woman
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The House of the Laughing Windows (1976)
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- Pupi Avati got the idea for the film from a story he heard as a child about the exhumation of a priest in the village of Sasso Marconi.
- Avati's script was reworked after his earlier film House of Pleasure for Women flopped financially, with several changes made to the characters and story.
