Venice Film Festival 2022

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The Black Cat The Black Cat
The Black Cat and The Draughtsman's Contract
The Black Cat (Country: US; Year: 1934; Director: Edgar G Ulmer; Writer: Peter Buric, Edgar G Ulmer based on a story by Edgar Allan Poe; Stars: Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, David Manners, Jacqueline Wells, Lucille Lund)
A couple of newlyweds find themselves trapped in a spooky Hungarian mansion after a car crash.
Branded To Kill (Country: Japan; Year: 1967; Director: Seijun Suzuki; Writer: Hachiro Guryu, Takeo Kimura, Chusei Sone, Atsushi Yamatoya; Stars: Jo Shishido, Annu Mari, Mariko Ogawa, Koji Nambara, Isao Tamagawa, Hiroshi Minami)
Japanese surrealist hitman tale from the 1967.
The Draughtsman's Contract (Country: UK; Year: 1982; Director: Peter Greenaway; Writer: Peter Greenaway; Stars: Anthony Higgins, Janet Suzman, Anne Louise Lambert, Neil Cunningham, Hugh Fraser, Dave Hill, David Gant)
A 17th century country house murder mystery, with sex, lies and a mischievous statue.
March On Rome (La Marcia Su Roma) (Country: Italy, France; Year: 1962; Director: Dino Risi; Writer: Sandro Continenza, Ghigo De Chiara, Ghigo De Chiara, Agenore Incrocci, Ruggero Maccari, Furio Scarpelli, Ettore Scola; Stars: Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Roger Hanin, Mario Brega, Angela Luce, Gérard Landry, Alberto Vecchietti, Claudio Perone, Antonio Cannas, Giampiero Albertini, Howard Rubiens, Nino Di Napoli, Nando Angelini, Daniele Vargas, Edda Ferronao)
After the First World War, two hungry and unemployed veterans join the Fascist movement so they can eat, but they drop out when they have to kill.
My Little Loves (Mes petites amoureuses) (Country: France; Year: 1974; Director: Jean Eustache; Writer: Jean Eustache; Stars: Martin Loeb, Jacqueline Dufranne, Jacques Romain, Ingrid Caven, Vincent Testanière, Roger Rizzi, Anne Stroka, Cirque Muller, Syndra Kahn, Jean-Jacques Bihan, Ghislaine Lakomy, Brigitte Pangaud, Michele Deboutet, Dionys Mascolo, Claire Treille)
Cinema offers an escape for an introverted adolescent.
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