Spell – Dolce mattatoio

Spell – Dolce mattatoio (transl. Spell – Sweet Abattoir) is a 1977 Italian film directed by Alberto Cavallone.

Spell – Dolce mattatoio
Directed byAlberto Cavallone
Screenplay byAlberto Cavallone[1]
Story byAlberto Cavallone[1]
Starring
  • Paola Montenero
  • Jane Avril
  • Monica Ronchi
  • Martial Boschero
  • Giovanni De Angelis
CinematographyGianni Bonicelli[1]
Edited byAlberto Cavallone[1]
Production
company
Stefano Film[1]
Distributed byStefano Film[1]
Release date
  • 20 May 1977 (1977-05-20) (Italy)
CountryItaly[2]

Produzione

The sequence with Mónica Zanchi lying on the pool table with her legs spread (her vulva is explicitly seen) was shot in a real bar, very unwillingly; the actress demanded the presence only of the male actor and a cameraman.[3]

Release

Spell was distributed in Italy by Stefano Film on 20 May 1977 as Spell – Dolce mattatoio (transl. Spell – Sweet Abattoir).[4][5] After a short run in Italy, it was released as L'uomo, la donna e la bestia (transl. The Man, the Woman and the Beast) to capitalize on the popularity of Walerian Borowczyk's La Bête.[5] Cavallone commented on the re-titling of the film as "very irritating" and that the re-release was "definitely a shitty title."[5]

Reception

In contemporary reviews, Leonardo Autera of Corriere della Sera stated that the film was "redundant, clunky, and amateurishly acted and ultimately, lacking any semblance of style"[6][7]

See also

References

Footnotes
  1. "Spell". Archiviodelcinemaitaliano.it. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  2. Buchanan, Jason. "Man, Woman and Beast (1977)". AllMovie. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  3. Gordiano Lupi (13 February 2014). "Appunti su Alberto Cavallone".
  4. Curti 2018, p. 46.
  5. Curti 2018, p. 47.
  6. Curti 2018, p. 49.
  7. Autera, Leonardo (May 30, 1977). "L'incubo del sesso". Corriere della Sera.

Sources
  • Curti, Roberto (2018). Mavericks of Italian Cinema. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-7242-7.


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