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Footprints
Why this pick
Its fractured investigation, dreamlike unease, and elegant, chilly imagery closely echo The Fifth Cord’s cerebral giallo mood and gradual descent into uncertainty.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE FEATURE PRESENTATION
MOVIE1971 1h 30m ITA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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The Fifth Cord
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
Keep the feeling.
SIMILAR PICKS / A PERSONAL CONNECTION
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The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Why this pick
A stylish, psychologically destabilising mystery with subjective imagery and a mounting sense of menace rather than straightforward procedural thrills.
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Short Night of Glass Dolls
Why this pick
This same-era Italian thriller pairs a journalist-led inquiry with political paranoia, morbid atmosphere, and a deliberately unfolding structure.
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The House with Laughing Windows
Why this pick
Its patient rural investigation and quietly diseased atmosphere offer a more restrained but equally unsettling variation on The Fifth Cord’s investigative dread.
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The Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion
Why this pick
A sleek, emotionally anxious giallo driven by manipulation, suspicion, and polished visual style, with tension built through perception rather than action.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Franco Nero
Andrea Bild
Edmund Purdom
Edouard Vermont
Rossella Falk
Sophia Bini
Corrado Gaipa
Editor
Ira von Fürstenberg
Isabel Lancia
Wolfgang Preiss
Police inspector
Guido Alberti
Traversi
Pamela Tiffin
Lu Auer