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The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Why this pick
A sleek, unsettling Italian psychothriller built around fragmented memory, invasive recollections and a heroine whose reality steadily becomes less dependable.
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MOVIE1980 1h 27m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
On a cold dark night, a man is driving through the countryside and discovers a young woman who seems to be running from something. The man stops and puts her in his car and does not notice another woman, who is completely naked, calling out for her. The woman tells the man that her name is Elizabeth; she insists there are people after her but she seems to be confused and frightened. He takes Elizabeth to his apartment in Paris and realizes she is incapable of remembering anything for any length of time. He tells her his name is Robert, which she has trouble remembering a few minutes later. She begs him not to leave her as she will forget him, and the pair make love, during which Robert tells Elizabeth to remember his face so she will never forget this time together. The next morning Robert has to go to work and when he's gone, Dr. Francis breaks into his apartment to persuade Elizabeth to return to the clinic, where she escaped from, where people are being treated for memory loss.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Brigitte Lahaie
Elysabeth