Don't Torture a Duckling
Why this pick
Like Who Saw Her Die?, it turns a child-murder investigation into a bruising Italian giallo, balancing parental grief, suspect-rich suspense, and an unexpectedly bleak atmosphere.
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IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Why this pick
Like Who Saw Her Die?, it turns a child-murder investigation into a bruising Italian giallo, balancing parental grief, suspect-rich suspense, and an unexpectedly bleak atmosphere.
Why this pick
A measured, visually elegant giallo whose investigative momentum, concealed motives, and chilly urban unease closely suit the deliberate mystery of Who Saw Her Die?
Why this pick
Its school-linked murders and troubled investigation carry the same sorrowful, morally grim tone, with suspense built from vulnerable characters rather than mere body-count shocks.
Why this pick
For the same patient dread and melancholy visual mood: a newcomer investigates a disturbing local mystery as clues accrue through eerie spaces and guarded townspeople.
Why this pick
It shares the dreamlike, mournful side of early-1970s Italian thrillers, letting elegant imagery and psychological uncertainty gradually tighten into sinister suspense.
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01 / THE STORY
In a French ski resort, a young girl wanders off from her carer and is murdered by a killer in a black veil, who buries her body in the snow. Years later, another young girl, Roberta Serpieri, is found drowned in Venice after being abducted by the same killer. Her divorced parents, sculptor Franco and Elizabeth, attempt to discover what has happened to their daughter.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

Franco Serpieri

Father James

Serafian

Philip Vernon
Roberta Serpieri