Considered one of the best of its genre, this thriller/gothic/horror film set in the 1950s doubles as a political allegory about Italian society and identity after the fall of Mussolini’s Fascist regime. It draws on the unsettling elements of its location in the backwaters of Emilia Romagna, the director’s native region. “The idea came from one of the stories that Avati used to listen to as a child, next to a fireplace which cast a flickering light into the dark corners of a country house filled with strange sounds and phantoms” (Andrea Maioli).content note: violence, general creepiness Event Url