The House with Laughing Windows

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The House with Laughing Windows

Directed by	Pupi Avati
Produced by	Antonio Avati Gianni Minervini
Written by	Antonio Avati Pupi Avati
Starring	Lino Capolicchio Francesca Marciano Gianni Cavina Giulio Pizzirani
Music by	Amedeo Tommasi
Cinematography	Pasquale Rachini
Release date(s)	Aug 16, 1976 (Italy)
Running time	110 min
Country	Italy
Language	Italian
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The House with Laughing Windows (La Casa dalle finestre che ridono) is a 1976 Italian mystery-horror film co-written and directed by Pupi Avati.

1 Plot synopsis
2 Cast
3 Trivia
4 External links

[edit] Plot synopsis

A remote Italian village harbors unspeakable secrets, as young Stefano ("The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'" Lino Capolicchio) discovers when he arrives to restore a local church's decaying, painted fresco depicting the slaughter of St. Sebastian. Townspeople whisper that the original artist painted directly from real life, with models tortured and murdered all in the name of art. Suddenly a new, terrifying chain of murders begins, and Stefano finds himself caught in a chilling web of madness and unspeakable horror from which he may never escape! ^[1]

[edit] Cast

Lino Capolicchio - Stefano
Francesca Marciano - Francesca
Gianni Cavina - Coppola
Giulio Pizzirani - Antonio Mazza
Vanna Busoni - Teacher
Andrea Matteuzzi - Poppi
Bob Tonelli - Solmi
Pietro Brambilla - Lidio
Ferdinando Orlandi - Marshall
Ines Ciaschetti - Concierge
Flavia Giorgi - Poppi's Wife
Eugene Walter - Priest
Carla Astolfi - Chambermaid
Tonino Corazzari - Buono Legnani
Pina Borione - Laura Legnani

[edit] Trivia

Nominated for the 1983 International Fantasy Film Award for Best Film at Fantasporto.
Filmed in Lido degli Scacchi, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy (the villa where the main chararacter lives).