Ombre (film)

Ombre (transl. Shadows) is a 1980 Italian horror film directed and written by Giorgio Cavedon.

Ombre
Directed byGiorgio Cavedon
Screenplay byGiorgio Cavedon[1]
Story byGiorgio Cavedon[1]
Starring
Music byMaurizio Sangineto[1]
CinematographyErico Menczer[1]
Edited byMaria Grazia Dell'Ara[1]
Production
company
CTP Cineteleproduzioni[1]
Distributed byEurocopfilms
Release date
  • 26 June 1980 (1980-06-26) (Italy)
Running time
96 minutes[2]
CountryItaly[2]

Production

Although best known for his erotic fumetto comic series Isabella, director and screenwriter Giorgio Cavedon had worked in the film industry making a documentary in 1953 and having some credits in the early 1960s films including directing part of the Italian comedy anthology film I soldi.[2]

Cavedon began work on Ombre on July 9, 1979.[2] It was filmed on location in Milan and at Icet-De Paolis Studios in Milan.[2] It was originally developed under the working titles Autoritratto (transl. Self-Portrait) and Ritratto di fantasma (transl. Portrait of a Ghost).[2] Some sources have stated that Mario Caiano was a co-director on the film.[2] Caiano has never mentioned working on the film and actor Lou Castel stated that Cavedon was the film's only director.[3]

Release

Ombre was distributed theatrically in Italy by Eurocopfilms on 26 June 1980.[2] The film reportedly only sold 565 tickets in Italy and closed within a week.[3][4] The film grossed a total of 1,695,000 Italian lire domestically.[2]

Reception

In a contemporary review, Leonard Autera of Corriere della Sera stated that "Cavedon's direction [...] moves among the stories twists and certain inconsistencies in the script with mixed results." and also negatively commented on the story's slow pace.[4][5]

References

Footnotes
  1. Curti 2019, p. 39.
  2. Curti 2019, p. 40.
  3. Curti 2019, p. 41.
  4. Curti 2019, p. 42.
  5. Autera, Leonard (June 29, 1980). "Mansarda popolata di ombre". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).

Sources
  • Curti, Roberto (2019). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1980-1989. McFarland. ISBN 1476672431.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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