| Imago Mortis | |
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 Promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Stefano Bessoni |
| Written by | Luiso Berdejo Richard Stanley |
| Produced by | Álvaro Augustín Sonia Raule Javier Ugarte |
| Starring | Geraldine Chaplin Oona Chaplin Alberto Amarilla Leticia Dolera |
| Cinematography | Arnaldo Catinari |
| Edited by | Raimondo Aiello |
| Music by | Zacarías M. de la Riva |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Countries | Italy Spain |
| Budget | €3 million |
Imago Mortis is a 2009 Italian-Spanish film directed by Stefano Bessoni. The supernatural thriller stars Geraldine Chaplin and is the first major screen appearance of her daughter, Oona. Richard Stanley, one of the film's scriptwriters described the film as a "Sort of a neo-giallo taking off from Dario Argento's Four Flies on Grey Velvet by way of Umberto Lenzi's Spasmo and DaVinci Code."[1] Speaking about his hopes for the film, Bessoni said; “My film aspires to del revive fantasy cinema, as is happening in Spain”.[2] It was released in Italy on 16 January 2009.[3]
- ^ Italian Horror Suffers Ocular Trauma in Mortis Shock Till You Drop. 2 June 2007
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