Footprints on the Moon
Directed by Luigi Bazzoni
In the most criminally underseen giallo of the ‘70s, Florinda Bolkan stars as a freelance translator who wakes one morning missing all memory of her past three days. But will a trail of odd clues lead her to a place where perception and identity are never what they seem?
A freelance translator wakes one morning missing all memory of her past three days. But will a trail of odd clues lead her to a place where perception and identity are never what they seem?
Cast: Florinda Bolkan, Peter McEnery, Nicoletta Elmi, Caterina Boratto, John Karlsen
Member Reviews
Opens with a cool premise, but failed to stretch it out to 90 minutes in a way that held my attention.
i loved this movie! There's certainly some loose ends, but it has a great story that builds suspense and some beautiful scenery. It makes you kinda wish Garma was a real place.
Not bad but definitely a film I’ll only view once
A surreal, unsettling psychological thriller, skilfully directed by Bazzoni (it was his final film) with a measured, quietly powerful performance from Bolkan. Vittorio Storaro's cinematography is also worth noting, making use of locations in Rome and Turkey as a stand in for the coldly atmospheric fictional resort of Garma. Bazzoni expertly develops a steady pace in order to build tension and mystery resulting in an excellent giallo which does something original, rather than falling back on tired tropes. It deserves to be much more widely known.
Slow, but atmospheric. I loved it and I think back to it often. In the woman-losing-her-mind subgenre of giallo.