A dazzling combination of menacing Grand Guignol atmosphere,
brilliant cinematography, gory violence, lush décor, and pounding
soundtrack, Francesca tells the tale of a psychopath who uses Dante’s
“Divine Comedy” as a clever reference to rid the city of impure souls
through a series of gruesome murders. This audacious film synthesizes
all the familiar Giallo motifs (psycho killers, blood violence,
convoluted plot twists, pulse-pounding music) into an almost perfect
symphony of fear that’s unlikely to ever be repeated on screen.
Preceded by the short film:
DISCO
INFERNO – A black-clad vixen infiltrates a sumptuous mansion overrun
with cultists in what begins as a rescue mission, and then deliriously
descends into an eerie musical reverie, before finally arriving at a
most unexpected conclusion. Florida Premiere.