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The Stendhal Syndrome

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A police detective falls under hallucinatory spells while trying to capture the sadistic man who raped her.
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The Stendhal Syndrome

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Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine 12/06/2001
3/4
The Stendhal Syndrome considerably improves after multiple viewings. Go to Full Review
James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk 07/26/2017
3/4
The Argentos-both the director and the actress-don't hold back in conveying the intensity of sexual violence in both physical and psychological terms, and the film is at its best when it drives us deep into its fractured aftermath. Go to Full Review
Felix Gonzalez Jr. DVD Review 12/17/2008
The film should be approached ... less as delirious exploitation and more as a maturing director's next evolution .... Go to Full Review
Walter Chaw Film Freak Central 05/07/2008
2.5/4
serves as a devastating, nihilistic attack on the failures--and fascinatingly, the successes--of Argento's oeuvre to this point. Go to Full Review
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 07/23/2005
2/5
Dragan Antulov rec.arts.movies.reviews 09/26/2003
4/10
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Ian S Jan 24 A near miss. First half was much better than the second half. Some good performances and the usual visual flourishes from Argento. Probably Argento's last decent movie after his best years in the 70's and 80's. See more The M 07/28/2024 After the misstep of trauma, Argento went back to Italy to create this first-rate, psycho-thriller about young police officer tracking a serial killer In Rome, when her life is turned upside down by the Stendal syndrome. Ugly violence does not compromise the knock out performance by Asia Argento. Here, Dario Argento is back on form with some really fantastic imagery and Suspense that is slightly hindered by a limping 3rd half. Probably there were last really great Argent film 🎥 See more John A @ExcessMale 08/31/2023 Beautifully shot and wonderfully lit psychological crime drama that is only somewhat unfocused. See more Matthew D 10/25/2022 The good Argento movie for about a decade. Perhaps the last good one period See more david f 12/02/2021 I was hoping for more from this film, which has a great title, director, and actress. See more 02/07/2021 The stendhal syndrome is an true Dario Argento's artwork in horror film is really unbelievable beautiful brutal nasty and a total nightmare independent horror film and Asia Argento performance is really outstanding in horror film. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A police detective falls under hallucinatory spells while trying to capture the sadistic man who raped her.
Director
Dario Argento
Producer
Dario Argento, Guiseppe Colombo
Screenwriter
Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini, Graziella Magherini
Distributor
Troma Films
Production Co
Medusa Film
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 26, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Runtime
1h 59m
Sound Mix
Surround, Dolby Digital
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