Sweets from a Stranger (film)
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| Directed by | Franco Ferrini |
| Music by | Umberto Smaila |
| Cinematography | Giuseppe Berardini |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
Running time | 91 minutes |
| Language | Italian |
Sweets from a Stranger (Italian: Caramelle da uno sconosciuto, also known as Sweets of One Unknown) is a 1987 Italian giallo film directed by Franco Ferrini.[1][2]
Plot
In Rome a maniac kills several prostitutes torturing them with a razor.
Stella, a luxury call girl, learns about the murder of Bruna, her old friend. Only Bruna's colleagues attended the funeral: Stella, Lena, Nadine, Angela, Isa, Katia and Monica.
Lena is a beautiful and shy girl. Angela is an unemployed hairdresser now neophyte into prostitution, Isa is the outspoken Valentina's young mother.
Nadine, an experienced sex worker with a cheerful but tenacious personality, decides to organize a group with the colleagues in order to discover the identity of the serial killer before he strikes again.
Soon they are informed that the murderer kills the victims not only with a razor, but with a captive bolt gun deathblow.
In a short time many prostitutes end up together at Katia and Monica's home to organize themselves and discover the identity of the killer until the final twist.
Cast
- Barbara De Rossi: Lena
- Mara Venier: Stella
- Marina Suma: Angela
- Athina Cenci: Nadine
- Laura Betti: Jolanda
- Annie Papa: Monica
- Gerardo Amato: Angela's Lover
- Maurizio Donadoni: Maurizio Giusti
- Anna Galiena: Isa
- Sabrina Ferilli: The Roman girl
- Lidia Broccolino: Bruna
- Antonella Ponziani: First victim
- Alessandra Bonarota: Katia
- Ilaria Cecchi: Valentina