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Solamente Nero (1978)

Thriller | 109 minutes
3,26 34 votes

Genre: Thriller / Mystery

Duration: 109 minuten

Alternative titles: Only Blackness / The Bloodstained Shadow

Country: Italy

Directed by: Antonio Bido

Stars: Lino Capolicchio, Stefania Casini and Craig Hill

IMDb score: 6,3 (2.303)

Releasedate: 2 June 1978

Solamente Nero plot

"Once the killing had started… it could never stop!"

Young professor Stefano hopes for peace when he returns to his hometown. But soon things are disturbed when a medium is murdered outside his residence, the parish of his brother, Father Paolo, who witnesses it. The murder bears a resemblance to an unsolved case from the past. When Paolo receives threatening letters amid more murders, the brothers scramble to unravel the mystery.

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Stefano D'Archangelo

Sandra Sellani

Don Paolo

Count Pedrazzi

Signora Nardi

Sandra's stepmother

Gasparre, the sacristan

Signor Andreani

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wendyvortex

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A very exciting giallo thriller, where, as usual, the entire cast qualifies as the potential killer. Razors are absent this time—and it is certainly not the bloodiest film in the genre—but that is compensated for by the beautiful scenery, slightly more depth than usual, suspense, and Goblin on the soundtrack.

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baspls

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I wanted to see Solamente Nero mainly because of the incredibly atmospheric poster. However, contrary to what you might expect from the poster, it is not a film about nighttime murders in Venice, and what is depicted on the poster is largely not to be found in the film.

A man returns to the island near Venice where he grew up after being away for years. His brother is a priest, and he is allowed to stay in the rectory for the time being. When the priest witnesses a murder, he receives threatening notes afterwards; his brother tries to solve the murder, but things turn grim in the parish, and more murders follow…

Solamente Nero comes across very much as a film trying to piggyback on the success of Profondo Rosso. The film features an electronic soundtrack with occasional sound effects reminiscent of Kraftwerk or Giorgio Moroder's early work.

Furthermore, the way the plot develops also seems very Argento-esque. The story was reasonably suspenseful, and you kept wondering who the culprit was. Ultimately, it turns out – just like in Don't Torture a Duckling – to be the priest; the filmmakers must have had some trouble with that.

Everything is neatly resolved, and in a scene strongly reminiscent of Vertigo, the priest walks up the stairs of a bell tower and throws himself off the edge. Quite abrupt, unfortunately, and despite all the murders being solved, no motive is given for that first murder that set everything in motion. Why would a priest murder a schoolgirl out of the blue? Of course, you can come up with quite a few plausible explanations, but the film should have developed that better.

The cinematography was decent, but not particularly special. All in all, not as atmospheric as I had hoped, but this Giallo was quite entertaining.

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