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| Directed by | Demofilo Fidani |
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| Story by | Demofilo Fidani |
| Starring | Paola Senatore |
| Cinematography | Aldo Giordani |
| Edited by | Piera Bruni |
| Music by | Coriolano Gori |
| Production company | Tarquinia Internazionale Cinematografica |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... (lit. 'A.A.A. Masseuse, Good-Looking, Offers Her Services...') is a 1972 Italian giallo film directed by Demofilo Fidani.
Plot
Cristina is working as a call-girl. Her clients are mysteriously and brutally murdered one after another.
Cast
- Paola Senatore as Cristina Graziani
- Simonetta Vitelli (credited as Simone Blondell) as Paola)
Production
Film historian and critic Roberto Curti described A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... as being part of a minor wave of low-budget giallo films in second run and third-run venues.
The film"s script was written by director Demofilo Fidani and his wife Mila Vitelli. Unlike most of Fidani's films (predominantly Westerns) in which he is credited under an English alias, the director is credited by his (real) Italian name.
Genre
The Italian database Cinematografo defines the film's subgenre as erotic thriller. The film contains elements of horror and slasher.
Release
A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... was released in 1972. For its release in France the same year, the film's version and its title (Caresses à domicile) are noted as "very daring", the film being presented as a mere "erotic film" by La Revue du cinéma or a 'porn third-rate production' by Écran'
Reception
From retrospective reviews, Roberto Curti described the film as containing elements of Demofilo Fidani's typical style, specifically Western-type revolvers and villains falling in slow motion in "unlikely acrobatic manners." Antonio Bruschini, of the Italian genre magazine Nocturno, found the ending of the film and the culprit predictable but noted that A.A.A. Massaggiatrice reflected the Argentinean atmosphere of the period.
References
- ^ "A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi... (1972)". Archivio del cinema Italiano (in Italian). Archived from the original on July 31, 2023. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- ^ "A.A.A. Massaggiatrice bella presenza offresi...", Cinematograf.it (in Italian), archived from the original on April 19, 2023, retrieved July 31, 2023
- ^ Curti 2022, p. 224.
- Curti 2022, p. 226.
- ^ Bruschini.
- Palmerini & Mistretta 1996, p. 171.
- ^ Curti 2022, p. 225.
- Curti 2022, p. 9.
- Gomarasca, Manlio; Pulici, Davide (2013-07-24). La piccola cineteca degli orrori: Tutti i FILM che i fratelli Lumière non avrebbero mai voluto vedere (in Italian). Bureau. ISBN 978-88-586-5486-6.
- La Revue du cinéma: image et son (in French). Ligue française de l'enseignement et de l'éducation permanente. 1974.
- Ecran (in French). Editions de l'Atlante. 1974.
Sources
- Bruschini, Antonio. "AAA Masseuse beautiful presence offered". Nocturno. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
- Curti, Roberto (2022). Italian Giallo in Film and Television. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-8248-8.
- Palmerini, Luca M.; Mistretta, Gaetano (1996). Spaghetti Nightmares: Italian Fantasy-horrors as Seen Through the Eyes of Their Protagonists. Fantasma Books. ISBN 978-0-9634982-7-4.