| Rito d'amore | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Aldo Lado |
| Written by | Aldo Lado |
| Starring | Larry Huckmann Beatrice Ring |
| Music by | Pino Donaggio |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Rito d'amore (English: Love Ritual) is a 1989 Italian drama film directed by Aldo Lado.
Plot
The young Valerie is a very determined girl: she wants to become an actress and participates in dozens of auditions, almost always without success. To live (she shares a small apartment with her friend Louise) she also agrees to pose naked at the Institute of Fine Arts, where she meets Yuro, an introverted and disturbing Japanese. Valerie, engaged to a musician, slowly lets herself be involved in Yuro's charm, to the point of accepting all conditions. The two end up estranged from the world and live physically and intellectually united, in a relationship bordering on the pathological. Yuro, taking his philosophy of life to the extreme, ends up killing the girl (who is consenting) and eating her flesh: the last desperate rite of love to live with her always.
Cast
- Larry Huckmann: Yuro
- Beatrice Ring: Valerie
- Francesco Casale: Pierre
- Natalia Brizzi: Louise
References
- "'Rito d'amore'. Ultimo amore cannibale". Bietti (in Italian). Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- Manlio Gomarasca; Davide Pulici (2009). La piccola cineteca degli orrori. Tutti i film che i fratelli Lumière non avrebbero mai voluto vedere. Milan: Rizzoli.