Parano (1980)
Directed by Bernard Dubois

Drama / Horror

Film Synopsis

A young woman suffers from compulsive homicidal tendencies.  She shoots her husband and her child dead with a gun, she cuts the head off a hitch-hiker, she mutilates a friend, until she is finally caught and incarcerated.  But she manages to escape from prison and sets out to kill the person who witnessed her crimes...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Bernard Dubois
  • Script: Bernard Dubois
  • Cinematographer: Paul Bonis
  • Music: Walter Martino
  • Cast: Jean-Pierre Léaud (Ignazio), Agathe Vannier (Maria), Lou Castel (Michel), Joe Dallesandro (Le psychiatre), Sarah Manuelli (La petite fille), Stéphane Vilar (Le mari), Jane Pugh (La fille du bar), Stefania Casini, Angelica Ippolito
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Color
  • Runtime: 85 min

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