Libìdo
A young man visits his ancestral home accompanied by his guardian and their respective wives, where he is plagued by the memories and influence of his murderous, psychosexual father.
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"With a six letter title ending in 'O' and a central character who is clearly mentally unstable, I was expecting Libido to be heavily inspired by Hitchcock's Psycho, but the film actually has more in common with French classic Les Diaboliques (1955), the plot involving two women conspiring to drive a young man crazy so that they can claim his inheritance. When Christian Coreau (Giancarlo Giannini) was a child, he witnessed his father kill a woman before committing suicide; this left Christian more than a little twitchy and fearful that he might follow in his father's footst..."
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Film debut of Giancarlo Giannini. Franco Nero was also considered for the role of Christian, but the filmmakers chose Giannini because they felt he would better convey the intensity they wanted.
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A young man visits his ancestral home accompanied by his guardian and their respective wives, where he is plagued by the memories and influence of his murderous, psychosexual father.