The Italian producer Alfredo Bini got the copyrights of the weird Mexican story Aura wrote by Carlos Fuentes, so Bini teams up Damiano Damiani and Hugo Liberatori to adapted the novel to wide screen, it has shadows of surrealism and underpinned by a gothic guidance, the whole packet was addressed for the classy British actor Richard Johnson and Bini's wife the eye candy goddess Rosanna Schiaffino.
The plot squeezed in few words is about a single womanizer Sergio (Richard Johnson) that received an unusual proposition by older widow Consuelo (Sarah Ferrati) aiming for organize her poorly cared for library, plenty denied by Sergio, however everything changes when he suddenly meets a stunning beauty Consuelo's daughter Aura (Rosanna Schiaffino) living there, hereinafter which was self-assured Sergio became weak and bewitched by enigmatic Aura to the extent to make anything by her love including get rid of the actual librarian Fabrizio (Gian Maria Volonté).
Unfortunately the defective title has spoilers bring damages to the picture, it has a powerful erotic setting over the ambiguous Aura, also a claustrophobic ambience provided by so old and decaying house, shot in black & white it becomes gloomier, the flaming outcome is hard unpredictable, somewhat it challenging to be labeled, horror as some reviewers implied isn't whatsoever, actually is a blend several genres.
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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.25.
