The Stendhal Syndrome
Original title: La sindrome di Stendhal · Turkish title: Stendhal sendromu
“Murder is an art — and she’s the canvas!”
1996 · 1 h 53 min
Directed by 
Dario Argento
Dario ArgentoCast
Asia ArgentoCredits
Written by: Graziella Magherini
Plot
A detective is overcome by the beauty of art.
Sinekatalog’s take
Dario Argento's thriller has Asia Argento as a detective overwhelmed by art and then stalked by a rapist. Visually inventive but disturbing and uneven, it is a controversial late-period giallo.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.0 / 10 (10,100 votes)
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