Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh

The ravishing Queen of Giallo, Edwige Fenech, plays the role of Madame Wardh, the wife of an anal-retentive diplomat chased by her memories of a sado-masochistic relationship with the dangerous Jean. She meets the seductive Georges at a decadent, high-society soirée and immediately falls in love. Meanwhile, an unknown murderer is terrorizing the town, unleashing his wrath against all beautiful women. Sergio Martino, like Dario Argento, had a great influence on the giallo trend of the early 70s. This film contains all the typical elements of the genre: beautiful adultresses from the social elite, strong and weak men, the most gaudy fashion statements of the seventies and incredible interior design. These stylized compositions are filmed in cinemascope and accompanied by a fantastic soundtrack. The desperately complicated storyline focuses primarily on debauchery and on the incisive razor blade of the mysterious murderer, dressed in black and wearing leather gloves.