The Washing Machine
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| Original title | Vortice Mortale |
| Directed by | Ruggero Deodato |
| Written by | Luigi Spagnol |
| Cinematography | Sergio D'Offizi |
| Edited by | Gianfranco Amicucci |
| Music by | Claudio Simonetti |
Release date | 5th June 1993 |
Running time | 90 Min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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The Washing Machine (Italian: La Lavatrice) also known by its original title Vortice Mortale is a 1993 Giallo directed by Ruggero Deodato.
Plot
Inspector Alexander Stacev (Phillipe Caroit) is called to the house of 3 sisters, Ludmilla (Barbara Ricci), Vida (Katarzyna Figura) and Maria (Ilaria Borrelli) after Ludmilla claims to have found the dismembered body of Vida's pimp boyfriend Yuri (Yorgo Voyagis) inside their washing machine. When he arrives and finds no body he tells them there is no case, putting it down to a drunken hallucination. The sisters think otherwise and follow and pester him about the disappearance of Yuri, luring him into their strange world.
Cast
- Philippe Caroit - Inspector Alexander Stacev
- Ilaria Borrelli - Maria 'Sissy' Kolba
- Katarzyna Figura - Vida Kolba
- Barbara Ricci - Ludmilla Kolba
- Laurence Regnier - Nikolai
- László Borbély - Music Teacher
- Claudia Pozzi - Irina
- Yorgo Voyagis - Yuri Petkov
- Vilmos Kolba - Blind School Instructor
- Károly Medriczky - German Tourist #1
- Sándor Boros - German Tourist #2
- Tamás Pintér - Male Orchestra Singer
- Ágnes Dávid - Female Orchestra Singer
- Ruggero Deodato - Nosy Neighbor (uncredited)
Background
Although generally considered to be a Giallo film, some argue that it does not fit the criteria for the genre. [1]
Ruggero was interviewed for a book in 1999 and said of the film;
I wasn't very happy with The Washing Machine because I was never convinced that the casting was correct, and the film was made too quickly… I can only say that I am not at all pleased with the final result because it's a very intimate movie and should have had well-known actors, which it does not. So, after the first few minutes it collapses.
DVD release
The Washing Machine was released in 2014 on DVD in the UK by Shameless Screen Entertainment. [3]
References
- ^ "Ruggero Deodato's THE WASHING MACHINE". screenanarchy. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ Fenton, Harvey (1999). Cannibal Holocaust: And the Savage Cinema of Ruggero Deodato. FAB Press. p. 112. ISBN 0952926040.
- ^ "THE WASHING MACHINE". Shameless-Films. Retrieved 4 July 2021.