Do You Like Hitchcock?
| Do You Like Hitchcock? | |
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Promotional poster
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| Written by |
Dario Argento Franco Ferrini |
| Directed by | Dario Argento |
| Starring |
Elio Germano Chiara Conti Elisabetta Rocchetti Cristina Brondo Ivan Morales |
| Theme music composer | Pino Donaggio |
| Country of origin |
Spain Italy |
| Original language(s) |
Italian English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Carlo Bixio Joan Antoni Gonzales I Serret |
| Cinematography | Frederic Fasano |
| Editor(s) | Walter Fasano |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
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Do You Like Hitchcock? (orig. Ti piace Hitchcock?) is a 2005 television movie directed by Dario Argento. The film is a homage to the acclaimed thriller film director Alfred Hitchcock.
In 1991 Giulio, a young boy bicycling in the woods, spots a woman darting between the trees. He follows her as she is joined by another woman and enters an old stone house. As he peers through the window, he witnesses the women wildly slaughtering a rooster. They spot the boy and chase after him, yelling "You'll be sorry! I'll kill you! You'll never get away from us!"
In present day, Giulio, now a young film student, is studying late at night when he spies on Sasha, an attractive neighbor girl as she undresses. The next morning, he makes love to his girlfriend Arianna. After she leaves, Giulio spies on Sasha as she argues with her mother. Later, while renting Fritz Lang films for his thesis, he sees her by chance at the video store. She tries to rent Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train at the same time as another woman, Federica. The two talk and strike up a friendship.
That night Giulio sees Sasha watching her movies in the apartment across the street. Her mother tells her angrily to turn down the volume. Sasha meanders out to the balcony where she briefly sees Giulio, who ducks back into his apartment.
The next day at the video store, Giulio sees Federica as she rents Strangers on a Train. The clerk, Andrea, makes advances towards her, but she's not interested and drives away. Later, while riding his bicycle, Giulio sees Sasha and Federica having lunch by a fountain, talking closely.
In the next scene, an intruder uses a key to enter Sasha's apartment while her mother is home alone watching TV. The intruder murders Sasha's mother with a brass pestle. Giulio is awakened later that night by the sounds of the police investigation as they question Sasha.
Giulio meets Andrea the next morning to talk briefly about the murder, after which they both attend Sasha's mother's funeral.
Giulio meets Arianna for lunch. Reading the newspaper, he finds out that Sasha Zerboni was an only child and her mother was a rich widow. Giulio tells his girlfriend that he's been thinking about Strangers on a Train all day. They watch it together and he tells Arianna that he suspects that Sasha and Federica are in an agreement similar to the one in the film. During the course of their conversation, Arianna realizes that he's been watching Sasha out his window.
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