The House of the Yellow Carpet

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The House of the Yellow Carpet
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Directed by Carlo Lizzani
Written byFiliberto Bandini
Lucio Battistrada
Aldo Selleri (play)
Produced byFiliberto Bandini
StarringErland Josephson
Beatrice Romand
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
CinematographyGiuliano Giustini
Music by Stelvio Cipriani
Running time
89 minutes
LanguageItalian

The House of the Yellow Carpet (Italian: La casa del tappeto giallo) is a 1983 Italian giallo film directed by Carlo Lizzani. [1] [2] [3] It was written by Filiberto Bandini (the film's producer) and Lucio Battistrada, based on a play by Aldo Selleri. [4]

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Plot

Franca and her husband Antonio decide to sell a yellow rug which was a gift from Franca's stepfather. One day, while Antonio is out, a strange man responding to their advertisement rings saying he wishes to buy the rug. But the man's visit becomes a nightmare as he overstays his welcome. He kidnaps Franca and tells her he murdered his wife on that same yellow rug. Franca winds up killing the man. One creepy scene in particular involves a man injecting himself with a hypodermic syringe.

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