Icarus Films will be teaming up with France’s
premiere film production and distribution company, Distrib Films, on Aug. 6 for
the domestic DVD debut of Italian writer/director Donato Carrisi’s film
adaptation of his own novel, The Girl in the Fog.
Regardless of the language that you speak, The Girl
in the Fog is a film for those who love
their mysteries. Murder mysteries. Detective thrillers.
The first mystery we encounter is that of a man
involved in an auto accident, covered in blood, however as things turn out the
blood is not his. He ends up in the
care of a psychiatrist by the name of Augusto Flores (played by Jean Reno) and
the mystery of this man unfolds in flashback.
He is Detective Agente Vogel (Toni Servillo — One Man
Up, Gorbaciof, The Confessions,
etc.), who has been investigating the disappearance of Anna Lou Kastner, a
sixteen year-old girl living in the remote Alpine village of Avechot. The investigation has turned into a media
circus of Vogel’s deliberate making (for reasons of his own rehabilitation) and
he has cynically turned the focus of the girl’s disappearance on one of her
teachers, Professor Loris Martini (Alessio Boni — The
Goodbye Kiss, The Hush, Wild Blood,
etc.).
The “collective” press is like a ravenous
animal. They are egged-on by the
investigator, but to what purpose?
The teacher could be the killer. And, then again, maybe not. Indeed, it could be anyone in this close-knit
village … and, for all we know, Vogel might even be involved. In the meantime, it is her teacher who must
dangle in the wind as the chief suspect.
And, another thing to consider, without a body, is the girl even dead?
The Girl in the Fog is a
delicious mystery that unfolds like a puzzle.
It is up to the armchair detectives in the audience to decipher the
clues and solve the mystery before the reveal in the final act. Good hunting!
The Girl in the Fog is
presented in Italian with English subtitles.
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