A Lizard in a Woman's Skin
A Lizard in a Woman's Skin (Italian: Una lucertola con la pelle di donna) is a 1971 giallo film directed by Lucio Fulci and produced by Edmondo Amati and Robert Dorfmann. It stars Florinda Bolkan, Stanley Baker, Jean Sorel, Leo Genn, and Anita Strindberg. The film was an Italian-Spanish-French co-production.
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| Italian | Una lucertola con la pelle di donna |
| Directed by | Lucio Fulci |
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| Produced by | Edmondo Amati |
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| Cinematography | Luigi Kuveiller |
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| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
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| Box office | £935.206 million |
Set in London, the film follows Carol Hammond (Bolkan), the daughter of a respected politician, who experiences a series of vivid, psychedelic nightmares consisting of debauched sex orgies and LSD use. In the dream, she commits a graphic murder of a neighbour whose life she is envious of (Strindberg) and awakes to a real-life criminal investigation into the murder of her neighbour.
The film was released in France as Carole, and was later re-released in the US as Schizoid. The French release print is the longest at 101 minutes.