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Giallo (Italian pronunciation: [ˈdʒallo], plural gialli) is an Italian 20th century genre of literature and film, which in Italian indicates crime fiction and mystery. In the English language it refers to a genre similar to the French fantastique genre and includes elements of horror fiction and eroticism. The word giallo is Italian for "yellow" and stems from the origin of the genre as a series of cheap paperback mystery novels with trademark yellow covers.
The term giallo derives from a series of mystery/crime pulp novels entitled Il Giallo Mondadori, first published by the Mondadori publishing house, starting from 1929, and taking its name from the trademark yellow cover background. The series almost exclusively consisted of Italian translations of mystery novels by British and American writers, such as Agatha Christie, Ellery Queen, Ed McBain, Rex Stout, Raymond Chandler etc.
Published as cheapish paperbacks, the success of the “giallo” novels soon began attracting the attention of other publishing houses, who began releasing their own versions, retaining the traditional yellow cover. The Giallo Mondadori popularity then established the word giallo in Italian as the widespread translation of the English “mystery.”
In Torino, Celine, an American model, is abducted by a taxi driver while en route home to meet her sister Linda, visiting at her apartment. The next morning, Linda reports that Celine is missing - the sergeant in charge directs her to F.B.I. agent Inspector Enzo Avolfi. He's from the Special New York City Department investigating a serial-killer that kidnaps foreigners to destroy their beauty. When a Japanese woman is found at nearby a fountain, Enzo and Linda find that the girl is calling the abductor's skin is "Yellow" in color and Linda concludes that the guy might have jaundice. They go to the Policlinic di Torino to find the killer.
Keywords: 33-year-old, abandoned-baby, abduction, actor-playing-multiple-roles, autopsy, beaten-to-death, bleach, blood, blood-on-camera-lens, blood-splatter
Actors: Adrien Brody (producer), Claude Forest (miscellaneous crew), Dario Argento (writer), Claude Forest (miscellaneous crew), Donald Bruce (miscellaneous crew), Roberto Silvi (editor), Adrien Brody (actor), Luis Molteni (actor), Elsa Pataky (actress), Robert Miano (actor), Adrien Brody (actor), Dario Argento (director), Emmanuelle Seigner (actress), Richard Rionda Del Castro (producer), Charlotte Fontijn (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: In Torino, Celine, an American model, is abducted by a taxi driver while en route home to meet her sister Linda, visiting at her apartment. The next morning, Linda reports that Celine is missing - the sergeant in charge directs her to F.B.I. agent Inspector Enzo Avolfi. He's from the Special New York City Department investigating a serial-killer that kidnaps foreigners to destroy their beauty. When a Japanese woman is found at nearby a fountain, Enzo and Linda find that the girl is calling the abductor's skin is "Yellow" in color and Linda concludes that the guy might have jaundice. They go to the Policlinic di Torino to find the killer.
Keywords: 33-year-old, abandoned-baby, abduction, actor-playing-multiple-roles, autopsy, beaten-to-death, bleach, blood, blood-on-camera-lens, blood-splatterActors: Mario Parruccini (writer), Mario Parruccini (director), Tiziano Bernardini (actor), Tiziano Bernardini (composer), Gianlorenzo Tennenini (actor), Gianlorenzo Tennenini (composer),
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