The Laughing Woman

Femina Ridens
Femina Ridens
	File:Stelvio Cipriani - Femina Ridens (1969).jpg
Soundtrack album by Stelvio Cipriani
Released	1969
Genre	Jazz; funk; psychedelia;
Label	CAM

The Laughing Woman
The Laughing Woman
	File:Laughing woman poster 01.jpg US film poster
Directed by	Piero Schivazappa
Written by	Piero Schivazappa
Produced by	Giuseppe Zaccariello
Starring	Philippe Leroy; Dagmar Lassander;
Cinematography	Sante Achilli
Edited by	Carlo Reali
Music by	Stelvio Cipriani
Production; company	Cemo Film
Distributed by	Cemo Film
Release date	4 December 1969;
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

The Laughing Woman (Latin: Femina ridens), also known as The Frightened Woman, is a 1969 Italian erotic thriller film directed by Piero Schivazappa.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Plot

Dr. Sayer, the director of a philanthropic foundation, spends his weekends at his luxurious villa outside of Rome toying with sadistic fantasies. His games are usually acted out with the help of a prostitute conversant with his desires. When his regular prostitute becomes unavailable at the last minute, Sayer substitutes Maria, a young journalist on his staff. After the drugged Maria regains consciousness at his villa, Sayer realizes that he now has a real victim on his hands. She is subjected to his unpleasant games but soon begins subverting him.^[4]^[5]

Cast

Philippe Leroy: Doctor Sayer
Dagmar Lassander: Mary
Lorenza Guerrieri: Gida
Varo Soleri: Administrator
Maria Cumani Quasimodo: Sayer's Secretary
Mirella Pamphili: Streetwalker

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to the film was composed by Stelvio Cipriani and released in 1969.

Track listing

Side A

Week-End With Mary
Love Symbol
Hot Skin
Chorus And Brass "Fugato"
Rendez-Vous In The Castle
Sophisticated Shake

Side B

"Femina Ridens" Song
Mary's Theme
The Shower
The Run In The Alley
Fight Of Love

References

^ "The Frightened Woman (Piero Schivazappa, 1969)". 21 February 2013.
^ "Piero Schivazappa – Femina Ridens AKA The Frightened Woman (1969) (DVD) | Cinema of the World". worldscinema.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21.
^ "The Frightened Woman". AllMovie. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
^ "The Laughing Woman". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
^ "The Laughing Woman". MUBI. Retrieved October 18, 2021.

External links

The Laughing Woman at IMDb

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[1] "The Frightened Woman (Piero Schivazappa, 1969)". 21 February 2013.

[2] "Piero Schivazappa – Femina Ridens AKA The Frightened Woman (1969) (DVD) | Cinema of the World". worldscinema.org. Archived from the original on 2012-09-21.

[3] "The Frightened Woman". AllMovie. Retrieved October 18, 2021.

[4] "The Laughing Woman". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved October 18, 2021.

[5] "The Laughing Woman". MUBI. Retrieved October 18, 2021.

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