Le Orme. A Portuguese translator living in Italy finds herself drawn to the island of Garma in a bid to solve mysteries and nightmares that are haunting her. Despite a picture of astronauts on the DVD cover this is not science fiction. Neither would I call it horror or giallo. Psychological thriller best describes it. There is no gratuitous nudity or violence so often seen in Italian movies from this period. Furthermore it is a slow burn so those wanting fast thrills go elsewhere. Footprints does boast some superb cinematography and beautiful locations. Despite obvious dubbing it is also well acted. Sadly, however, Klaus Kinski has only a very minor role. For sure it is bizarre and surreal but my problem with Footprints is that it becomes very hard to follow what is going on and has one of those endings that had me trying to figure out actually happened. A second viewing may make more sense, but as it is pretty slow I'm not sure I'd want to sit through it again, despite some visual delights.
Review of Footprints on the Moon
