mystery &mdash; settima https://write.underworld.fr/settima/tag:mystery @settima@mograph.social Tue, 30 Jun 2026 08:13:48 +0200 Le démon dans l'île [Demon Is on the Island / Demon of the Island] (Francis... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-76kc <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le démon dans l'île [Demon Is on the Island / Demon of the Island] (Francis Leroi, 1983)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 28/div div class="occasion" 1947/div div class="img" Le démon dans l'île (1983)/div div class="caption" Dr. Gabrielle Martin (Anny Duperey) reads her digital patient file. It mentions her day of birth, June 28, 1947. DP: Jacques Assuérus./div div class="txt" "Don't think too much, it could affect your health, Gabrielle." ### – Dr. Marshall /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #FrancisLeroi #AnnyDuperey #JeanClaudeBrialy #ChristianGaubert #JacquesAssuérus #horror #mystery #France #1980s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Le démon dans l'île [Demon Is on the Island / Demon of the Island] (Francis Leroi, 1983)

Jun

28

1947

Le démon dans l'île (1983)

Dr. Gabrielle Martin (Anny Duperey) reads her digital patient file. It mentions her day of birth, June 28, 1947. DP: Jacques Assuérus.

“Don't think too much, it could affect your health, Gabrielle.”

– Dr. Marshall

#FilmDuJour #June #FrancisLeroi #AnnyDuperey #JeanClaudeBrialy #ChristianGaubert #JacquesAssuérus #horror #mystery #France #1980s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-76kc Sun, 28 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 The Lottery (Larry Yust, 1969) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rzw9 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" The Lottery (Larry Yust, 1969)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 27/div div class="X" /div div class="img" The Lottery (1969)/div div class="caption" Drawing lots from a box. DP: Isidore Mankofsky./div div class="txt" This, or any other adaptation of Shirley Jackson's story. "Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones." ### – Shirley Jackson, The Lottery (1948) /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #LarryYust #ShirleyJackson #IsidoreMankofsky #lottery #BookAdaptation #horror #mystery #ShortFilm #USA #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

The Lottery (Larry Yust, 1969)

Jun

27

The Lottery (1969)

Drawing lots from a box. DP: Isidore Mankofsky.

This, or any other adaptation of Shirley Jackson's story.

“Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones.”

– Shirley Jackson, The Lottery (1948)

#FilmDuJour #June #LarryYust #ShirleyJackson #IsidoreMankofsky #lottery #BookAdaptation #horror #mystery #ShortFilm #USA #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-rzw9 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5907 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 23/div div class="occasion" Sat/div div class="img" L'immortelle (1963)/div div class="caption" A man's hand holds a crumbled up diary page for Saturday June 23. There are no calendar entries. DP: Maurice Barry./div div class="txt" "You're a foreigner and you're lost." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #AlainRobbeGrillet #FrançoiseBrion #JacquesDoniolValcroze #GuidoCelano #GeorgesDelerue #MichelFano #TahsinKavalcioglu #MauriceBarry #ExperimentalFilm #drama #mystery #France #Italy #Turkey #1960s ★★★★★/div /section ]]>

L'immortelle (Alain Robbe-Grillet, 1963)

Jun

23

Sat

L'immortelle (1963)

A man's hand holds a crumbled up diary page for Saturday June 23. There are no calendar entries. DP: Maurice Barry.

“You're a foreigner and you're lost.”

#FilmDuJour #June #AlainRobbeGrillet #FrançoiseBrion #JacquesDoniolValcroze #GuidoCelano #GeorgesDelerue #MichelFano #TahsinKavalcioglu #MauriceBarry #ExperimentalFilm #drama #mystery #France #Italy #Turkey #1960s ★★★★★

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-5907 Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-v8mz <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto Lenzi, 1971)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 19/div div class="occasion" champagne/div div class="img" Un posto ideale per uccidere (1971).png)/div div class="caption" A white hand places a champagne filled coupe on a tiled floor, right in front of a tabby cat. Said Highness is also enjoying a full plate of carefully prepared seafood. DP: Alfio Contini./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #champagne #seafood #UmbertoLenzi #IrenePapas #RayLovelock #OrnellaMuti #MichelBardinet #SalBorgese #CarlaMancini #UmbertoRaho #FrancoRessel #BrunoLauzi #AlfioContini #cats #hippies #Mansonsploitation #crime #thriller #drama #mystery #Italy #France #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Un posto ideale per uccidere [An Ideal Place to Kill / Oasis of Fear] (Umberto Lenzi, 1971)

Jun

19

champagne

Un posto ideale per uccidere (1971)

A white hand places a champagne filled coupe on a tiled floor, right in front of a tabby cat. Said Highness is also enjoying a full plate of carefully prepared seafood. DP: Alfio Contini.

 

#FilmDinner #champagne #seafood #UmbertoLenzi #IrenePapas #RayLovelock #OrnellaMuti #MichelBardinet #SalBorgese #CarlaMancini #UmbertoRaho #FrancoRessel #BrunoLauzi #AlfioContini #cats #hippies #Mansonsploitation #crime #thriller #drama #mystery #Italy #France #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-v8mz Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:47:47 +0200 Strategia del ragno [The Spider's Stratagem] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-6by0 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Strategia del ragno [The Spider's Stratagem] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" Sat/div div class="img" Strategia del ragno (1970)/div div class="caption" A clock face. It's 9:54 on Saturday June 15. DPs: Franco Di Giacomo & Vittorio Storaro./div div class="txt" The two-page story this film is based on – Jorge Luis Borges' Tema del traidor y del héroe [Theme of the Traitor and Hero] (1944) – takes place on January 3 and August 2. "Instead of leaving this morning, I'm still here. Among friends." ### – Athos Magnani /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #BernardoBertolucci #JorgeLuisBorges #FrancoDiGiacomo #VittorioStoraro #GiulioBrogi #AlidaValli #BookAdaptation #mystery #clocks #drama #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Strategia del ragno [The Spider's Stratagem] (Bernardo Bertolucci, 1970)

Jun

15

Sat

Strategia del ragno (1970)

A clock face. It's 9:54 on Saturday June 15. DPs: Franco Di Giacomo & Vittorio Storaro.

The two-page story this film is based on – Jorge Luis Borges' Tema del traidor y del héroe [Theme of the Traitor and Hero] (1944) – takes place on January 3 and August 2.

“Instead of leaving this morning, I'm still here. Among friends.”

– Athos Magnani

#FilmDuJour #June #BernardoBertolucci #JorgeLuisBorges #FrancoDiGiacomo #VittorioStoraro #GiulioBrogi #AlidaValli #BookAdaptation #mystery #clocks #drama #Italy #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-6by0 Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Black Widow (Nunnally Johnson, 1954) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-r5m2 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Black Widow (Nunnally Johnson, 1954)/div div class="month" Jun/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 6/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Black Widow (1954)/div div class="caption" Carlotta 'Lottie' Mari (Ginger Rogers) reaching out to Nancy 'Nanny' Ordway's (Peggy Ann Garner). DP: Charles G. Clarke./div div class="txt" – Were you drunk when you did these? – A little. – They're very good. ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #June #NunnallyJohnson #GingerRogers #GeneTierney #PeggyAnnGarner #GeorgeRaft #HughWheeler #RichardWWebb #LeighHarline #CharlesGClarke #BookAdaptation #mystery #crime #fashion #USA #1950s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Black Widow (Nunnally Johnson, 1954)

Jun

6

Black Widow (1954)

Carlotta 'Lottie' Mari (Ginger Rogers) reaching out to Nancy 'Nanny' Ordway's (Peggy Ann Garner). DP: Charles G. Clarke.

– Were you drunk when you did these? – A little. – They're very good.

#FilmDuJour #June #NunnallyJohnson #GingerRogers #GeneTierney #PeggyAnnGarner #GeorgeRaft #HughWheeler #RichardWWebb #LeighHarline #CharlesGClarke #BookAdaptation #mystery #crime #fashion #USA #1950s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-r5m2 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-3c32 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 22/div div class="occasion" dishes/div div class="img" Les yeux cernés (1964).png)/div div class="caption" Dirty plates on what looks like a professional kitchen's counter. A bobbed woman in black moves cutlery out of the frame. DP: Jean Boffety./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDinner #RobertHossein #MichèleMorgan #MarieFrancePisier #AndréHossein #JeanBoffety #mystery #drama #crime #romance #France #Italy #Austria #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Les yeux cernés [Marked Eyes] (Robert Hossein, 1964)

May

22

dishes

Les yeux cernés (1964)

Dirty plates on what looks like a professional kitchen's counter. A bobbed woman in black moves cutlery out of the frame. DP: Jean Boffety.

#FilmDinner #RobertHossein #MichèleMorgan #MarieFrancePisier #AndréHossein #JeanBoffety #mystery #drama #crime #romance #France #Italy #Austria #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-3c32 Fri, 22 May 2026 19:02:10 +0200 Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-p6hn <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 15/div div class="occasion" Thu/div div class="occasion" /div div class="img" Le 15 mai (1971)/div div class="caption" Claudia Morin in her silver dress showing up in Philippe Rouleau's office. The perpetual calendar behind her – Enzo Mari's Formosa from 1963 – tells us it is May 15. DP: Dominique Le Rigoleur./div div class="txt" "Of course, it's the 15th of May." ### /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #ClaireDenis #ClaudiaMorin #PhilippeRouleau #DominiqueLeRigoleur #ShortFilm #StudentFilm #SciFi #mystery #BookAdaptation #France #1970s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Le 15 mai (Claire Denis, 1971)

May

15

Thu

Le 15 mai (1971)

Claudia Morin in her silver dress showing up in Philippe Rouleau's office. The perpetual calendar behind her – Enzo Mari's Formosa from 1963 – tells us it is May 15. DP: Dominique Le Rigoleur.

“Of course, it's the 15th of May.”

#FilmDuJour #May #ClaireDenis #ClaudiaMorin #PhilippeRouleau #DominiqueLeRigoleur #ShortFilm #StudentFilm #SciFi #mystery #BookAdaptation #France #1970s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-p6hn Fri, 15 May 2026 09:00:00 +0200 Una libélula para cada muerto [A Dragonfly for Each Corpse] (León Klimovsky,... https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kg3r <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Una libélula para cada muerto [A Dragonfly for Each Corpse] (León Klimovsky, 1975)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="occasion" Martedi/div div class="img" Una libélula para cada muerto (1975).png)/div div class="caption" Grimy looking Inspector Paolo Scaporella (Paul Naschy) in intense phone conversation. The wall calendar reads Maggio 29 Martedi. DP: Miguel Fernández Mila./div div class="txt" &nbsp; /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #LeónKlimovsky #PaulNaschy #ErikaBlanc #ÁngelAranda #MaríaKosty #RicardoMerino #StelvioCipriani #CarloRustichelli #MiguelFernándezMila #SerialKillers #Movember #giallo #crime #mystery #thriller #Spain #1970s ★★★½/div /section ]]>

Una libélula para cada muerto [A Dragonfly for Each Corpse] (León Klimovsky, 1975)

May

14

Martedi

Una libélula para cada muerto (1975)

Grimy looking Inspector Paolo Scaporella (Paul Naschy) in intense phone conversation. The wall calendar reads Maggio 29 Martedi. DP: Miguel Fernández Mila.

 

#FilmDuJour #May #LeónKlimovsky #PaulNaschy #ErikaBlanc #ÁngelAranda #MaríaKosty #RicardoMerino #StelvioCipriani #CarloRustichelli #MiguelFernándezMila #SerialKillers #Movember #giallo #crime #mystery #thriller #Spain #1970s ★★★½

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-kg3r Thu, 14 May 2026 11:00:00 +0200 Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964) https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ldk7 <![CDATA[section class="boxinfo" markdown="1" div class="title" Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)/div div class="month" May/div div class="dont-fill" /div div class="daynr" 14/div div class="X" /div div class="img" Les félins (1964)/div div class="caption" Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë./div div class="txt" /div div class="tags" ##### #FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆/div /section ]]>

Les félins [Joy House / The Love Cage] (René Clément, 1964)

May

14

Les félins (1964)

Barbara Hill (Lola Albright) going through Marc Borel's (Alain Delon) passport, which states Marc's date of birth as May 14. On Barbara's desk several curiosities, including a shrunken head in a glass case. DP: Henri Decaë.

#FilmDuJour #May #RenéClément #DayKeene #JaneFonda #AlainDelon #LolaAlbright #CarlStuder #SorrellBooke #LaloSchifrin #HenriDecaë #crime #mystery #comedy #jazz #BookAdaptation #France #1960s ★★★★☆

]]> https://write.underworld.fr/settima/section-class-boxinfo-markdown-1-ldk7 Thu, 14 May 2026 10:00:00 +0200