The Spider's Stratagem
The Spider's Stratagem

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Athos Magnani, a young researcher, returns to Tara, where his father was killed before his birth, at the request of Draifa. The father, also named Athos Magnani and looking exactly like the son, was killed by a fascist in 1936 -- or so says Draifa (his mistress), the town statue, and everyone in town. As the son untangles the web of lies this story is constructed from, he finds himself ensnared in the same web.... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Spider's Stratagem:

Giulio Brogi
Alida Valli
Pippo Campanini
Franco Giovanelli
Tino Scotti
Allen Midgette

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Athos Magnani, a young researcher, returns to Tara, where his father was killed before his birth, at the request of Draifa. The father, also named Athos Magnani and looking exactly like the son, was killed by a fascist in 1936 -- or so says Draifa (his mistress), the town statue, and everyone in town. As the son untangles the web of lies this story is constructed from, he finds himself ensnared in the same web.

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Sight and Sound - 10/10 by Penelope HoustonBertolucci has a gift for surrounding a claustrophobic theme with a sense of light and space.
Time Out - 10/10 by Tony RaynsFull of mysteries, omens, ambiguities, and signs of incipient madness, and it resolves itself into a riddle that is the cinema's richest homage to all that's remarkable in Borges.
New York Times - 8/10 by Vincent CanbyThe film's color photography is extraordinarily lovely for, like the conspirators within the film, Bertolucci has a weakness for the purely theatrical effect.
Chicago Reader - 8/10 by Don Druker[Features] sumptuous visuals and sense of high tragedy.
Film4 - 8/10 by Film4 StaffMuch of it is intriguing and the photography (by Storaro), sometimes evoking the paintings of De Chirico, is memorable.
User Review - 10/10 by John MAnother masterpiece of Bertolucci, what's more - the implementation of Boeges's heroe/traitor theme.Two geniuses combined, a genius movie.
User Review - 8/10 by Vicky PAfter reading so many bad reviews, I was surprised to find this film quite works and not more boring than the average "art" film.
User Review - 8/10 by Jonathan FFascinating early Bertolucci that works as a psychological thriller and as an intelligent meditation on the morality that some anti-Fascists hide behind. Some interesting Oedipal stuff thrown in there for good measure, too.
User Review - 8/10 by Private UFreaky and spooky. The three old guys in this film are awesome. The eerie atmosphere is also very cleverly created.
User Review - 8/10 by Ken TPerhaps the most artful whodunits ever put to film. Athos Magnani returns to the town of Tara where his father was killed before he was born at the request of his father's lover Draifa (Alida Valli). Athos' father was a hero and has a statue in the town dedicated to his honor. Athos is soon convinced by Draifa to find who killed his father's murderer, who was never discovered. He is soon asking questions and the answers lead him nowhere and filled with denials or seem to be staged. And Draifa, dedicated to the memory of Athos' father, begins to fall in love with the son. There are flashback moments to the father and then back to the son and often the viewer will be confused which time is actually happening - and perhaps that is the point? The characters seem to behave bizarrely - their mannerisms, dialogue and even the way the shots are setup - who headbutts a guy in the low of the spine?! I certainly have never seen that fighting method in any film! The Spider's Stratagem is about a world where nothing is what it seems - perhaps existing in a place where time itself is askew. Definitely a unique film that the arthouse crowd will certainly love. Excellent photography by Vittorio Storaro.

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