Atmospheric, slow moving mystery set in a beautiful and somber Italian location. American actor Peter Baldwin is cast as a man drawn back to the town where he had known people connected to a hotel on a magnificent lake. What became of the young woman he remembers who disappeared? In the past he had witnessed her with one of the hotel men--or did he? Everyone in the film seems to have a secret and it can be a bit frustrating if you're not compelled to figure it out, or to wait for the revelation. There is a heavy quality to this film, dreamlike at times, and the b&w cinematography establishes an oppressive feeling. Also in the cast Virna Lisi, Philippe Leroy and the great Valentina Cortese. Worth a look for handsome Baldwin, a decent actor whose career moved to Italy in the 1960s, and as a nearly forgotten Italian production from that decade.
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