On the occasion of its world premiere in Berlin 2022, Vision Distribution has released the trailer and official photos of Black glasses (2021), the new film by Maestro Dario Argento (Profondo rosso, Suspiria).
The film will be presented at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival to be held in attendance from Feb. 10 to 16, 2022 in the "Special Gala" section while it will debut in Italian theaters on Feb. 24, distributed by Vision Distribution.
Black glasses is written by Dario Argento in collaboration with Franco Ferrini and stars Ilenia Pastorelli, here as Diana, an escort who becomes prey to a serial killer.
Plot: Rome. Diana is a young escort who, in order to escape her attacker, crashes into a car, losing her sight. From the shock Diana re-emerges determined to fight for her survival but she is no longer alone. Defending her and seeing for her now are Nerea, her German wolfdog, and baby Chin, who survived the accident. Haunted by the blood that surrounds them, they will be united by fear and a desperate search for a way out, because the killer does not want to give up his prey. Who will be saved?
Black glasses is an Italy-France co-production (Urania Pictures and Getaway Films) in collaboration with Rai Cinema and Cine +.
The film is made with the support of the MiC, Ministry of Culture, General Directorate of Cinema and Audiovisual and the Lazio Region. Project co-financed by the European Union
The cast includes Ilenia Pastorelli, Asia Argento (The Church, Trauma), Andrea Gherpelli, Xinyu Zhang, Maria Rosaria Russo, Paola Sambo, Gianluca Gugliarelli and Cristiano Simone Iannone.
The soundtrack, on the other hand, is by Arnaud Rebotini.
Dario Argento about the film: "BLACK EYES. is a film that I imagined some years ago without being able to make it, but which I never stopped thinking about. The difficulty was related to the market, which was looking for violent and meaningless stories, while I was finally experiencing a phase of reconciliation with my nightmares and had decided to open wide the door of terror and go through it. In fact, BLACK EYES. represents for me the culmination of a path engraved in my destiny as an author influenced since childhood by the tales of Edgar Allan Poe“.
About the protagonist's blindness: "Blindness is a theme I've visited before; I'm fascinated by the idea (when I turn) of communicating that feeling of fragility and panic that dominates the character's beating heart.
I was won over by Ilenia Pastorelli's beauty, but also by the fragility of her appearance that exists in stark contrast to the power of her gaze - a gaze that will change when she has to wear the black glasses in the film“.
Finally, the iconic Silver concludes by presenting. Black glasses as "a very intense Italian-style giallo, where, however, there is a new element compared to my previous films, and that is sentiment and tenderness“.
The official trailer:
