Atrocious Tales of Love and Death

About Atrocious Tales of Love and Death

Raphael, a restaurant mandolin player with a limp, a father to support, and a lot of debt, accepts a job offered by his friend, Giardino, to play a serenade under an apartment window at the behest of a mysterious blonde. As he’s playing, a man high up on a balcony is pushed to his death.

Atrocious Tales of Love and Death is a 1979 comedy thriller film directed by Sergio Corbucci. It runs 115 minutes and was released in April 1979.

Marcello Mastroianni takes the lead as Raffaele Capece, Ornella Muti as Lucia Navarro, Michel Piccoli as Victor Navarro, and Zeudi Araya as Elizabeth. The screenplay is by Giuseppe Catalano and Sabatino Ciuffini.