Stendhal Wikipedia

Running time120 minutesCountryItalyLanguageItalianBudget$3,800,000 (estimated)Box office5,443,000,000 (Italy)The Stendhal Syndrome (Ital. La Sindrome di Stendhal) is a 1996 Italian film written and directed by and starring his daughter. It was the first Italian film to use (CGI).is considered a real syndrome by some, first diagnosed in, Italy in 1982.

Argento said he experienced Stendhal syndrome as a child. While touring Athens with his parents young Dario was climbing the steps of the Parthenon when he was overcome by a trance that caused him to become lost from his parents for hours. The experience was so strong that Argento never forgot it; he immediately thought of it when he came across 's book about the syndrome, which would become the basis of the film.It was a hit when released in Italy, grossing ₤5,443,000,000 ( $3,809,977).

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Contents.Plot Detective Anna Manni travels to on the trail of a, Alfredo Grossi. While visiting a museum, Anna is overcome by, a condition which causes the sufferer to become overwhelmed when viewing great works of art. When Alfredo learns of Anna's disorder, he uses it to disable her before he kidnaps her and subjects her to a brutal and sadistic sexual attack. Although she manages to escape, Anna is left deeply.

Alfredo continues to track her movements and is able to capture her again. This time, however, Anna turns the tables on her abductor, breaking free of his grasp, badly wounding him in the process, and knocking him into a river.While the police, believing Alfredo to be dead, search the river for his body, Anna meets and soon falls in love with Marie, a young French art student. Anna also takes sessions with a psychologist in an effort to come to terms with her own deep-seated emotional trauma. That trauma is intensified when Anna begins to receive phone calls from the supposedly-dead Alfredo. When Marie is found murdered, Anna's psychologist, concerned about her mental state, visits her at home.

While he is there, a colleague of Anna's, Marco, calls to notify her that Alfredo's body has in fact been found. This leads to the psychologist realizing the truth, and he confronts Anna with the reality that she herself is Marie's murderer. Marco arrives at Anna's apartment, only to find that she has killed her psychologist as well.

As he attempts to take Anna's gun from her, she confesses that Alfredo is now inside her, ordering her to do terrible things, whereupon she murders Marco. The police arrive on the scene and ultimately arrest her after she wanders the streets.Cast. as Det. Anna Manni. as Alfredo Grossi.

as Marco Longhi. as Insp. Manetti. as Dr.

Cavanna. Julien Lambroschini as Marie Beyle. John Quentin as Mr. Manni. as Victim's husband. Lucia Stara as the Shop assistant.

Sonia Topazio as Victim in Florence. as Giulio. Vera Gemma as the Policewoman. John Pedeferri as Hydraulic engineer. as Mrs.

Beyle. Mario Diano as the Coroner.

as Mrs. Grossi. Eleonora Vizzini as Anna Manni (child)Production Upon release, the alternate title was The Strendahl System.was originally set to star in the role of Anna, but dropped out before the start of production, and was considered as a possible replacement before Dario Argento eventually cast his own daughter, Asia, in the role. Was cast as Alfredo Grossi because he had previously worked with Asia on the film (1994) and she recommended him to her father.The opening scene was shot in at Italy's famed.

Dario Argento is the only director ever granted permission to shoot there. The work that Anna literally steps into is a painting by, depicting 17th century policemen and titled. The painting that causes Anna to faint in the museum is, by.The footage of Anna underwater after she faints in the gallery was shot in the sea. The huge grouper fish that Anna kisses was a remote model that was being pulled through the water by cables attached to a small float on the ocean's surface. Mere moments after wrapping the underwater shoot, the fish stopped working. This would be the last fiction feature film for acclaimed director of photography.

The following year he shot a documentary on before retiring.Graffiti artists were brought in to cover the walls of Alfredo's underground lair with graffiti. In one night the group created over one hundred square feet of graffiti-covered walls at the location. This is the second of (to date) five films in which Argento has directed his daughter, Asia, the four others being:,. She also had roles in and, both of which her father produced.Argento planned on making a sequel to The Stendhal Syndrome which would follow detective Anna Manni on another case. However, Asia was unavailable so the character's name was changed (to Anna Mari) and was cast. The resulting film is 2004's.Release Critical reception The film carries a 77% 'Fresh' rating from based on 13 reviews indicating positive reviews, and was nominated for a for Best Home Video Release.Response from critics was mixed, with 's Jason Buchanan calling the film 'a sadistic and disturbing psychological exploration', but one that is 'ultimately a victim of its own excess and the director's tendency to overcomplicate a fairly simple storyline.'

Buchanan praised the film's 'stunningly visual opening sequence' and 's 'hauntingly hypnotic score' but criticized how 'the seemingly meandering plot grinds to a halt just as it should truly shine.' 's David Rooney gave the film a mixed review, praising the film's 'exhilarating' opening sequence and Giuseppe Rotunno's 'cool and elegant' cinematography, but lamented that 'as with much of the director’s work, large sections of plot are pure hokum, and the gradual slackening of both pace and suspense in a sluggish second half only underlines the increasing silliness.'

Gave a mostly positive review, writing that 'this isn't a return to the baroque heights of. But it's a must-see for Argento completists, driven by a brave and disturbing performance by the director's daughter, Asia', though she criticized the film for taking 'a serious wrong turn around the time Anna buys a blond, femme-fatale wig.' Home video In the U.S., The Stendhal Syndrome is distributed by company.

A new special edition of the film was released by on 30 August 2007.For its initial release in the United Kingdom, eleven cuts, primarily to the rape scenes, violence and some dialogue, totaling 2 minutes 47 seconds were made by the distributor before submission to the for a video certificate. The 2005 UK DVD release, by Arrow Pictures, had all previous cuts waived and represents the full-length English version, although like all English releases it omits the two scenes exclusive to the Italian version.

Since the uncut version has never been submitted to the British Board of Film Classification, this version was withdrawn and re-released in a cut form.Blue Underground released The Stendahl Syndrome on Blu-ray in 2008, which contains the entire film uncut, including the additional Italian-only scenes (still in Italian, with English subtitles).

Stendhal University (French: Université Stendhal, also known as Grenoble III) was a university located in the outskirts of Grenoble, France that offered courses in foreign languages and cultures, ancient and modern literature, language and communication sciences. Having traditionally focused on training educators, it has more recently become known for preparing students for careers in journalism, communication and culture.

Each year, the CUEF (University Center for French Studies) educated over 3,000 foreign students through various exchange programs in fields covering the entire spectrum of French studies.

The last president was Lise Dumasy.^[1]

History[edit]

Grenoble III University was founded in 1970, but its origins date back to the Middle Ages and the University of Grenoble. In 1968, Edgar Faure created the Établissement public à caractère scientifique, culturel et professionnel (EPCSCP), endowed with considerable autonomy. Departments were eliminated and replaced by Teaching and Research Units (UER), which later became Training and Research Units (UFR). The founding charter of Grenoble University III, Stendhal, and its three native Grenoble counterparts (Grenoble I, Grenoble II and Grenoble-INP) was signed in 1970.

From its early days, Grenoble III opened itself to new fields and helped create emerging language sciences, as well as Communication and Applied Foreign Languages (LEA). It took multiple steps to diversify fields of study while combining non-specialized fields and those of vocational study:

• New LEA department in 1971
• Diplomas for VD Lawyers and trilingual economists in 1974
• Bachelors and Masters in Information and Communication in 1987
• DESS in Specialized Translation and Production of multilingual texts in 1992
• Creation of the UFR of the Sciences of Communication and Sciences of Language in 1989

In 2016, it merged with two other universities to form the Université Grenoble Alpes, a restoration of the original University of Grenoble.

Presidents[edit]

• Bernard Miège, 1989–1994
• Lise Dumasy, 1999-2004
• Patrick Chézaud, 2004–2008
• Lise Dumasy, 2008–2016^[2]

References[edit]

1. ^Equipe présidentielle de l'université StendhalArchived 2010-06-26 at the Wayback Machine, in French.
2. ^'Lise Dumasy élue à la Présidence de l'université Stendhal' (in French). Retrieved 22 September 2015.

External links[edit]

• fr:Stendhal University (Université Stendhal)
• fr:CUEF