Watch The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) Free Online

Release Date: 1996

Cast: Marco Leonardi, Asia Argento, Sonia Topazio, John Quentin, Lucia Stara, Franco Diogene, Julien Lambroschini, Thomas Kretschmann, Luigi Diberti, Paolo Bonacelli

Categories: Movies, Cult, World Cinema, Crime Fiction, Slasher, Thriller, Psychological Thriller, Horror

The Stendhal Syndrome is 1996 Italian Horror film, written and directed by Dario Argento and starring his daughter Asia Argento. It was the first Italian film to use computer-generated imagery (CGI).. Stendhal Syndrome is a real syndrome, first diagnosed in Florence, Italy in 1982. It is named after the French writer Marie-Henri Beyle, who wrote under the nom de plume Stendhal and reportedly experienced like symptoms in 1817. The director, Dario Argento, said he experienced Stendhal syndrome as a child. While touring Athens with his parents young Dario was climbing the steps of the... MORE

The Stendhal Syndrome is 1996 Italian Horror film, written and directed by Dario Argento and starring his daughter Asia Argento. It was the first Italian film to use computer-generated imagery (CGI).. Stendhal Syndrome is a real syndrome, first diagnosed in Florence, Italy in 1982. It is named after the French writer Marie-Henri Beyle, who wrote under the nom de plume Stendhal and reportedly experienced like symptoms in 1817. The director, Dario 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 and immediately thought of it when he came across Magherini's book, which would become the basis of the film. The film was a large Box Office hit when released in Italy grossing 5,443,000,000 Italian Lira ($3,809,977) Argento's highest grossing film in his native country. Detective Anna Manni (Asia Argento) travels to Florence on the trail of a serial killer (Thomas Kretschmann). While at a museum, Anna is struck by the Stendhal Syndrome, which LESS