A retired spy returns to his old profession in this eye-popping neo-giallo by masters Cattet & Forzani.
Former spy John is enjoying his retirement in a luxury hotel on the French Riviera, where a glamorous neighbor catches his eye. When she disappears, John springs into action and is confronted with his flamboyant past – and his old demons.
After their sultry neo-western Let the Corpses Tan / Laissez bronzer les cadavres (2017), directing duo Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani return to the genre they’re known for: the neo-giallo. Like its predecessor, Reflection in a Dead Diamond doesn’t take place in the shadows, but in the blazing sunlight of the Côte d’Azur. The fancy hotel setting and the conventions of the spy thriller provide Cattet and Forzani with the opportunity to indulge in stylistic excess, with dazzling architecture, fashion, cars and motorcycles. And who would have thought Adriano Celentano’s 24.000 baci would be the perfect soundtrack to a bloody brawl?
