Mimsy Farmer (Four Flies on Grey Velvet), Maurizio Bonuglia (Ludwig), and Mario Scaccia (We Still Kill the Old Way) lead the cast of The Perfume of the Lady in Black, a surreal giallo thriller directed by Italian polymath Francesco Barilli (Hotel Fear).
Silvia (Farmer) is tormented by hallucinations from her troubled childhood, including her mother applying perfume in a black dress. Her mental state unravels as she struggles to separate her surreal visions from a series of violent occurrences.
Photographed by Palme d’Or-winning cinematographer Mario Masini (Padre Padrone) and scored by Academy Award-winner Nicola Piovani (Life Is Beautiful), The Perfume of the Lady in Black is an eccentric and stylish classic of the Italian giallo.
- New 4K HDR restoration from the original negative by Powerhouse Films
- 4K (2160p) UHD presentation in Dolby Vision (HDR10 compatible)
- Two presentations of the film: The Perfume of the Lady in Black, the English-language version; and Il profumo della signora in nero, the Italian-language version
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historians Eugenio Ercolani, Troy Howarth, and Nathaniel Thompson (2025)
- Exploring Beauty (2025, 20 mins): in-depth interview with Francesco Barilli, in which the director reflects on The Perfume in the Lady in Black and his life in art and film
- The Death of Cinema (2025, 16 mins): Barilli talks about his
directorial debut and the challenges of making films in Italy in this
new presentation of a 2015 interview - Portrait in Black (2004, 25 mins): archival interview with Barilli on the film’s production and release
- The Memories of the Lady in White (2025, 12 mins): interview with German Italian actor Daniela Barnes aka Lara Wendel, who plays the young Sylvia
- The Profumo Affair (2025, 35 mins): critical appreciation by author and musician Stephen Thrower
- A Classical Approach (2025, 34 mins): DJ and soundtrack enthusiast Lovely Jon analyses Nicola Piovani’s sumptuous score
- Barilli’s Roma (2025, 6 mins): ‘then-and-now’ tour of the film’s locations
- Original English and Italian theatrical trailers
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing for the English-language soundtrack
- New and improved English translation subtitles for the Italian soundtrack
- Limited edition exclusive 80-page book with a new essay by Paul
Duane, an archival profile of actor Mimsy Farmer, a career-spanning
archival interview with director Francesco Barilli, and full film
credits - World premiere on 4K UHD
- Limited edition of 5,000 individually numbered units (4,000 4K UHDs and 1,000 Blu-rays) for the UK
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