What Have You Done to Solange?

1972
6.9| 1h47m| en
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After several Catholic school pupils are murdered, a teacher who is having an affair with one of his students becomes a suspect. When other gruesome murders start occurring shortly thereafter, the teacher suspects that he may be the cause of them.

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Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.
PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.
Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.
Walter Sloane Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
Claudio Carvalho In London, the Italian gym teacher Enrico 'Henry' Rosseni (Fabio Testi) is having a love affair with his eighteen year-old student Elizabeth Seccles (Christine Galbo), who is the daughter of the owner of the Catholic School where he works and she studies. His estranged wife Herta Rosseni (Karin Baal) is the mathematics teacher in the same school. On Sunday afternoon, Rosseni and Elizabeth are in a boat in a grove and the girl glances at a knife and a man hunting down a woman. Rosseni believes she is giving a pretext to avoid him and does not pay attention to her. On the next morning, Rosseni learns that a teenager was murdered in the river bank in the grove and he drives to the location. Inspector Barth (Joachim Fuchsberger) goes to the school since the victim Hilda studied there and soon Rosseni becomes the prime suspect since he protects Elizabeth, who could give an alibi to him. When a second student is murdered, Elizabeth recalls that the killer where a black soutane worn by priests. While the police investigate the suspects, Elizabeth is killed and Rosseni decides also to investigate. He teams up with Herta and the find the name of the mysterious Solange Beauregard. They seek her out but what might have happened to Solange?"Cosa avete fatto a Solange?", a;k;a "What Have They Done to Solange?" , is an intriguing giallo with a totally unpredictable story full of mystery and tension. The erotic plot is well-written with many twist and suspects. The conclusion surprises the viewer and it is worthwhile watching this film that is not dated. My vote is seven.Title (Brazil): "O quê Vocês Fizeram com Solange?" ("What Have You Done to Solange?)
Leofwine_draca WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? is one of the masterworks of the giallo genre, a truly beautiful film that comes across as something of a masterpiece thanks to a strong and literate script, excellent cinematography and music, and a good cast being put through their paces. The only thing I'm surprised about is that I haven't got around to seeing it before now, because this viewing was long overdue.The film is set in London and features Italian crime film regular Fabio Testi as an Italian teacher at a girl's school. He's married but having an affair with one of his students, but one day the pair are interrupted by a brutal murder taking place just feet away. Testi finds himself suspected by the police while at the same time trying to investigate the crime himself so that he can bring the killer to justice.Sometimes a film seems so perfect that it's impossible to criticise it and that's the case here. This is a classy affair that deals with some explicit subject matter, but it's never sleazy or trashy, despite interludes in the showers and the like. Joe D'Amato's cinematography and the evocative piano music really keep it looking and acting like an art-house film rather than your usual gory giallo outing. The emphasis is on the suspense and the murder mystery aspects more than gruesome deaths and stalk and slash sequences.The script is tightly written and keeps you guessing throughout with many red herrings and the like. The twists and turns that arise are genuinely involving and there are some real shocks here; it's also a movie that gets better and better as it goes on and the ending is really stellar. Testi is fine as the lead and THE LIVING DEAD AT THE MANCHESTER MORGUE's Cristina Galbo effective as his love interest. I particularly liked Joachim Fuchsberger as the dogged detective determined to get to the bottom of it. There's even a minor but important role for Camille Keaton (I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE). WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? is truly a masterpiece of film-making and a film that even beats Dario Argento at his own game.
Michael_Elliott What Have You Done to Solange? (1972) *** (out of 4) Teacher Enrico Rosseni (Fabio Testi) is on a small boat with his student/lover Elizabeth (Cristina Galbo) when she notices someone with a knife. Enrico doesn't believe her but the next morning on the radio he hears about a student's brutal murder. Before long more students are being found stabbed in their private parts so the teacher sets out to find out who is doing it.WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO SOLANGE? has one of the best reputations of any giallo that wasn't directed by Mario Bava or Dario Argento. The film has gained a large cult following over the years due to some bizarre murder scenes and its rather dark story. There's no doubt that this is a very entertaining movie for the most part but at the same time there are certainly some flaws. The biggest flaw is its extremely slow pacing, which makes the film seem extremely long at 107 minutes.With the pacing issue aside, the film itself is quite memorable on several grounds. For starters, the Catholic setting is certainly put to great use as we have some religious stuff going on in regards to the murders and it just adds an all around creepy vibe. Another good thing are a couple twists that I certainly won't spoil but they will certainly catch you off guard. Yet another enjoyable thing is how perverted the film actually is. The knife to the private parts is a rather uneasy thing to see and director Massimo Dallamano certainly uses it to great effect.Another major plus that the film has going for it are the performances including Testi in the lead role. I thought he had a very commanding presence on the screen and there's no question that his strong performance helped keep you glued into everything going on. I also thought Galbo was very good in her role of the student who finds herself in over her head. The supporting performances are all good and we also get Camille Keaton in her first role.As I said, I really had a major issue with the pacing of the film but outside of this the film manages to be entertaining and it certainly works as a mystery.
PimpinAinttEasy A film with really nice locales (nice brick buildings and lush green landscapes), unbearably cheesy acting and loads of nude girls. There is a lot to appreciate - Morricone's score in particular (it is one of my favorite Morricone scores now) and some interesting camera angles.A young girl (who is having an affair with her school teacher) catches the gleam of a knife in the wilderness when she is making love to the teacher (Fabio Testi) in a boat. Soon, a number of dead girls turn up, all with knife wounds to their private parts. The teacher is the main suspect. Him and his devoted wife set out to find the real killer.The title scenes with the girls riding bicycles in slow motion makes sense towards the end. The ending revelation made the movie. But the film is definitely flawed. There isn't enough screen time for the girls who are being killed. They should have been the focus of the film. But it is only towards the end that we realize that they are harboring some deadly secret. The husband-wife dynamic was quite uninteresting. Even the actresses were quite ugly when you consider some of the other Giallo films.(6/10)