The script is tightly written and keeps you guessing throughout with many red herrings and the like. The emphasis is on the suspense and the murder mystery aspects more than gruesome deaths and stalk and slash sequences. 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. 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. Sometimes a film seems so perfect that it's impossible to criticise it and that's the case here. 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. 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. The film is set in London and features Italian crime film regular Fabio Testi as an Italian teacher at a girl's school. 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. 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. Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 10 / 10 A really impressive giallo, best of its genre When a second student's murdered, and then so is Elizabeth, Enrico decides to investigate, and teams up with Herta to find the of the mysterious Solange, but what might have happened to Solange? Inspector Barth goes to the school since the victim Hilda studied there and soon, Enrico is the prime suspect, though Elizabeth could give an him an alibi. Enrico believes she's making it up, but the next morning, he learns a teenager was murdered in the river bank in the grove. One day when Enrico and Elizabeth are in a boat in a grove, she sees a man hunting down a woman. His estranged wife, Herta is the Music and German teacher. In London, the Italian gym teacher Enrico 'Henry' Rosseni is having a love affair with his eighteen year-old student Elizabeth, who is the niece of the owner of the Catholic school where he works and she studies.
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