Italy / Oct 25, 1996
1h 40min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
Maria, a provincial Polish girl, travels to Milan to pay her older sister Eva a surprise visit. The sisters haven't seen each other in seven years and Eva has changed a lot. She lives in a luxurious apartment and dresses in designer clothes. Although she pretends to be an interpreter, Eva is actually a call-girl and, one night, fails to return from an appointment. Maria enquires at the hotel where Eva last worked. Eva's body is soon found. The investigation is conducted by Inspector Messina, a trendy cop. Maria and Messina become an inseparable investigating team. Maria poses as a call-girl in order to reveal her sister's killer and they use mobile phones to keep in touch.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Luigi Montini | Superintendent Simoni |
| Yanai Degan | Salvatore |
| Caterina Rebracca | Rita |
| Sandro Dori | German Client |
| Cyrus Elias | Hotel Receptionist |
| Marco Ghirlandi | |
| Elisabetta Riva | |
| Cassandra Gasparri | |
| Maurizio Carmignani | |
| Gianni Franco | |
| Stefano Paggiaro | |
| Elvira Bentrami | |
| Luca Brugnoli | |
| Sofia Caramma | |
| Silvia Configliacco | |
| Irene Georgiopullos | |
| Susan Huckstep |
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| Sabina Lamprecht | |
| Gianfranco Cifaly | (as Gianfranco Cifali) |
| Franco Fichera | (as Francesco Fichera) |
| Giorgio Melidoni | Police Inspector |
| Marco Migliara | |
| Fulvio Milani |
Genres
Thriller
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Squillo |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Clemi Cinematografica |
| Release date | 25 ottobre 1996 |
| Production | Giovanni Di Clemente |
| Writer | Franco Ferrini, Enrico Vanzina, Carlo Vanzina |
| Editing | Sergio Montanari, Roberto Gianandrea, Maria Gianandrea, Gianni Cerniglia |
| Cinematography | Luigi Kuveiller, Mario Tessarin, Franco Mele, Vachi Mallaby, Emilio Lari, Giovanni Gebbia, Simone De Rosa, Roberto Calvi |
| Assistant directors | Patrizia Schiatti, Nicola De Orsola, Ulla Bomser, Martina Monicelli, Carlo Vanzina |
| Lighting | Piero Duccio Mascherpa, Domenico Cavaliere |
| Camera operators | Vachi Mallaby, Giovanni Gebbia, Roberto Calvi, Mario Tessarin, Franco Mele, Emilio Lari, Simone De Rosa, Luigi Kuveiller |
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