# So Sweet... So Perverse > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/So_Sweet..._So_Perverse > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/So_Sweet..._So_Perverse.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Sweet..._So_Perverse > Source revision: 1345473649 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1969 film So Sweet...So Perverse Italian theatrical release poster Directed by Umberto Lenzi Screenplay by Ernesto Gastaldi[2] Produced by Jacuqes-Paul Bertrand Mino Loy Luciano Martino[2] Starring Carroll Baker Jean-Louis Trintignant Erika Blanc Horst Frank Cinematography Guglielmo Mancori[2] Edited by Eugenio Alabiso[2] Music by Riz Ortolani Production companies Zenith Cinematografica Flora Film Tritone Filmindustria Roma S.r.l. CEDIC Rapid Film GmbH[1] Distributed by Variety Distribution Release dates 31 October 1969 (1969-10-31) (Italy) 26 February 1971 (1971-02-26) (France) Running time 92 minutes[1] Countries Italy France West Germany[1] Language Italian ***So Sweet... So Perverse*** ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Così dolce... così perversa*) is a 1969 [giallo](/source/Giallo_film) film directed by [Umberto Lenzi](/source/Umberto_Lenzi) and written by [Ernesto Gastaldi](/source/Ernesto_Gastaldi), starring [Carroll Baker](/source/Carroll_Baker) and [Jean-Louis Trintignant](/source/Jean-Louis_Trintignant). Set in Paris, it tells the story of a wife who plots to get rid of a rich and errant husband but is herself the victim of her accomplices. ## Plot Jean, a wealthy industrialist in Paris, has married Danielle, but she now refuses him. In revenge, he lets himself be seduced by the host's wife at a party. Closer to home, an attractive woman moves into the flat above them, and they sometimes hear an abusive lover rebuke and beat her. Jean combines chivalry and desire by offering to protect her, and soon they are lovers. She is Nicole, and her violent ex is Klaus. She warns him that Klaus will seek to kill him, which happens during a fight. His charred body shows up in a burnt-out car. Nicole, who in fact is Danielle's lover and accomplice, announces that Jean had given her his share in his company. Danielle begins to be haunted by guilt and, while she is on the phone with Nicole, Klaus creeps in and shoots her dead. In the absence of any better explanation, the police inspector reluctantly accepts suicide. Now rich and no longer at risk of exposure by Danielle, who had hired them, Nicole and Klaus get on a plane for Brazil. Two seats behind them is the police inspector. ## Cast - [Carroll Baker](/source/Carroll_Baker) as Nicole Perrier - [Jean-Louis Trintignant](/source/Jean-Louis_Trintignant) as Jean Reynaud - [Erika Blanc](/source/Erika_Blanc) as Danielle Reynaud - [Horst Frank](/source/Horst_Frank) as Klaus - [Helga Liné](/source/Helga_Lin%C3%A9) as Hélène Valmont - [Beryl Cunningham](/source/Beryl_Cunningham) as a stripper ## Production Following the release of *[Orgasmo](/source/Orgasmo)*, director [Umberto Lenzi](/source/Umberto_Lenzi) and actress Carroll Baker worked again on another *[giallo](/source/Giallo)* film.[2] The script by [Ernesto Gastaldi](/source/Ernesto_Gastaldi) borrows plot elements from [Henri-Georges Clouzot](/source/Henri-Georges_Clouzot)'s film *[Les Diaboliques](/source/Les_Diaboliques_(film))* (1955) and like many *gialli* of the era, revels in its portrayal of badly-behaved, wealthy protagonists.[2] [Riz Ortolani](/source/Riz_Ortolani) provided the music score, which includes a ballad called *Why?* sung by [J. Vincent Edward](/source/J._Vincent_Edward). It would be later re-used in Lenzi's film *[Seven Bloodstained Orchids](/source/Seven_Bloodstained_Orchids)*.[3] ## Release *So Sweet...So Perverse* was released in Italy on October 31, 1969, and in France on February 26, 1971.[4][5] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-filmportal_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-filmportal_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-filmportal_1-2) ["Così dolce... così perversa"](http://www.filmportal.de/film/cosi-dolce-cosi-perversa_f4057a2092bc4faf89a931eb69a35f58). [Filmportal.de](/source/Filmportal.de). Retrieved July 30, 2017. 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHowarth2015111_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHowarth2015111_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHowarth2015111_2-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHowarth2015111_2-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHowarth2015111_2-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHowarth2015111_2-5) [Howarth 2015](#CITEREFHowarth2015), p. 111. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-FOOTNOTELuther-Smith1999110_3-0)** [Luther-Smith 1999](#CITEREFLuther-Smith1999), p. 110. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Firsching, Robert. ["Kiss Me, Kill Me"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120804020619/http://www.allmovie.com/movie/kiss-me-kill-me-v27527/). AllMovie. Archived from [the original](http://www.allmovie.com/movie/kiss-me-kill-me-v27527/) on August 4, 2012. Retrieved August 3, 2017. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Cosi dolce, cosi perversa (1969) Umberto Lenzi"](http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=71297&_ga=1.152810361.1953939938.1427925026) (in French). Bifi.fr. Retrieved July 31, 2017. ### Sources - Howarth, Troy (2015). *So Deadly, So Perverse: 50 Years of Italian Giallo Films*. Midnight Marquee Press, Inc. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1936168507](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1936168507). - Luther-Smith, Adrian (1999). *Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies'*. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. ## External links - [*So Sweet... So Perverse*](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064186/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) - [*So Sweet... So Perverse*](https://web.archive.org/web/1/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/53021/enwp) at the [TCM Movie Database](/source/Turner_Classic_Movies#TCMdb) (archived) - [*So Sweet... So Perverse*](https://www.varietydistribution.it/en/catalogue/so-sweet-so-perverse/) at [Variety Distribution](/source/Variety_Distribution) v t e Films directed by Umberto Lenzi Queen of the Seas (1961) Duel of Fire (1962) Catherine of Russia (1963) Sandokan the Great (1963) The Invincible Masked Rider (1963) Samson and the Slave Queen (1963) Pirates of Malaysia (1964) Messalina vs. the Son of Hercules (1964) Jungle Adventurer (1965) 008: Operation Exterminate (1965) Super Seven Calling Cairo (1965) The Spy Who Loved Flowers (1966) Kriminal (1966) Last Man to Kill (1966) Desert Commandos (1967) So Sweet... 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