Just a couple days ago, we shared a short teaser trailer for genre icon Dario Argento’s new film Dark Glasses, which will soon be premiering at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival. It will then be reaching theatres in Italy on February 24th. With the release date so close, it’s no surprise that a full trailer has now arrived online – and unlike the teaser, this one even comes with English subtitles. You can check it out in the embed above!
Argento’s first film since the poorly received Dracula 3D (watch it HERE) was released ten years ago, Dark Glasses is described as “a classic giallo with a touch of horror”. The film stars Ilenia Pastorelli as
a prostitute blinded by a serial killer in a botched attack. She takes in a young Chinese boy, whose life has also been abruptly altered forever by the maniac’s actions. He will become her ally in a terrifying struggle to see off the serial killer forever.
Pastorelli is joined in the cast by Andrea Zhang and Asia Argento.
Dark Glasses is produced by Conchita Airoldi and Laurentina Guidotti of Urania Pictures, along with Getaway Films. Screen Daily provided the following information: “Set against the backdrop of Rome and its surrounding countryside, it brings together the contrasting worlds of a high-class prostitute working in the chic hotels around Rome’s Via Veneto and a young boy hailing from the city’s Chinese community.”
Dario Argento had this to say about Dark Glasses:
She’s an adult and blind, he’s too young to get by on his own. In addition, two different cultures: she is Italian, the child is Chinese. This combination is the engine of Dark Glasses. The film represents my desire to explore two worlds: hers, we know it; his is more mysterious, and it will let us enter the neighbourhoods, houses and customs of the Chinese community in Rome, where they created a real ‘Chinatown’.”
We’ll let you know as soon as we find out when audiences outside of Berlin and Italy will have the chance to watch this one.