‘Midnight at the Paradise’ is a Love Letter to Film, Music, and the City of Toronto
'Midnight at the Paradise' premieres tomorrow at Toronto's Paradise Theatre! I had the pleasure to sit down with Vanessa Matsui to discuss the making of this film.
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The aging writer Aurelio Morelli is disillusioned: although the critics like his books, they are barely read. He develops hatred on youth and their depraved moral. One night he goes with a callgirl - and kills her. The police doesn't have a clue, only the unscrupulous sensational journalist Bossi suspects him. Instead of naming him to the police, he persuades Morelli to write about the murder for his paper. Morelli uses the occasion to write his memoirs, in which he confesses lots of other crimes before this last one...
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The aging writer Aurelio Morelli is disillusioned: although the critics like his books, they are barely read. He develops hatred on youth and their depraved moral. One night he goes with a callgirl - and kills her. The police doesn't have a clue, only the unscrupulous sensational journalist Bossi suspects him. Instead of naming him to the police, he persuades Morelli to write about the murder for his paper. Morelli uses the occasion to write his memoirs, in which he confesses lots of other crimes before this last one...
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Genre:Thriller, Drama
Written By:Manfred Purzer
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Runtime:101 minutes
Studio:Roxy Films
Cast
Manfred Purzer
Director
Mel Ferrer
Aurelio Morelli
Klaus Kinski
Emilio Bossi
Susanne Uhlen
Agnese
Elke Sommer
Christa Sonntag
Andrea Rau
Herta Enzian
Heinz Bennent
Inspektor Canonica
Franz Rudnick
Assistent
Willi Rose
Whitaker
Sabine von Maydell
Bibliothekarin
Sonja Jeannine
Vera Pisenti
Maria D'Incoronato
Girl at Francesco's Party
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