The official British Palme d’Or entry at the 1974 Cannes Film Festival, Symptoms is a sophisticated modern gothic horror film exploring the themes of sexual repression and psychosis.
Larraz’s
dark and stylish film tells of a young woman (Lorna Heilbron) who is
invited by her girlfriend (Angela Pleasence) to stay at her remote
English country mansion. Events take a disturbing turn when a menacing
groundkeeper (Peter Vaughan) interrupts their time together, and a
woman’s body is found in the mansion’s lake.
Other
than a limited theatrical release and a late-night screening on British
television in the early 80s, Larraz’s film has slipped into obscurity,
and the original negative was long thought lost, assuring it a place in
the BFI’s ‘Most Wanted’ list. Following the rediscovery of the original
negatives in 2014, the dark delights of Symptoms can finally be experienced again in this new restoration, undertaken by the Belgian Cinematek.
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