简介：Bressane'sfirstcolorfilm,shotinthehomeoftheartistElyseuVisconti.PartofitismissingsoundandfinaleditingbecausethedirectorwasforcedtoleaveBrazil.Horrorandhumortodealwiththesubjectofinsanity:"Intheendeveryoneleavesthehouseasthoughtheywerelaboratorymiceescaping,theyinvadethecityandcontaminatetheworld"."Ifwetalkabouthorror,thisfilmdealswithnationalhorror,withMojicaMarinsasanemblem.TheremightbeafewtouchesofCormanandEnglishhorror,butitisanotherlevelofhorror.Whattransformedthefilmwasthelocationwherewewereshooting,thehouseofa19thcenturypainter,areceptacleoflight.WhenIarrivedandsawthathouse,thatlight,Isaid:'Thisisthefilm.Thisisthehorror'.Themeaningofthefilm,itsappeal,derivesfromthislaboratoryoflight"(J.Bressane).—TorinoFilmFestival…