A Quiet Place in the Country

A Quiet Place in the Country
Italian film poster
ItalianUn tranquillo posto di campagna
Directed byElio Petri
Screenplay by
Story by
Based on"The Beckoning Fair One"
by Oliver Onions
Produced byAlberto Grimaldi
Starring
CinematographyLuigi Kuveiller
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
  • Produzioni Europee Associate (Italy)
  • United Artists (International)
Release dates
  • 14 November 1968 (1968-11-14) (Italy)
  • 14 August 1969 (1969-08-14) (France)
Running time
105 minutes
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
Box office387.358 million

A Quiet Place in the Country (Italian: Un tranquillo posto di campagna, French: Un coin tranquille à la campagne) is a 1968 giallo thriller film directed by Elio Petri, and starring Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave. Based on the short story "The Beckoning Fair One" by Oliver Onions, its plot follows an artist who relocates to a rural villa with his girlfriend, where he begins to experience increasingly terrifying, apparently supernatural events.