Au rendez-vous de la mort joyeuse (1972)

France, Italy, 1972
90m
35mm film, Eastmancolor
mono

A French/Italian horror film directed by Juan Buñuel.

Plot Summary

The young daughter of a journalist mother and architect father lives in a house where strange things happen.

Credits

Crew
A film by Juan Buñuel
© Les Productions Artistes Associés MCMLXXII [1972]
Les Artistes Associés present a film by Juan Buñuel. A Les Productions Artistes Associés Paris, PEA Produzioni Europee Associate Rome co-production. Co-producer: Télécip Paris
Executive Producers: Robert Velin
Screenplay by: Juan Buñuel and Pierre-Jean Maintigneux
Director of Photography: Ghislain Cloquet
Editor: Geneviève Vaury
Sound Recordist: Jean-Louis Ducarme
Costume Designer: Danielle Bersiaud
Make-up and Hair: Loan N'guyen
Special Effects: Pierre Durin
Art Director: Robert Clavel

Cast
Françoise Fabian (Françoise)
Jean-Marc Bory (Marc)
Jean-Pierre Darras (Peron)
Claude Dauphin (Father D'Aval)
Michel Creton (Leroy)
Gérard Depardieu (Beretti)
André Weber (Kleber)
Yasmine Dahm as Sophie
Toni Librizzi
Mario Santini
Loris Baccheschi
Pascale Ange
Corinne Armand
Monique Berardi
Sylvie Bourgoin
Corinne Deforges
Nadia Di Bert
Brigitte Toutain
Mini Young [real name: Mimi Young.[/mfn]
Renato Salvatori (Henri)

Alternative Titles

Besatt av djävulen – Swedish title
Cita con la muerte alegre – Spanish title
Expulsion of the Devil – US title
Lune lune coquelune
Rendezvous zum fröhlichen Tod
– West German title

References

Periodicals
Avant-Scène du Cinéma no.135 (April ) p.55 (France) – credits, interview
Image et Son no.270 (March 1973) p.127 – review
Le Film Francais no.1444 (9 June 1972) p.8 (France) – credits

Books
Hoffman's Guide to SF, Horror and Fantasy Movies 1991-1992 p.30 – credits
Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.17 – credits