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Aram (Francisco Barreiro) is an accountant whose hard work seems to get
him nowhere: His overtime isn't paid, his wife complains about all his
late hours at the office, his life wears him out, and he finds solace in
the arms of a hooker - in other words, he's the typical Mr Everybody ...
so why would he one day abduct a schoolgirl, to keep her chained up in an
abandoned warehouse for days on end? It can't be for sex, as when he one
day tells her to strip down to sexually humiliate her, he throws up
afterwards. And why does he, after quite some time, release her just like
that? Well, much has changed in the life of Aram since then, he has been
promoted at his job, his new income affords him a much better lifestyle,
and he can even afford an apartment for his assistand who's also his new
mistress. But what does that have to do with the schoolgirl? Well, she's
the daughter of his direct superior at work, and her abduction has thrown
him off the rail, so much so that he got fired from his job and Aram was
made his replacement - and from there it only got better for Aram. Thing
is, the schoolgirl once home is no longer the same, and when she hears the
piano tune Aram used to play during her imprisonment, it triggers
something in her, she brutally kills her parents, and even though Aram
never showed his face during her time with him, it's no problem for her to
track him down and tear his life apart, bloodily ... Scherzo
Diabolico is a bit of a mindfuck of a movie: It starts almost a bit
too slowly, keeps the audience guessing for quite some time, even seems to
be a bit random in its storytelling - until things are resolved, Aram's
scheme is uncovered to the audience ... and that's where it really gets
wild, and to great and shocking effect, too. Truth to be told, the movie
could have done with some trimming during the first half, but the extended
finale truly gives one one's money's worth. And a pretty cool cast and a
subtle directorial effort really help to make this one a keeper.
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