So Sweet So Perverse

Plot

Jean, a rich Parisian socialite, comes to the aid of a frightened young woman (Nicole) who lives in the apartment below him who is under the domineering control of her abusive boyfriend, Klaus. Although he is married, Jean develops a romantic relationship with Nicole, not realizing that she and Klaus are involved in a plot to murder Jean for a $ 20,000.00 payoff. Nicole eventually falls in love with their intended victim, but Klaus kills Jean and burns his body in a car, making it look like he died in an accident. It transpires that Jean's wife Danielle conspired with Danielle to kill her rich husband, but when she begins to feel remorse, Nicole's ingenious plan moves into gear.

Cast

Production

Following the release of Orgasmo, director Umberto Lenzi and actress Carroll Baker worked again on another giallo film. The script by Ernesto Gastaldi borrows plot elements from Henri-Georges Clouzot's film Les Diaboliques (1955) and like many gialli of the era, reveld in displaying the bad behavoiour of wealthy protagonists.

Riz Ortolani provided the music score which includes a ballad called Why? which would be re-used Lenzi's later film Seven Bloodstained Orchids.

Release

So Sweet...So Perverse was released in Italy on October 31, 1969 and in France on February 26, 1971.