Paul Vecchiali’s ‘The Strangler’ Restoration Sets Fall Theatrical Release From Altered Innocence (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comJaden Thompson Altered Innocence has acquired distribution rights for a new 2K restoration of the late French director Paul Vecchiali’s 1972 giallo “The Strangler” (“L’Étrangleur”).
The company will release the film in the United States for the first time this fall following screenings at the Austin genre event Fantastic Fest and the New York Film Festival.
The restoration will then have a VOD and physical media release. The National Centre of Cinematography and Animated Pictures (CNC) in France assisted in the restoration of “The Strangler.” The film follows a murderer named Émile (Jacques Perrin) who targets women he believes are too depressed to keep living.
Inspector Simon Dangret (Julien Guiomar) goes to great lengths, both unusual and unethical, to catch Emile. He is assisted by a woman named Anna (Eva Simonet) who is a potential target of the killer.
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