The Driver's Seat (film)

Identikit; The Driver's Seat
Directed by	Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Produced by	Nello Meniconi; Franco Rossellini
Written by	Muriel Spark (novel); Raffaele La Capria; Giuseppe Patroni Griffi
Starring	Elizabeth Taylor; Ian Bannen; Guido Mannari; Mona Washbourne; Luigi Squarzina; Maxence Mailfort; Andy Warhol
Music by	Franco Mannino
Cinematography	Vittorio Storaro
Edited by	Franco Arcalli
Distributed by	AVCO Embassy Pictures
Release date	20 May 1974;
Running time	105 mins
Country	Italy
Language	Italian; English

Identikit (also known as The Driver's Seat) is a 1974 Italian drama film directed by Giuseppe Patroni Griffi. Based on the novella The Driver's Seat by Muriel Spark, it is a psychological drama starring Elizabeth Taylor and Ian Bannen, and featuring Andy Warhol.

Plot

Lise, a mentally unbalanced middle-aged woman, travels from her home in London to Rome, Italy where she embarks on a fatal destiny that she had helped to arrange for herself – a premeditated search for someone, anyone, with whom she could form a dangerous liaison. Lise meets a variety of people during her journey and stay in Rome whom include Bill, a lecherous British businessman that she meets on the plane to Rome who tries to seduce her; Carlo, a young man whom Lise tries to know more about; an elderly Englishwoman named Mrs. Fiedke whom Lise bonds with to go shopping; and Pierre, a Frenchman who picks up Lise hoping to seduce her as well.

The film is told in a non-linear narrative as throughout the film are scenes of the local Rome police interviewing all the people that Lise interacted with as well as investigating the reasons for her strange behavior that led up to her own murder.

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor as Lise
Ian Bannen as Bill
Guido Mannari as Carlo
Mona Washbourne as Mrs. Helen Fiedke
Luigi Squarzina as Lead Detective
Maxence Mailfort as Pierre
Andy Warhol as English Lord
Anita Bartolucci as Saleswoman
Gino Giuseppe as Police Commissioner

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