Movie: The hunter of anorexics

Top 3 Billed Cast

Giovanni Anzaldo
Giovanni Anzaldo

Narrator

Marco Mariolini
Marco Mariolini

Self

Monica Calò
Monica Calò

Self (archive footage)

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    Through exclusive interviews and archival footage, the documentary tells the story of the former Brescian antique dealer obsessed with skinny women. From his first difficult relationship with his wife, whom he saved with a divorce, to his affair with Monica Calò, whom he stabbed to death with 22 stab wounds in 1998.

  • Release Date

    2022-01-29

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    7

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    Italiano

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