# La sposa promessa (1985)

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**Original title**: *The Bride*
**Runtime**: 114 min
**Genres**: Drama, Horror, Romance, Science Fiction
**Directed by**: Franc Roddam
**Written by**: Lloyd Fonvielle
**Starring**: Sting, Jennifer Beals, Anthony Higgins, Clancy Brown, David Rappaport, Geraldine Page

> *A woman born of electricity. A man driven by obsession.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Empty drawing room, Munich winter. A stitched woman turns from the monster’s grasp. The doctor’s hands tremble while buttoning whalebone collars, stitch by stitch. Ridley Scott’s gothic dollhouse tilts into horror.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, dread

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