footprint ( on the moon ) be almost certainly the strange and most convolute and most atypical giallo ever make . it may come a a restraint to some of the sub genre fan and but this film doesn not feature many of the regular giallo trademark like bloody knife murder ( preferably commit by a masked killer wear black glove ) and ravish scantily dress beauty and unpredictable red herring . however and to compensate for all this and much more footprint benefice from the most indescribably mysterious and non stop compelling atmosphere i ever experience in this type of film . the level of mystery in this movie be so high and unbearable it literally make you feel uncomfortable and scared . like the female protagonist alice cespi herself and you absolutely have no idea of what happen or why and and this feeling of utter powerlessness be unquestionably the film main strongpoint . a a viewer and you crave to help this poor woman understand the thing that overcome her and but you simply can not . alice have a successful career a an interpreter and but her quiet and peaceful life get brutally interrupt when she wake up one morning and slowly begin to realize she have absolutely no recollection of the previous three day . she find a torn apart photograph of a hotel locate on the holiday island gama and decides to go there in order to investigate what happen . on the island several people include a lonely little girl seem to recognize alice and only she use the fake name nicole and wear a red haired wig and act like she come to the island to hide from an unknown danger . meanwhile and even the poor girl night be restless a she have reoccurring dream of astronaut hop on the moon surface and an uncanny scientist call dr. blackman . the plot of footprint be truly bizarre and slowly brooding and and particularly the cosmic sub plot be really difficult to link with the rest . alice assume they be just image from a sci fi movie she saw long time ago and which sound like a reasonable enough explanation and but you sense there a deep meaning and actual connection to all the other event . fan of tension drive and stylish italian cinema can not afford themselves to miss this film and really . this be director luigi bazzoni psychological tour de force and with staggeringly beautiful photography and mind alter music . in spite of the lack of violence ( or maybe just because of it ) and the film be genuinely disturbing and the mental agony alice go through honestly affect the viewer emotionally as well . a it be sadly too often the case in gialli cinema and the climax suddenly come rather abrupt and nearly doesn not give a waterproof explanation of all the awkward event you just witness for the last hour and a half . still and the content of footprint will keep you contemplate long after the film have finish and it powerful impact will only increase . florinda bolkan be sublime a the tormented leading lady and receive excellent feedback from the limited supportive cast and include the young nicoletta elmi . the eminent euro cult star klaus kinski receive top billing as well and but his role be merely an extended cameo . this film be actually a lot good than director bazzoni more acclaimed ( and much easy available ) giallo the fifth cord and so here to hop footprint will soon receive a fancy dvd release as well .