Plot

The film, set in Turin, Italy, follows French flight attendant Linda and Italian-American detective Enzo Avolfi, who team up to find Linda's younger sister Celine. Celine, a model, has been abducted by a serial killer. Known only as "Yellow" (giallo in Italian), he kidnaps beautiful foreign women in his unlicensed taxi cab. After drugging them, the killer proceeds to mutilate and finally murder them. He photographs his deeds so that the photos may grant him personal sexual gratification.

Cast

• Adrien Brody
  Adrien Brody
  Adrien Brody is an American actor and film producer. He received widespread recognition and acclaim after starring in Roman Polanski's The Pianist . Winning the Academy Award for Best Actor in 2003 at age 29, he is the youngest actor to do so...
  
   as Inspector Enzo Avolfi
• Emmanuelle Seigner
  Emmanuelle Seigner
  Emmanuelle Seigner is a French actress, former fashion model, and singer, best known as the wife of Academy Award winning director Roman Polanski, and for her roles in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , and Frantic...
  
   as Linda
• Elsa Pataky
  Elsa Pataky
  Elsa Lafuente Pataky is a Spanish actress.-Personal life:Pataky was born in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of José Francisco Lafuente, a Spanish biochemist, and Cristina Pataky Medianu, a publicist of Hungarian and Romanian ancestry. Pataky attended the Universidad de San Pablo CEU and studied...
  
   as Celine
• Robert Miano as Inspector Mori
• Silvia Spross
  Silvia Spross
  Silvia Spross is an Swiss-born American film, television, and stage actress.-Biography:She and her family spoke Swiss German, Spross also speaks some French and the German language of Germany...
  
   as Russian Victim
• Giuseppe Lo Console as Butcher
• Luis Molteni as Sal
• Lorenzo Pedrotti as Delivery Boy
• Daniela Fazzolari as Sophia
• Valentina Izumi as Keiko
• Taiyo Yamanouchi as Toshi
• Sato Oi as Midori
• Maryann McIver as Girl In Bookstore
• Barbara Mautino as Nurse
• Massimo Franceschi as Coroner
• Liam Riccardo as Baby Yellow
• Anna Varello as Butcher's Wife
• Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia
  Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia
  Giancarlo Judica Cordiglia is an Italian actor, voice-over artist, and entertainer perhaps best known for his role in the television program Melevisione on Raitre and his roles in RIS Delitti Imperfetti films on Canale 5.- External links :*...
  
   as Desk Sergeant
• Nicolò Morselli as Young Enzo
• Farhad Re as Designer
• Patrick Oldani as Officer Gian Luca
• Andrea Redavid as Officer #1
• Linda Messerlinker as Girl Victim

Production

Argento said in an interview that he dislikes the producers' cut of the film and that he no longer is attached to the project.

Release

Giallo premiered at the 2009 Edinburgh International Film Festival

Edinburgh International Film Festival

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 in Edinburgh, Scotland

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. It premiered in America at the Omaha International Film Festival in Omaha, Nebraska on March 14, 2010. Claiming he was not paid the correct amount for his role in the film, Adrien Brody has filed suit against the filmmakers, and is attempting to prevent the film's release on DVD until he receives his full salary. In late November Brody was granted a ruling in United States District Court

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that blocked the sale or use of Brody's likeness in "Giallo" until the Oscar winner's remaining salary is paid. On January 20, 2011, Deadline Hollywood Daily reported that Brody had reached a settlement with the producers. Brody stated, "I very much enjoyed the process of making "Giallo," and am happy that things have been resolved and that people can now enjoy seeing the film."