Ernesto (film)
Ernesto | |
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Directed by | Salvatore Samperi |
Written by | Umberto Saba (original book) Barbara Alberti Amadeo Paganini |
Produced by | Jose Frade Michael Fengler |
Starring | Martin Halm Virna Lisi |
Cinematography | Camillo Bazzoni |
Music by | Carmelo Bernaola |
Release date | 1979 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
Countries | Italy Spain Germany |
Language | Italian |
Ernesto is a 1979 film directed by Salvatore Samperi and starring Martin Halm and Virna Lisi.
Plot
Ernesto (Martin Halm), a 17-year-old Jew of the 1911-Italy, lives with his mother, under the tutorship of his uncle in Trieste. Ernesto works at some office, and there he meets a stableboy (Michele Placido) who infatuates him so both. so they end up in an intense sexual relationship. This ends as, by chance, Ernesto has a sexual intercourse with a prostitute. Ernesto renounces then, to take lessons of violin instead. There, he meets the 15-year-old Emilio, by whom Ernesto gets acquainted with his twin sister Rachel (Lara Wendel). Ernesto and Rachel are married.
Cast
- Virna Lisi - Ernesto's Mother
- Concha Velasco - Aunt Regina (as Conchita Velasco)
- Michele Placido - The Man
- Turi Ferro - Carlo Wilder
- Martin Halm - Ernesto
- Lara Wendel - Ilio / Rachele (US: Emilio / Rachel)
- Enrique San Francisco
- Enrique Vivó
- Francisco Marsó - Uncle Giovanni
- Renato Salvatori - Cesco
Awards
The film was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival, where Michele Placido won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.[1]
References
- ^ "Berlinale 1978: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved 2010-08-14.
External links
- 1979 films
- 1970s drama films
- 1970s LGBT-related films
- Italian drama films
- Italian LGBT-related films
- Italian coming-of-age films
- Italian films
- West German films
- Spanish films
- Italian-language films
- Films directed by Salvatore Samperi
- Films produced by Michael Fengler
- Teen LGBT-related films
- Films set in Italy
- Films set in the 1910s
- Films based on Italian novels
- 1970s Italian film stubs
- LGBT-related film stubs