Dark Illness
| Il male oscuro | |
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| Directed by | Mario Monicelli |
| Written by | Giuseppe Berto (novel) Mario Monicelli, Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Tonino Guerra |
| Produced by | Giovanni Di Clemente |
| Starring | Giancarlo Giannini |
| Cinematography | Carlo Tafani |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Nicola Piovani |
| Distributed by | Clemi Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 minutees |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Il male oscuro (internationally released as Dark Illness and The Obscure Illness) is a 1990 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Giuseppe Berto. For this film Monicelli was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Director.[1]
Plot summary
Calabria. Giuseppe Marchi is an Italian screenwriter who aspires to become a great novelist. However, he has deep psychological problems...
Cast
- Giancarlo Giannini: Giuseppe Marchi
- Emmanuelle Seigner: Giuseppe's wife
- Stefania Sandrelli: Sylvaine
- Vittorio Caprioli: psychanalist
- Antonello Fassari: Dr. Giorgio Corsini
- Elisa Mainardi: analyst
- Néstor Garay: Il padre di Giuseppe
- Rocco Papaleo: Vicino di casa di Giuseppe
- Franca Scagnetti: Vicina di casa di Giuseppe
References
- ^ Enrico Lancia. I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.
External links
- Dark Illness at IMDb
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