71SSIFF - 22/30 September 2023
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Il male oscuro / Dark Illness

Mario Monicelli
Italy
Synopsis
Giuseppe Marchi, a writer, leaves the widow with whom he has been having an affair and marries a much younger girl than himself, getting her pregnant. He is professionally dissatisfied, suffers pains and has himself operated for a non-existent ulcer and appendicitis, until a psychiatrist makes him understand that it all stems from the unresolved relationship with his late father, a tyrannical carabinieri officer.
Director
Mario Monicelli
Screenplay
Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Tonino Guerra, Mario Monicelli
Photography
Carlo Tafani
Edition
Ruggero Mastroianni
Music
Nicola Piovani
Cast
Giancarlo Giannini, Emmanuelle Seigner, Stefania Sandrelli, Patrizia La Fonte, Rocco Papaleo
Running Time
114 m.
Country
Italy
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