Il gabbiano

{{Infobox film

| name = Il gabbiano

| image = Ilgabbiano1977.jpg

| producer =

| director = Marco Bellocchio

| story =

| writer = Marco Bellocchio
Lù Leone
Sandro Petraglia
Stefano Rulli

| starring = Laura Betti

| music = Nicola Piovani

| cinematography = Tonino Nardi

| editing = Silvano Agosti

| language = Italian

| released = {{Film date|1977}}

}}

Il gabbiano ({{IPA|it|il ɡabˈbjaːno}}; i.e. "The seagull") is a 1977 Italian drama film written and directed by Marco Bellocchio. It is loosely based on the Anton Chekhov's drama play The Seagull.{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876059350}}

The film was screened out of competition at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. For her performance Pamela Villoresi won a Grolla d'oro.{{cite book|author1=Enrico Lancia |author2=Roberto Poppi |title=Le attrici: dal 1930 ai giorni nostri|year=2003 |publisher=Gremese Editore, 2003|isbn=888440214X}}

Plot

A young writer finds himself trapped between his mother (Laura Betti), a horrible actress, and the knowledge that he has only mediocre talent as a playwright and almost no character. After the young man suffers the loss of his mistress at the hands of his stepfather, also a novelist, his self-esteem is so shattered that he commits suicide.