Metello
{{short description|1970 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Metello
| image = Metello.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Mauro Bolognini
| producer = Gianni Hecht Lucari
Fausto Saraceni
| writer = Luigi Bazzoni
Mauro Bolognini
Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Ugo Pirro
Vasco Pratolini
| starring = Massimo Ranieri
| music = Ennio Morricone
| cinematography = Ennio Guarnieri
| editing = Nino Baragli
| studio = Documento Film
| distributor =
| released = {{film date|1970|4|16|df=yes}}
| runtime = 107 minutes
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| budget =
}}
Metello is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini.{{cite web|url=https://www.mymovies.it/dizionario/recensione.asp?id=14658 |title=Metello |work=MyMovies |accessdate=2 January 2020}} It was entered into the 1970 Cannes Film Festival. It starred Massimo Ranieri as the title character.
Plot
During the end of the 19th century, young Metello decides to start a new life after the sudden loss of his parents. He meets a young girl, Ersilia. They get married and have a son. Metello becomes involved in a political activity at work and is arrested. He then lies that he won't be involved in the activity anymore, and as a result, has to flee town. He arrives at his new destination, and meets a middle-aged school teacher. He then has an affair with her, and as a result, she gives birth to his daughter. Towards the end of the film, Metello realizes that he really belongs back home with Ersilia.
Cast
- Massimo Ranieri as Metello
- Ottavia Piccolo as Ersilia
- Frank Wolff as Betto
- Tina Aumont as Idina
- Lucia Bosé as Viola
- Pino Colizzi as Renzoli
- Mariano Rigillo as Olindo
- Luigi Diberti as Lippi
- Manuela Andrei as Adele Salani
- Corrado Gaipa as Badolati
- Adolfo Geri as Del Bueno
- Claudio Biava as Moretti
- Franco Balducci as Chellini
- Steffen Zacharias as Pallesi
- Renzo Montagnani as Poldo Salani
- Sergio Ciulli
Awards
Massimo won the David di Donatello award for best actor, and Ottavia Piccolo won the award for Best Actress at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2481/year/1970.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Metello |accessdate=10 April 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0066075|title=Metello}}
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Category:1970s historical drama films
Category:1970s Italian-language films
Category:Films set in Florence
Category:Films directed by Mauro Bolognini
Category:Films scored by Ennio Morricone
Category:Films with screenplays by Ugo Pirro
Category:Films with screenplays by Suso Cecchi d'Amico
Category:Italian historical drama films
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