To Forget Venice

To forget Venice
To forget Venice
	Film poster
Directed by	Franco Brusati
Written by	Franco Brusati; Jaja Fiastri
Starring	Mariangela Melato; Erland Josephson; ; Eleonora Giorgi
Cinematography	Romano Albani
Music by	Benedetto Ghiglia
Release date	14 April 1979;
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

To Forget Venice (Italian: Dimenticare Venezia) is a 1979 Italian drama film written and directed by Franco Brusati. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards.^[1]

Cast[]

Mariangela Melato as Anna
Eleonora Giorgi as Claudia
Erland Josephson as Nicky
Nerina Montagnani as Caterina
as Picchio
as Fossino
Armando Brancia as Owner of restaurant

Reviews[]

Roger Ebert in 1980, gave it 2.5 stars out of 4 and said "To Forget Venice doesn't feel like a story, it feels like an idea for a story, and that's the problem with it".^[2]

in 2019 gave it 5 stars out of 5 and said "To Forget Venice [Dimenticare Venezia] is a poignant, telling, superb movie, based on a story by Franco Brusati, which was deservedly Oscar nominated as Best Foreign Language Film in 1979. By rights, it should have won".^[3]

Awards[]

Academy Award nominee: Best Foreign Film
David di Donatello: Best Film
Nastro d'Argento: Best Actress (Mariangela Melato)

References[]

^ "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-08.
^ Ebert, Roger. "TO FORGET VENICE". 4 March 1980. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
^ Winnert, Derek. "To Forget Venice". 18 June 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

External links[]

To Forget Venice at IMDb

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[Oscars1980-1] "The 52nd Academy Awards (1980) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2013-06-08.

[2] Ebert, Roger. "TO FORGET VENICE". 4 March 1980. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

[3] Winnert, Derek. "To Forget Venice". 18 June 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.

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