Metello

Metello
Directed by	Mauro Bolognini
Produced by	Gianni Hecht Lucari Fausto Saraceni
Written by	Luigi Bazzoni Mauro Bolognini Suso Cecchi d'Amico Ugo Pirro Vasco Pratolini
Starring	Massimo Ranieri
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Editing by	Nino Baragli
Release date(s)	1970
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Metello is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Mauro Bolognini. 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 Viola, 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 - Metello
• Ottavia Piccolo - Ersilia
• Frank Wolff - Betto
• Tina Aumont - Idina
• Lucia Bosé - Viola
• Pino Colizzi - Renzoli
• Mariano Rigillo - Olindo
• Luigi Diberti - Lippi
• Manuela Andrei - Adele Salani
• Corrado Gaipa - Badolati
• Adolfo Geri - Del Bueno
• Claudio Biava - Moretti
• Franco Balducci - Chellini
• Steffen Zacharias - Pallesi
• Sergio Ciulli

Awards

Massimo won the David Donatello award for best actor, and Ottavia Piccolo won the award for Best Actress at the 1970 Cannes Film Festival.^[1]

References

1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: Metello". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/2481/year/1970.html. Retrieved 2009-04-10. 

External links

• Metello at the Internet Movie Database