| The Gold Rimmed Glasses | |
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| Directed by | Giuliano Montaldo |
| Screenplay by | Enrico Medioli Valerio Zurlini |
| Based on | The Gold Rimmed Glasses by Giorgio Bassani |
| Produced by | Leo Pescarolo |
| Starring | Philippe Noiret Rupert Everett Valeria Golino Stefania Sandrelli |
| Cinematography | Armando Nannuzzi |
| Edited by | Alfredo Muschietti |
| Music by | Ennio Morricone |
| Distributed by | Reteitalia |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
| Countries | Italy France Yugoslavia |
| Language | Italian |
Gli occhiali d'oro (internationally released as The Gold Rimmed Glasses) is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Giuliano Montaldo, starring Philippe Noiret, Rupert Everett and Valeria Golino. Set in Ferrara and in a nearby seaside resort in 1938, the plot follows a Jewish student and a homosexual doctor who suffer persecution in Fascist Italy. The film is an adaptation of Giorgio Bassani's novel The Gold Rimmed Spectacles (Gli occhiali d'oro).[1]
It entered the main competition at the 1987 Venice Film Festival, where it won two Golden Osellas for Best Costume Design and Best Set Design.[2] For his soundtrack Ennio Morricone won the David di Donatello for Best Score.[2]
- ^ Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 887742429X.
- ^ a b Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.