The Gold Rimmed Glasses

The Gold Rimmed Glasses
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGiuliano Montaldo
Screenplay byEnrico Medioli
Valerio Zurlini
Based onThe Gold Rimmed Glasses
by Giorgio Bassani
Produced byLeo Pescarolo
StarringPhilippe Noiret
Rupert Everett
Valeria Golino
Stefania Sandrelli
CinematographyArmando Nannuzzi
Edited byAlfredo Muschietti
Music byEnnio Morricone
Distributed byReteitalia
Release date
  • 24 September 1987 (1987-09-24) (Italy)
Running time
110 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
Yugoslavia
LanguageItalian

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]

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 2000. ISBN 887742429X.
  2. ^ a b Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.