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To Forget Venice (1979)

To Forget Venice poster
Original title
Dimenticare Venezia
Directed by
Franco Brusati
Genre
drama film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 50m
Rating
5.4 of 10 from 14 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An elderly brother and sister return to their family home in Venice to prepare it for sale. As they pack away decades of possessions, memories of their shared past and the people they have loved resurface.

melancholicgentlereflectivebittersweetslow-pacedintimatepoignantnostalgic

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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