The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987)

Original title

Gli occhiali d'oro

Directed by

Giuliano Montaldo

Genre

drama film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

France, Italy

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 32 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1938, a Jewish student and a homosexual doctor face persecution in Fascist Italy. The film follows their separate struggles in a repressive society.

melancholictenseslow-burnvisually lushsomberintimatehistoricalbittersweet

What happens

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). 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. For his soundtrack Ennio Morricone won the David di Donatello for Best Score. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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