Gli occhiali d'oro (1987)

A Jewish family and a homosexual doctor suffer persecution in Fascist Italy. Based on a novel by Giorgio Bassani.

Director:

Giuliano Montaldo

Writers:

Giorgio Bassani (novel), Nicola Badalucco (screenplay),

Stars:

Philippe Noiret, Rupert Everett, Valeria Golino

3 wins & 4 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Philippe Noiret	...	Dr. Fadigati
Rupert Everett	...	David Lattes
Valeria Golino	...	Nora Treves
Nicola Farron	...	Eraldo
Stefania Sandrelli	...	Signora Lavezzoli
Roberto Herlitzka
Riccardo Diana
Anna Lezzi
Giovanni Rubin De Cervin
Lavinia Segurini
Luca Zingaretti	...	Molon
Ivana Despotovic
Rade Markovic
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maximiliano Czertok
Arianna Felloni

Storyline

This movie, based on a novel by Giorgio Bassani, plays in the high-day of Mussolini's Fascist Italy. Eraldo is a golden boy, a stunningly beautiful college student and boxer, popular and spoiled rotten by his mother. To keep living beyond his means he 'gratiously accepts' the generous, rarely returned favors of Dr. Fadigati, an elder, gay gentleman who tries to live his life morally despite the age, but cannot keep stand by as it leads to increasing violence, especially against Jews such as the brilliant student David Lattes and even a professor at Eraldo's North Italian university. More tragedy is in the making...

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Plot Keywords:

italy | homosexual | fascism | anti semitism | italian fascism | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy France Yugoslavia

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

24 September 1987 (Italy)

Also Known As:

The Gold Rimmed Glasses

Filming Locations:

Ferrara, Ferrara, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Company Credits

Production Co:

L.P. Film, Paradis Films, Avala Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Incredibly moving.

I have to watch this movie in Italian which I don't speak. Thanks to Eva and my Spanish I can understand it. I might have missed some of the more subtle nuances but this will be a beloved movie all my life. It is so important to show films that highlight that it wasn't only Jews who were victims of fascist hatred. This is one of Rupert Everett's best yet so little known. It should be available in every country and language. It moved me more than "Captain Correlli" or "Tea with Mussolini" . The demise of the doctor is sickening and the cowardice of the majority of David's fellow students deplorable. These were the intellectual elite who should have been able to see through the lies and hatred of fascism. As a friend said maybe we would all do what Nora does to try to save herself but she is a fool. You probably could hide Jewish roots but very rarely I am sure. How much better to keep your dignity and know that with so much hatred these evil people would lose because they would make most of the World their enemy. I recently found out that Ferrara is noted for rain and bicycles all of which feature along with the beautiful settings .I look at David's little sister and then I want to weep for all the children killed by that evil. This film should be used for educational purposes , as beautiful as it is I can't call it mere entertainment. There is a book that I have on order that will fill out more detail. How sad that it might be only Eva and I who have bothered to celebrate this movie .