Il male oscuro | |
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Directed by | Mario Monicelli |
Written by | |
Based on | Dark Illness by Giuseppe Berto |
Produced by | Giovanni Di Clemente |
Starring | Giancarlo Giannini |
Cinematography | Carlo Tafani |
Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
Music by | Nicola Piovani |
Distributed by | Clemi Film |
Release date |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Il male oscuro (internationally released as Dark Illness and The Obscure Illness) is a 1990 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Giuseppe Berto. For this film Monicelli was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Director. [1] [2]
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