Ligabue (film)

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Ligabue
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Directed by Salvatore Nocita
Written by Arnaldo Bagnasco
Cesare Zavattini
Cinematography Roberto Gerardi
Music by Armando Trovajoli
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
200 min
LanguageItalian

Ligabue is a 1978 Italian biographical drama film directed by Salvatore Nocita. It depicts real life events of painter Antonio Ligabue. [1] It is based on a book by Cesare Zavattini. [2] For this film Nocita was awarded Nastro d'Argento for Best New Director, while Flavio Bucci won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actor. [3]

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References

  1. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059350.
  2. "Ligabue (1978)". AllMovie.
  3. Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN   88-7742-221-1.