Where Are You? I'm Here

Where Are You? I'm Here
Where Are You? I'm Here
Directed by	Liliana Cavani
Written by	Liliana Cavani; Italo Moscati
Produced by	Giovanni Bertolucci
Starring	Chiara Caselli ; Gaetano Carotenuto;
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by	Angelo Nicolini
Music by	Pino Donaggio
Production; companies	San Francisco Film; RAI ; Sacis;
Distributed by	I.I.F.; Sacis;
Release date	1993;
Running time	108
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Last updated May 07, 2025

Where Are You? I'm Here (Italian : Dove siete? Io sono qui) is an Italian drama film directed by Liliana Cavani.^[1]^[2] It was screened at the 50th Venice International Film Festival, where Anna Bonaiuto was awarded as best supporting actress.^[1]

Plot

Fausto's mother refuses to accept the fact that her child is deaf and refuses to send him to a special school where he can learn sign language. His aunt, though, teaches him to communicate and helps him find a place among a group of deaf-mutes. He meets and falls in love with Elena. To their parents' concern, the two find love with each other until a set of difficulties leads them to see their lives in a different light.

Cast

Chiara Caselli as Elena Setti
Gaetano Carotenuto as Fausto
Anna Bonaiuto as Fausto's mother
Giuseppe Perruccio as Fausto's father
Valeria D'Obici as Fausto's aunt
Ines Nobili as Maria
Ko Muroboshi as the mime
Doriana Chierici as Elena's mother
Carla Cassola as Miss Martini
Paola Mannoni as the principal
Pino Micol as the bank manager
Sebastiano Lo Monaco as Professor Pini
Paco Reconti as Ugo
Marzio Honorato as the history teacher

Awards

Volpi Cup for Best Supporting Actress Anna Bonaiuto^[1]
Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress Chiara Caselli^[3]^[4]
Grolla d'oro for Chiara Caselli and Gaetano Carotenuto^[5]

References

1 2 3 Marrone, Gaetana (2000). The Gaze and the Labyrinth: The Cinema of Liliana Cavani. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
↑ "Dove siete? Io sono qui". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
↑ Moliterno, Gino (2009). The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0810868960.
↑ Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore. p. 248. ISBN 9788877422217.
↑ Martini, Giacomo; Cominesi, Piera Raimondi; Zanza, Davide (2008). Una Regione piena di cinema. Liliana Cavani. Falsopiano. p. 66. ISBN 978-8889782583.

External links

Where Are You? I'm Here at IMDb
Where Are You? I'm Here at Liliana Cavani's website

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[Marrone-1] 1 2 3 Marrone, Gaetana (2000). The Gaze and the Labyrinth: The Cinema of Liliana Cavani. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.

[Cinematografo-2] "Dove siete? Io sono qui". Cinematografo (in Italian). Retrieved 11 March 2024.

[3] Moliterno, Gino (2009). The A to Z of Italian Cinema. Scarecrow Press. p. 394. ISBN 978-0810868960.

[Lancia-4] Lancia, Enrico (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore. p. 248. ISBN 9788877422217.

[5] Martini, Giacomo; Cominesi, Piera Raimondi; Zanza, Davide (2008). Una Regione piena di cinema. Liliana Cavani. Falsopiano. p. 66. ISBN 978-8889782583.

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