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 (1993)
Running time	108
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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 is deaf and works for a financial company in Rome. His controlling mother has always refused to accept the fact that her child is deaf and never sent 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 the Deaf community in Rome. He meets and falls in love with Elena, a schoolgirl who has a love of poetry, but who has struggled to stay in formal education owing to a lack of provisions for deaf students. To Fausto's mother's concern, the two find love with each other until a set of difficulties ensue.

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. Marrone, Gaetana (2000). The Gaze and the Labyrinth: The Cinema of Liliana Cavani. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
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.
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.

External links

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