Senso '45
Senso '45 (also known as Black Angel) is an Italian erotic drama film written and directed by Tinto Brass, based on the novella Senso by Camillo Boito, which inspired also Luchino Visconti's 1954 film.[1]
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Directed by | Tinto Brass |
Produced by | Giuseppe Colombo |
Written by | Tinto Brass |
Based on | Senso by Camillo Boito |
Starring | Anna Galiena Gabriel Garko |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Cinematography | Massimo Di Venanzo Daniele Nannuzzi |
Edited by | Tinto Brass Fiorenza Muller |
Distributed by | Eagle Pictures |
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Running time | 128 minutes |
Country | Italy |
Language | Italian |
Instead of being set during the Third Italian War of Independence, the film is set in Venice during the last months of the fascist regime.[2]
Plot
Livia Mazzoni, the wife of a senior manager of MinCulPop, departs from Asolo to Venice, where she meets her lover Helmut Schultz, an officer of the SS. During her car trip, Livia remembers the sexual drift that brought her up to that point, overwhelming her in a whirlwind of erotic adventures, illicit trafficking, shady characters who move in the shadow of the disarraying fascist regime in the final months of World War II.
Cast
- Anna Galiena as Livia Mazzoni
- Gabriel Garko as Helmut Schultz
- Antonio Salines as Carlo
- Franco Branciaroli as Ugo Oggiano
- Loredana Cannata as Ninetta
- Simona Borioni as Elsa
Awards and nominations
Nastro d'Argento Awards (2002)
- Nastro d'Argento for Best Costume Design to Alessandro Lai and Alberto Moretti[3]
References
- "Senso '45: Anna Galiena e Gabriel Garko amanti bollenti per Tinto Brass". film.it. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- "SENSO '45, un film di Tinto Brass". palcoscenico.biz. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- "Nastri d'Argento 2002". news.cinecitta.com. 20 June 2002. Retrieved 22 February 2019.