Where Are You? I'm Here

1993 Italian film

  • Chiara Caselli
  • Gaetano Carotenuto
CinematographyArmando NannuzziEdited byAngelo NicoliniMusic byPino Donaggio
Production
companies
  • San Francisco Film
  • RAI
  • Sacis
Distributed by
  • I.I.F.
  • Sacis
Release date
  • 1993 (1993)
Running time
108CountryItalyLanguageItalian

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. ^ a b c 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 Edit this at Wikidata
  • Where Are You? I'm Here at Liliana Cavani's website
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Films directed by Liliana Cavani
  • Francesco di Assisi (1966)
  • Galileo (1968)
  • I cannibali (1970)
  • The Guest (1971)
  • Milarepa (1973)
  • The Night Porter (1974)
  • Beyond Good and Evil (1977)
  • The Skin (1981)
  • Beyond the Door (1982)
  • The Berlin Affair (1985)
  • Francesco (1989)
  • Where Are You? I'm Here (1993)
  • Ripley's Game (2002)
  • The Order of Time (2023)


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