Long Live the Lady!
| Long Live the Lady! | |
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| Directed by | Ermanno Olmi |
| Written by | Ermanno Olmi |
| Music by | Georg Philipp Telemann |
| Cinematography |
Ermanno Olmi Maurizio Zaccaro |
| Edited by |
Giulia Ciniselli Ermanno Olmi |
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| Language | Italian |
Long Live the Lady! (Italian: Lunga vita alla signora!) is a 1987 Italian coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Ermanno Olmi.
The film was entered into the main competition at the 44th edition of the Venice Film Festival, where it got the Silver Lion and the FIPRESCI Prize.[1]
==Plot==Italy’s most brilliant film comedy. The “lady” in question, decrepit though still holding on, represents capitalism and wealth. She is her own guest of honor at an elaborate formal dinner/business celebration. Closed-circuit television sets are rolled down the in-between path of the U-shaped dining table to broadcast record high profits.
Her Ladyship wears a veil because, if ever breathed on directly or exposed to too much light, she would disintegrate. She doesn’t attend the opera, because culture might kill her, but she espies distant dinner guests through opera glasses from underneath her veil. Infantile, her Ladyship drinks wine through a straw.
Cast
- Marco Esposito as Libenzio
- Simona Brandalise as Corinna
- Stefania Busarello as Anna
- Simone Dalla Rosa as Mao
- Lorenzo Paolini as Ciccio
- Tarcisio Tosi as PG (Pigi)
- Marisa Abbate as La 'Signorina'
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