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The Secret of the Old Woods






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The Secret of the Old Woods
Directed byErmanno Olmi
Screenplay byErmanno Olmi
Based onIl segreto del Bosco VecchiobyDino Buzzati
Produced byMario Cecchi Gori, Vittorio Cecchi Gori
StarringPaolo Villaggio, Giulio Brogi
CinematographyDante Spinotti
Edited byFabio Olmi
Music byFranco Piersanti
Distributed byVariety Distribution

Release date

  • 1993 (1993)

Running time

134 min
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Secret of the Old Woods (Italian: Il segreto del bosco vecchio) is a 1993 Italian fantastic drama film written, directed and starred by Ermanno Olmi. It is based on the novel with the same namebyDino Buzzati.[1]

For his performance Paolo Villaggio won the Nastro d'Argento for best actor.[2] The film also won the David di Donatello for best cinematography.[2]

Plot[edit]

The general Sebastiano Procolo lives in a little village in the mountains boundless, in a small wooden house near a dense forest, called the "Old Woods". He is there on behalf of his nephew, owner of the reserve; however the general has the ambition to destroy all the trees in order to enrich. One night he discovers that the forest is inhabited by strange invisible creatures that whisper continually being released to resume again in the power of the ancient forest. Sebastiano initially don't understand the situation, but after as in a dream vision he realizes that these creatures have been imprisoned long ago by himself.

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Roberto Chiti; Enrico Lancia; Roberto Poppi. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I Film. Gremese Editore, 2002. ISBN 8884401372.
  • ^ a b Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 8877422211.
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