Ernesto (film)

Ernesto
Directed by	Salvatore Samperi
Produced by	Jose Frade Michael Fengler
Written by	Umberto Saba (original book) Barbara Alberti Amadeo Paganini
Starring	Martin Halm Virna Lisi
Music by	Carmelo Bernaola
Cinematography	Camillo Bazzoni
Release dates	1979
Running time	98 minutes
Country	Italy Spain Germany
Language	Italian

Ernesto is a 1979 film directed by Salvatore Samperi and starring Martin Halm and Virna Lisi.

Plot

Ernesto (Martin Halm), a 17-year-old Jew of the 1911-Italy, lives with his mother, under the tutorship of his uncle in Trieste. Ernesto works at some office, and there he meets a stableboy (Michele Placido) who infatuates him so both. so they end up in an intense sexual relationship. This ends as, by chance, Ernesto has a sexual intercourse with a prostitute. Ernesto renounces then, to take lessons of violin instead. There, he meets the 15-year-old Emilio, by whom Ernesto gets acquainted with his twin sister Rachel (Lara Wendel). Ernesto and Rachel are married.

Cast

• Virna Lisi - Ernesto's Mother
• Concha Velasco - Aunt Regina (as Conchita Velasco)
• Michele Placido - The Man
• Turi Ferro - Carlo Wilder
• Martin Halm - Ernesto
• Lara Wendel - Ilio / Rachele (US: Emilio / Rachel)
• Enrique San Francisco
• Enrique Vivó
• Francisco Marsó - Uncle Giovanni
• Renato Salvatori - Cesco

Awards

The film was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival, where Michele Placido won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.

External links

• Ernesto at IMDb
• Ernesto at AllMovie