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Lord of the Ants (Italian: Il signore delle formiche, literally "The Lord of the Ants") is a 2022 Italian biographical drama film co-written and directed by Gianni Amelio. The film was entered into the main competition at the 79th Venice International Film Festival. [1] [2] [3]
Lord of the Ants: Directed by Gianni Amelio. With Luigi Lo Cascio, Elio Germano, Sara Serraiocco, Leonardo Maltese. Italian poet, playwright and director Aldo Braibanti is jailed in 1968 under a law criminalizing grooming.
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- Gianni Amelio
- 2022-09-08
Sep 6, 2022 · The veteran director returns with a stately, respectful biopic of gay Italian author Aldo Braibanti, centered on his 1960s prosecution on archaic charges of "plagiarism of the mind." By...
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Sep 10, 2022 · Set in 1960s Italy, Gianni Amelio’s expansive historical drama “Lord of The Ants” uncovers the story of Aldo Braibanti, an Italian playwright, poet, and director who faced imprisonment for...
Based on true events of the late 60s in Italy, poet, playwright and myrmecologist Aldo Braibanti is prosecuted and sentenced to prison for the love he shares with his barely-of-age pupil and friend, Ettore.
Inspired by real events that took place in Italy in the late 1960s, Gianni Amelio's powerful new drama recounts the trial of Aldo Braibanti, an intellectual whose relationship with a younger student caused a national scandal.
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Based on Italy’s late 60es true events, Italian poet, playwright and director Aldo Braibanti is prosecuted and sentenced to prison for the love he shares with his barely of age pupil and...
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