Search results
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. The informant is his partner's father.
- (1.3K)
- Biography, Drama
- Gianni Amelio
- 2022-09-08
September 8, 2022. (2022-09-08) (Italy) Running time. 134 minutes. Language. Italian. 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 ...
Jul 27, 2022 · LORD OF THE ANTS. A biopic of Italian poet, playwright and director Aldo Braibanti, who was jailed in 1968 due to a Fascist-era anti-gay law.
- Italy
- Il signore delle formiche
- Lord of the Ants
- The Match Factory
Sep 6, 2022 · In a key scene, the middle-aged Braibanti (played with urbane grace by Luigi Lo Cascio) takes his twentysomething lover and protege Ettore (Leonardo Maltese) to a private party hosted by an elder...
- Guy Lodge
Sep 8, 2022 · Gianni Amelio’s Lord of the Ants [+ see also: film review trailer interview: Gianni Amelio film profile], which is in the running for the Golden Lion, reconstructs the case of Aldo Braibanti, the Emilian poet, writer and playwright who was also homosexual and accused of using duress on one of his students of legal age. He was subsequently ...
Sep 8, 2022 · Overview. 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.
People also ask
Who is Lord of the ants?
Is Lord of the ants a stodgy movie?
What does Lord of the ants say about living out loud?
Who is Aldo Braibanti in Lord of the ants?
Sep 7, 2022 · Review: Lord of the Ants. by Camillo De Marco. 07/09/2022 - VENICE 2022: An overly classical directorial style weakens Gianni Amelio’s biopic about a scandalous “duress” lawsuit in Italy in 1968. Luigi Lo Cascio in Lord of the Ants.
