Il Gabbiano (1977)
A young writer is trapped between his awful actress mother (Laura Betti) and the knowledge that he has only a mediocre talent as a playwright and almost no force of character. After the young man in this story suffers the loss of his mistress to his self-satisfied novelist stepfather, his self-respect is so shattered that he commits suicide. This is an Italian adaptation of The Sea Gull by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
- Starring:
- Laura Betti, Giulio Brogi, (more)
- Director(s):
- Marco Bellocchio
Synopsis of Il Gabbiano
A young writer is trapped between his awful actress mother (Laura Betti) and the knowledge that he has only a mediocre talent as a playwright and almost no force of character. After the young man in this story suffers the loss of his mistress to his self-satisfied novelist stepfather, his self-respect is so shattered that he commits suicide. This is an Italian adaptation of The Sea Gull by the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi
Complete Cast of Il Gabbiano
- Laura Betti - Irina
- Pamela Villoresi - Nina
- Antonio Piovanelli - Medvedenko
- Clara Colosimo - Polina
- Gaetano Campisi - Sciamraev
- Giulio Brogi - Trigorin
- Remo Girone - Konstantin
- Mattia Pinoli - Sorin
- Remo Remotti - Dorn
- Director(s):
- Marco Bellocchio
- Writer(s):
- Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia, Marco Bellocchio
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