Enfantasme

1978 film
  • Ugo Pirro
  • Sergio Gobbi[1]
Based onEnfantasme
by Georges-Jean ArnaudStarring
  • Agostina Belli
  • Stefano Satta Flores
  • Serge Youssoufian
CinematographyEnnio Guarnieri[1]Edited byRuggero Mastroianni[1]Music byStelvio Cipriani[1]
Production
companies
  • Ark Cinematografica
  • Paris Cannes Production A.A.[1]
Distributed byVariety Distribution
Release dates
  • 5 November 1978 (1978-11-05) (Italy)
  • 8 November 1978 (1978-11-08) (France)
Running time
104 minutes[1]Countries
  • Italy
  • France[1]

Enfantasme is a 1978 film co-written and directed by Sergio Gobbi. It is based on the novel Enfantasme by Georges-Jean Arnaud.

Plot

Cast

  • Agostina Belli as Claudia Lanza
  • Stefano Satta Flores as Andrea Lanza
  • Serge Youssoufian as Sergino
  • Elisa Pozzi as Armida
  • Jean-Claude Bouillon as Sisti
  • Antonio Cantafora as Flavio
  • Brigitte Skay
  • Gerard Manigou
  • Aïché Nana

Production

Enfantasme was director Sergio Gobbi's fourteenth film which he chose to adapt the novel Enfantasme by French writer Georges-Jean Arnaud.[1] Gobbi described the films title as a play on words based on the French words "enfant" for child, "fantasme" (ghost)" and the verb "enfanter" (to conceive a child).[2] Gobbi stated the film could have been "turned into a product of the Exorcist thread, or a paranormal film, Audrey Rose-style. Whereas I don't want to be conditioned or stick to formulas.[3][4]

Enfantasme was shot in five weeks in the village of Bormio.[5]

Release

Enfantasme was distributed in Italy where it was distributed by Battistelli on 5 November 1978.[1] In Italy, the film grossed a total of 9,157,000 Italian lire domestically.[1] It was released in France asL'enfant de nuit: Les inconnus aux petit pieds on 8 November 1978.[1]

The novel of the film was adapted again for film in 2009 by Jean-Paul Guyon as Sommeil blanc.[5]

Reception

Italian film historian Roberto Curti described the critical reception to the film on its released as "mixed."[5]

References

Footnotes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Curti 2017, p. 190.
  2. ^ Acconciamessa, Mirella (16 March 1978). "Il cinema francese? È morto". L'Unità.
  3. ^ "La Belli madre impazzita in un film-sfida francese". La Stampa. 17 March 1978.
  4. ^ Curti 2017, p. 191.
  5. ^ a b c Curti 2017, p. 192.

Sources

  • Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.

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