The Good Soldier (1982 film)
| The Good Soldier | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Franco Brusati |
| Screenplay by | Franco Brusati Ennio De Concini |
| Produced by | Mario Gallo |
| Starring | Mariangela Melato |
| Cinematography | Romano Albani |
| Edited by | Roberto Perpignani |
| Music by | Maurizio Fabrizio |
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| Language | Italian |
The Good Soldier (Italian: Il buon soldato, French: Le Bon Soldat) is a 1982 Italian-French romantic drama film co-written and directed by Franco Brusati. It premiered at the 39th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
Plot
Cast
- Mariangela Melato as Marta
- Gérard Darier as Tommaso
- Giampaolo De Angelis as Tommasino
- Bruno Zanin as Marco
- Carla Bizzarri as Aunt Adele
- Toni Barpi as Uncle Pietro
- Jean-François Balmer as the Lawyer
- Gérard Lartigau as Luca
- Siria Betti as Marta's Mother
- Carlo Monni as Giovanotto Torretta
- Clara Colosimo as Friend
- Diana Dei as Friend
Production
Brusati drew inspiration for the script from a true story that occurred in Livorno.[1]
Release
The film had its world premiere at the 39th Venice International Film Festival, in the main competition section. Following its mixed reception, Brusati assembled a new, shorter cut of the film, which was released in Italian cinemas in February 1983.[2][3]
Reception
Corriere della Sera's film critic Giovanni Grazzini noted that while the Venice cut was marred by "the continuous oscillation between realism and surrealism [...] where images and voices were often way over-the-top", the new theatrical version "by cutting out some of the unpleasantness and giving the whole more compactness, [...] remedies to a good extent the failures of the screenplay".[4]
Paolo Mereghetti noted that even with the new cut the film remains "indefensible", characterized by "subtle conformism", "over-the-top grotesqueness", and a "discordant poetic tone".[5]
References
- ^ Tornabuoni, Lietta (18 July 1982). "Brasati: Giravo il Buon soldato e soffrivo, anzi tremavo di paura". La Stampa. No. 147. p. 15. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Cervone, Paolo (19 January 1983). "Brusati: «Ecco le modifiche»". Corriere della Sera. p. 23.
- ^ s. reg. (27 February 1983). "Mariangela, il buon soldato è donna". La Stampa. No. 48. p. 25. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Grazzini, Giovanni (5 February 1983). "E' donna il «buon soldato» che non accetta sconfitte". Corriere della Sera. p. 19.
- ^ Mereghetti, Paolo (2010). "Il buon soldato". Il Mereghetti 2011. Vol. 1. Baldini Castoldi Dalai. p. 521. ISBN 978-88-6073-626-0.