Afrika (film)

Afrika
Afrika
Directed by	Alberto Cavallone
Written by	Alberto Cavallone
Produced by	Aldo Addobbati[citation needed]
Starring	Ivano Staccioli; Maria Pia Luzi[citation needed]; Andrea Traglia
Cinematography	Maurizio Centini
Edited by	Anita Cacciolati
Music by	Franco Potenza [it]
Production; company	Castle Film
Distributed by	Variety/Pab.
Release date	15 December 1973
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Italy/Ethiopia
Language	Italian

Afrika is a 1973 Italian film directed by Alberto Cavallone.^[1] At the center of the story is a homosexual relationship set in Africa.^[1]

Plot

Philippe, a bisexual painter, is living through a crisis. He is torn between his love for his wife and his attraction for young men. In Ethiopia, he meets Frank, a young homosexual, falls in love with him and takes him in as his secretary, making him part of the family like he has done with other young men.

In the end, he abandons Frank just as he has undergone a

sex change. The young man's disappointment causes him to commit suicide by a bullet to his temple, with the aid of his sister, who - pressured by her macho husband - was not able to live with her brother's homosexuality.^[1]^[2]

Cast

Ivano Staccioli as Professor Philippe Stone
Andrea Traglia as Frank
Jane Avril as Philip's wife
Kara Donati as Jeanne
Debete Eshepete
Zawdit Asta
Peter Belphet
Gianni Basso^[1]

Production

According to Marco Giusti, the story is inspired by a novel which appeared as part of the "edizioni 513".^[1]

In a statement director Alberto Cavallone gave to the Italian journal "Nocturno", he said that he was interested in exploring this type of relationship that was considered taboo at the time.

decolonialised Africa, Cavallone said, the whites were like the soldiers of General Custer.^[1]

The shooting in Ethiopia was riddled with problems.^[1] At one point, the director and the cameraman were put into a security prison cell.^[1]

Reception

Director Cavallone himself was not very content about the choice of Ivano Staccioli as protagonist, but neither was he content with the film itself.^[1] He stated that it was not a film that could please the public, and that that was indeed what happened.^[1]

Bibliography

Giusti, Marco (1999). dizionario dei film italiani STRACULT [sic]. Cles: Sterling & Kupfer.
ISBN 88-200-2919-7
.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Giusti 1999, p. 7.
^ Lupi, Giordano. "AFRIKA (1973) – Cinema Italiano Database". Retrieved 11 October 2018.

External links

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[FOOTNOTEGiusti19997-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u Giusti 1999, p. 7.

[2] Lupi, Giordano. "AFRIKA (1973) – Cinema Italiano Database". Retrieved 11 October 2018.

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