Serafino (film)

1968 Italian film

Serafino

Directed by| Pietro Germi
Written by| Leonardo Benvenuti
Piero De Bernardi
Pietro Germi
Alfredo Giannetti
Tullio Pinelli
Produced by| Pietro Germi
Angelo Rizzoli
Starring| Adriano Celentano
Cinematography| Aiace Parolin
Edited by| Sergio Montanari
Music by| Carlo Rustichelli

Production
companies

Francoriz Production
RPA Rizzoli Film

Release date

* 17 December 1968 (1968-12-17)

Running time

| 96 minutes
Country| Italy
Language| Italian

Serafino (also known as Serafino ou L'amour aux champs in France) is a 1968 Italian film directed by Pietro Germi.

## Plot[edit]

Serafino is a nature-boy who never attended school. He relishes the simple life as a shepherd in the mountains of Italy in Arquata del Tronto, Marche. When he is called up but as a soldier and has to serve in a big city, he is a troublemaker and eventually the military decides to send him home early.

When he returns home he discovers that his cousin Lidia has become an attractive woman. He neglects his old friend Asmara, the local hooker, and starts a secret love affair with Lidia. But when their old aunt Gesuina dies, Lidia acts as greedy as her whole family and Serafino openly resents that. To everybody's surprise Gesuina has chosen Serafino as her heir. Serafino doesn't hesitate to squander the money with his friends, buying them gifts and a brand new convertible for himself. When the car gets stuck in a pothole, Serafino and his friends try to push it out, ending up with the driverless car barreling down into a ravine and destroying it. This is unbearable for his uncle Agenore (Lidia's father) who therefore decides to file a petition to have Serafino declared mentally incompetent.

At court Serafino tries to defend himself. He doesn't take the matter seriously and gloats about the fact that even the military couldn't deal with him either. In the end the judge decides against him. Even so, Agenore cannot get hold of Serafino's money. Yet he learns that Serafino can still marry and then his wife would be his legal guardian and thus allowed to manage his estate at will. Later he tries to force Serafino into marrying Lidia. But again Serafino pretends to be too dumb to comply and once again this ploy is successful. In the end he marries Asmara and returns to his work as a shepherd.

## Cast[edit]

* Adriano Celentano: Serafino
* Saro Urzì: Uncle Agenore
* Francesca Romana Coluzzi: Asmara
* Ottavia Piccolo: Lidia
* Amedeo Trilli: Pasquale
* Nerina Montagnani: Aunt Gesuina
* Benjamin Lev: Armido
* Nazzareno Natale: Silio

## Awards[edit]

* Golden Prize at the 6th Moscow International Film Festival in 1969.[1]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "6th Moscow International Film Festival (1969)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 2012-12-21.

## External links[edit]

* Serafino at IMDb
* Serafino at AllMovie

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Films directed|

* The Testimony (1946)
* Lost Youth (1947)
* In the Name of the Law (1949)
* Path of Hope (1950)
* Four Ways Out (1951)
* The Bandit of Tacca Del Lupo (1952)
* Mademoiselle Gobete (1952)
* Jealousy (1953)
* Mid-Century Loves (segment "Guerra 1915—18", 1954)
* The Railroad Man (1956)
* A Man of Straw (1958)
* The Facts of Murder (1959)
* Divorce Italian Style (1961)
* Seduced and Abandoned (1964)
* The Birds, the Bees and the Italians (1966)
* L'immorale (1967)
* Serafino (1968)
* A Pocketful of Chestnuts (1970)
* Alfredo, Alfredo (1972)

Written only|

* The Ten Commandments (1945)
* Against the Law (1950)
* My Friends (1975)

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Moscow International Film Festival Main Award

1959–1967
Grand Prix|

* Fate of a Man (1959)
* The Naked Island  - Clear Skies (1961)
* 8+1⁄2 (1963)
* War and Peace - Twenty Hours (1965)
* The Journalist - Father (1967)

1969–1987
Golden Prize|

* Lucía - Serafino - We'll Live Till Monday (1969)
* Confessions of a Police Captain - Live Today, Die Tomorrow! -
The White Bird Marked with Black (1971)
* That Sweet Word: Liberty! - Affection (1973)
* The Promised Land - Dersu Uzala -
We All Loved Each Other So Much (1975)
* The Fifth Seal - El puente - Mimino (1977)
* Christ Stopped at Eboli - Siete días de enero - Camera Buff (1979)
* O Homem que Virou Suco - The Abandoned Field: Free Fire Zone - Teheran 43 (1981)
* Amok - Alsino and the Condor - Vassa (1983)
* Come and See - A Soldier's Story - The Descent of the Nine (1985)
* Intervista (1987)

1989–present
Golden St. George|

* The Icicle Thief (1989)
* Spotted Dog Running at the Edge of the Sea (1991)
* Me Ivan, You Abraham (1993)
* (No award in 1995)
* Marvin's Room (1997)
* Will to Live (1999)
* Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)
* The Believer (2001)
* Resurrection (2002)
* The End of a Mystery (2003)
* Our Own (2004)
* Dreaming of Space (2005)
* About Sara (2006)
* Travelling with Pets (2007)
* As Simple as That (2008)
* Pete on the Way to Heaven (2009)
* Hermano (2010)
* Las olas (2011)
* Junkhearts (2012)
* Particle (2013)
* My Man (2014)
* Losers (2015)
* Daughter (2016)
* Yuan Shang (2017)
* The Lord Eagle (2018)

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