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| Directed by | Sergio Gobbi |
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| Based on | Enfantasme by Georges-Jean Arnaud |
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| Cinematography | Ennio Guarnieri |
| Edited by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Music by | Stelvio Cipriani |
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| Distributed by | Variety Distribution |
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| Running time | 104 minutes |
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Enfantasme is a 1978 film co-written and directed by Sergio Gobbi. It is based on the novel Enfantasme by Georges-Jean Arnaud.
Plot
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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. 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). 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.
Enfantasme was shot in five weeks in the village of Bormio.
Release
Enfantasme was distributed in Italy where it was distributed by Battistelli on 5 November 1978. In Italy, the film grossed a total of 9,157,000 Italian lire domestically. It was released in France asL'enfant de nuit: Les inconnus aux petit pieds on 8 November 1978.
The novel of the film was adapted again for film in 2009 by Jean-Paul Guyon as Sommeil blanc.
Reception
Italian film historian Roberto Curti described the critical reception to the film on its released as "mixed."
References
Footnotes
- ^ Curti 2017, p. 190.
- Acconciamessa, Mirella (16 March 1978). "Il cinema francese? È morto". L'Unità.
- "La Belli madre impazzita in un film-sfida francese". La Stampa. 17 March 1978.
- Curti 2017, p. 191.
- ^ Curti 2017, p. 192.
Sources
- Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.
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