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5.5/10 Filmweb Initial release 29 March 1979 (Colombia) Music director Francesco Guccini | 6.5/10 IMDb Music by Francesco Guccini Edited by Ezio Altieri | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Written by Alessandro ParenzoSalvatore Samperi Screenplay Salvatore Samperi, Alessandro Parenzo Cast Similar Malombra, I viaggiatori della sera, Maladonna, Kill the Fatted Calf and Roas, Like Rabid Dogs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nenè is a 1977 Italian drama film directed by Salvatore Samperi. The film is a historical drama, set in post-war Italy in 1948 during the first free elections after the war. It tells of a romance and a coming-of-age amid a difficult family life and amid national political tensions.
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The movie is based on the best-selling novel bearing the same title, authored by Cesare Lanza. Lanza's work was honored with the Premio Sila award in 1976.
Plot
Ju is a nine-year-old boy growing up in the aftermath of World War II in Italy. He is observant of the difficulties surrounding him. Both his father and mother have suffered emotionally, though his mother has suffered more due to the ongoing sexual and physical abuse caused by her husband.
Ju's orphaned fifteen-year-old cousin Nenè, comes to live with his family. Through Nenè, Ju learns even more of the strange adult world that he has yet to enter. Nenè allows him to sleep in her bed and confides in him of her growing sexuality and her secret affair with a local Mulatto boy.