''The Cézanne Affair'' () is a 2009 Italian

comedy drama film Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed by combining the meanings, and parts of the sounds, of two or more words together.

written, directed and starred by

Sergio Rubini Sergio Rubini (born 21 December 1959) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. Life and career Rubini was born in Grumo Appula, Apulia, but soon moved to Rome to study acting. After some roles in theatre, he debuted in a feature f ...

. For her performance in the film, the actress

Valeria Golino Valeria Golino (born 22 October 1965) is an Italian actress and film director. She is best known to English-language audiences for her roles in '' Rain Man'', '' Big Top Pee-wee'', and '' Hot Shots!'', where she performed the "olive-in-the-belly ...

was nominated in the category for best actress at the Nastro d'Argento Awards.

Plot

The plot of the film is a flashback by Gabriele Rossetti, a young teacher who returns to

Bari Bari ( ; ; ; ) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia Regions of Italy, region, on the Adriatic Sea in southern Italy. It is the first most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy. It is a port and ...

upon the death of his father Ernesto. Ernesto Rossetti was the stationmaster in the small Apulian village of

San Vito dei Normanni San Vito dei Normanni ( Sanvitese: ), historically known as San Vito degli Schiavoni is an Italian town of 19,947 inhabitants of the province of Brindisi in Apulia. The inhabitants are called Sanvitesi (or Santuvitisi in dialect) and the town is s ...

. He lived happily with his wife and his little son, Gabriele. However, Ernesto had artistic ambitions and was fond of

Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter whose work introduced new modes of representation, influenced avant-garde artistic movements of the early 20th century a ...

's painting after he saw the artist's water colour self-portrait in Bari. Ernesto wanted to make an exhibition in his homage to the country, but the local art critic, truncated and conceited, stunned the exhibition with a newspaper article. Ernesto did not win for himself. He copied Cézanne's work, neglecting the family especially Gabriele, who began to grow afraid of him and hate him. On his son's birthday, Ernesto showed the local art critic the new picture; and he again negatively commented the work, stirring up Ernesto's wrath, giving an inconvenient shock to his son Gabriele. When Gabriele grew up, he eventually discovered that Ernesto had deceived everyone with the second painting, which he replaced with the original of Paul Cézanne, in order to prove the deceit of the villagers and the critic.

Cast

as Ernesto Rossetti *

as Franca *

Riccardo Scamarcio Riccardo Dario Scamarcio (; born 13 November 1979) is an Italian actor and film producer. Early life Scamarcio was born in Trani, Apulia, the son of Irene Petrafesa, a painter, and Emilio Scamarcio. He went to train as an actor at the Scuola ...

as Pinuccio * Guido Giaquinto as Gabriele Rossetti *

Anna Falchi Anna Falchi (; born Anna Kristiina Palomäki; 22 April 1972) is a Finnish-Italian actress, television presenter, and former model. Early life Anna Kristiina Palomäki was born in Tampere, Finland, the daughter of an Italian father, Benito (T ...

as Donna Valeria Giordano *

Mario Maranzana Mario Maranzana (14 July 1940 – 11 January 2012) was an Italian actor and voice actor. Background Born in Trieste, Maranzana began his career in the theater with Vittorio Gassman in ''Oedipus Rex'' by Sophocles, then worked with, among others, ...

as Museum Director * Vito Signorile as Professor Venusio *

Maurizio Micheli Maurizio Micheli (born 3 February 1947) is an Italian actor, voice actor, comedian, author, playwright and television personality. Life and career Born in Livorno in 1947, at 11 Micheli moved to Bari with his family, then at 20 he moved to M ...

as Lawyer Pezzetti *

Mariolina De Fano Mariolina De Fano (14 October 1940 – 18 August 2020) was an Italian actress. Partial filmography *''Il carabiniere'' (1981) - Maid *''Vigili e vigilesse'' (1982) - Assunta *''Pover'ammore'' (1982) *''L'ammiratrice'' (1983) - Caterina *'' Whe ...

as Mrs. Lo Turco *

Fabrizio Gifuni Fabrizio Gifuni (born 16 July 1966) is an Italian stage, film and television actor. He won two Silver Ribbons and two David di Donatello Award. Life and career Born in Rome, the son of the politician Gaetano, Gifuni enrolled at the Silvio D' ...

as Gabriele Rossetti (Adult) *

Margherita Buy Margherita Buy (; born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and eight-time Nastro d'Argento winner. Overview After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her ...

as Anna

References

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* 2009 comedy-drama films 2009 films Italian comedy-drama films Films directed by Sergio Rubini Films scored by Nicola Piovani 2000s Italian films 2000s Italian-language films {{2000s-comedy-drama-film-stub