The Ignorant Fairies is a 2001 Italian

Cinema of Italy

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 drama

Drama film

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 film

Feature film

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 directed

Film director

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 by Turkish

Turkey

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-Italian

Italy

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 film director Ferzan Özpetek

Ferzan Özpetek

Ferzan Özpetek is an Italian-Turkish film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy.- Biography :Ferzan Ozpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. When he was a young student in 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza University of Rome...

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The story follows a woman who discovers that her recently deceased husband had been having an affair.

Plot

When Antonia's husband Massimo is killed in a car accident, she accidentally discovers that he has been having a same-sex affair with a produce

Produce

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 wholesale

Wholesale

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r named Michele. Although she's initially devastated by the news and hostile toward Michele, she soon develops a friendship with him and his and Massimo's circle of gay

Gay

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, transgender

Transgender

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ed, and straight

Heterosexuality

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 friends, among whom are a Turkish

Turkish people

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 immigrant, a playwright

Playwright

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 and a boutique

Boutique

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 owner. As she gets to know these people and become a part of their lives, the new relationships dramatically transform Antonia.

Production

Ferzan Özpetek

Ferzan Özpetek

Ferzan Özpetek is an Italian-Turkish film director and screenwriter, residing in Italy.- Biography :Ferzan Ozpetek was born in Istanbul in 1959. When he was a young student in 1976, he decided to move to Italy to study Cinema History at Sapienza University of Rome...

, who is also an openly gay director, has a cameo appearance in the scene where two characters are searching gay companies to find a friend of theirs, who is sitting next to them, and viewing some photos on the Internet, where a guy and Özpetek are clearly seen.

Awards

• 3 Nastro d'Argento
  Nastro d'Argento
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  Prizes (Best Actress: Marghertia Buy - Best Actor: Stefano Accorsi - Best Producer: Tilde Corsi and Gianni Romoli)
• Public's Choice, Image-Nation Festival
• Best Film, New York Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
• Best Film, Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival