Secret Scandal is a 1989

1989 in film

-Events:* Batman is released on June 23, and goes on to gross over $410 million worldwide.* Actress Kim Basinger and her brother Mick purchase Braselton, Georgia, for $20 million...

 Italian film

Cinema of Italy

The history of Italian cinema began just a few months after the Lumière brothers had patented their Cinematographe, when Pope Leo XIII was filmed for a few seconds in the act of blessing the camera.-Early years:...

 which was written and directed by Monica Vitti

Monica Vitti

Monica Vitti is an Italian actress best known for her starring roles in films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, her lover at that time, during the early 1960s...

. It was starred by the same Monica Vitti, Elliott Gould

Elliott Gould

Elliott Gould is an American actor. He began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s, and has remained prolific ever since. Some of his most notable films include M*A*S*H and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, for which he received an Oscar nomination...

, Gino Pernice, and Catherine Spaak

Catherine Spaak

-Biography:Spaak was born at Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine . She is the niece of Belgian politician Paul-Henri Spaak.She spent most of her career in Italy, where she became a teenage star...

. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard

Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...

 section at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival

1990 Cannes Film Festival

- Jury :*Bernardo Bertolucci *Alexei Guerman *Anjelica Huston *Bertrand Blier *Christopher Hampton*Fanny Ardant *Françoise Giroud *Hayao Shibata *Mira Nair *Sven Nykvist...

.

For the movie, Monica Vitti debuted as a director of cinema nevertheless it would be her last appearance on the big screen.

Synopsis

On her birthday, Margherita (Monica Vitti) receives a video camera from a friend, who is a film director (Elliot Gould). She decides to use the device to keep a diary of her life. As the camera is capable of recording automatically, snippets usually feature her talking. However, on one occasion, Margherita leaves the camera in her bedroom as it was still recording; it catches Margherita's husband, Paolo (Gino Pernice), who has always had a distant demeanor to her, as he cheats on her with her best friend (Catherine Spaak). A secret scandal ensues in their separation with Paolo's departure and Margherita going into a deep depression, even to the point of contemplating suicide. Her friend, the director who gave her the camera, examines the film, and concludes that it is interesting material for an actual movie.

Cast

• Monica Vitti
  Monica Vitti
  Monica Vitti is an Italian actress best known for her starring roles in films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, her lover at that time, during the early 1960s...
  
  
• Elliott Gould
  Elliott Gould
  Elliott Gould is an American actor. He began acting in Hollywood films during the 1960s, and has remained prolific ever since. Some of his most notable films include M*A*S*H and Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice, for which he received an Oscar nomination...
  
  
• Gino Pernice
• Catherine Spaak
  Catherine Spaak
  -Biography:Spaak was born at Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine . She is the niece of Belgian politician Paul-Henri Spaak.She spent most of her career in Italy, where she became a teenage star...
  
  
• Carmen Onorati
• Pietro De Vico
  Pietro De Vico
  Pietro De Vico was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1948 and 1991.He was born in Naples, Italy and died in Rome, Italy; he was married, from 1937 till his death , to actress Anna Campori....
  
  
• Daniele Stroppa
• Gianni Olivieri
• Daniela Rindi

Awards

• 1990 David di Donatello award
  David di Donatello
  David di Donatello, named after Donatello's David, is a movie award assigned each year for cinematic performances and production by Ente David di Donatello, part of Accademia del Cinema Italiano. It is the Italian equivalent to the Academy Award. There are 24 categories as of 2006.- History :The...
  
   for Best new director
  David di Donatello for Best New Director
  -1980s:*1982**Luciano Manuzzi - Fuori stagione*1983**Francesco Laudadio - Grog*1984**Roberto Russo - Flirt*1985**Luciano De Crescenzo - Così parlò Bellavista*1986**Enrico Montesano - A me mi piace*1987...
  
  : Monica Vitti
  Monica Vitti
  Monica Vitti is an Italian actress best known for her starring roles in films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni, her lover at that time, during the early 1960s...
  
  

External links

• Scandalo Segreto at the IMDB
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