Enfantasme

Enfantasme
Enfantasme
Directed by	Sergio Gobbi
Screenplay by	Ugo Pirro; Sergio Gobbi;
Based on	Enfantasme; by Georges-Jean Arnaud
Starring	Agostina Belli; Stefano Satta Flores; Serge Youssoufian;
Cinematography	Ennio Guarnieri
Edited by	Ruggero Mastroianni
Music by	Stelvio Cipriani
Production; companies	Ark Cinematografica; Paris Cannes Production A.A.;
Distributed by	Variety Distribution
Release dates	5 November 1978 (Italy); 8 November 1978 (France);
Running time	104 minutes
Countries	Italy; France;

Enfantasme is a 1978 film co-written and directed by Sergio Gobbi. It is based on the novel Enfantasme by Georges-Jean Arnaud.

Plot

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.^[1] 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).^[2] 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.^[3]^[4]

Enfantasme was shot in five weeks in the village of Bormio.^[5]

Release

Enfantasme was distributed in Italy where it was distributed by Battistelli on 5 November 1978.^[1] In Italy, the film grossed a total of 9,157,000 Italian lire domestically.^[1] It was released in France asL'enfant de nuit: Les inconnus aux petit pieds on 8 November 1978.^[1]

The novel of the film was adapted again for film in 2009 by Jean-Paul Guyon as Sommeil blanc.^[5]

Reception

Italian film historian Roberto Curti described the critical reception to the film on its released as "mixed."^[5]

References

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c Curti 2017, p. 192.

Sources

Curti, Roberto (2017). Italian Gothic Horror Films, 1970–1979. McFarland. ISBN 978-1476629605.

External links

Enfantasme at IMDb
Enfantasme at Variety Distribution

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[FOOTNOTECurti2017190-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Curti 2017, p. 190.

[2] Acconciamessa, Mirella (16 March 1978). "Il cinema francese? È morto". L'Unità.

[3] "La Belli madre impazzita in un film-sfida francese". La Stampa. 17 March 1978.

[FOOTNOTECurti2017191-4] Curti 2017, p. 191.

[FOOTNOTECurti2017192-5] Curti 2017, p. 192.

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