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Nenè 1977

Nenè 1977
– 1h 48min | Drama | 21 September 1977 (Italy)

Storyline:

In the Catholic and traditionalist Italy, two teenagers covertly discover new prohibited games.

User review:

Made in the same year as “Maladolescenza” and sharing some similarities, this Italian tale of teen and pre-teen exploration is essentially an indictment of Family and could be described as “Maladolescenza Lite”. There is some dark psycho-sexual material here, but it involves the mentally ill patriarch of a little boy’s family whose sadistic impulses are visited on the body (and behind) of the boy’s mother. A little boy (Sven Valsecchi) becomes sexually curious about Nene (Leonara Fani) when she stays with the family in the wake of her mother’s suicide. In a couple of subtle sequences, Nene allows the boy to sleep beside her and engage in innocent touching. A dark, well written tale, “Nene” has a beautiful score by Francesco Guccini and superb direction by Salvatore Semperi. Interesting.

Director: Salvatore Samperi
Writers: Cesare Lanza (based on a novel by), Alessandro Parenzo
Stars: Leonora Fani, Sven Valsecchi, Vittoria Valsecchi
Country: Italy
Language: Italian
Release Date: 21 September 1977 (Italy)
Also Known As: Nene: Proto hadi… proti anatrihila.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076445/