Breath of Life (1990 film)

Breath of Life () is a 1990 Italian drama film directed by Beppe Cino. It is an adaptation of Gesualdo Bufalino's 1981 novel, Diceria dell'untore. The film, starring Franco Nero and Vanessa Redgrave was released in Italy on 11 October 1990.

Plot

In 1946, Gesualdo (Nero) is a recovering Second World War soldier in a Palermo TB clinic. Most of the patients are young yet are aware of their impending death. Gesualdo holds the same bleak expectations. Yet miraculously he recovers while all the others perish, including the medical professionals. Gesualdo is the only survivor that can bear witness to the ordeal in the clinic.

Cast

Franco Nero as Gesualdo

Vanessa Redgrave as Sister Crucifix

Fernando Rey as Doctor

Salvatore Cascio

Tiberio Murgia

Toni Ucci

Lucrezia Lante della Rovere as Marta

Remo Girone as Sebastiano

Gianluca Favilla

Dalila Di Lazzaro

Ferdinando Murolo

References

External links

1990 films

Italian drama films

1990 drama films

1990s Italian-language films

English-language Italian films

1990s English-language films

Films shot in Italy

Films based on Italian novels

Films set in Sicily

Films set in hospitals

Films scored by Carlo Siliotto

1990 multilingual films

Italian multilingual films

1990s Italian films