Le fate ignoranti (2001)

Director:

Ferzan Ozpetek

Writers:

Gianni Romoli (screenplay) and
Ferzan Ozpetek (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

20 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

AIDS doctor Antonia's husband is killed by a car. She gets depressed until she learns he had been cheating on her with a man...

Plot Keywords:

AIDS | Gay | Subculture | Gay Father | Loss Of Lover

Awards:

7 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Margherita Buy	...	Antonia
Stefano Accorsi	...	Michele
Serra Yilmaz	...	Serra
Gabriel Garko	...	Ernesto
Erika Blanc	...	Veronica (as Erica Blanc)
Andrea Renzi	...	Massimo
Koray Candemir	...	Emir
Lucrezia Valia	...	Mara
Filippo Nigro	...	Riccardo
Ivan Bacchi	...	Luciano
Maurizio Romoli	...	Angelo
Carmine Recano	...	Israele
Luca Calvani	...	Sandro
Rosaria De Cicco	...	Luisella
Edilberta Caviteno Bahia	...	Nora

Also Known As:

His Secret Life (UK) (USA) (festival title)
Tableau de famille (France)
The Ignorant Fairies (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexuality.

Runtime:

106 min | Argentina:110 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | UK:109 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | Turkish

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Italy:T | Argentina:13 | France:U | Spain:13 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R | Netherlands:12 | Chile:14

Filming Locations:

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

R&C Produzioni

Quotes:

Title Card: [written on the back of the painting] To Massimo, for our seven years together, for that part of you that I miss and I will never have, for every time you said I can't, but also for every time you said I'll be back... Always waiting, can I call my patience love? Your ignorant fairy

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Quasi quasi... (2002)

Soundtrack:

Birdenbire

Not your usual kinda gay

If film is about the message it wants to convey to its audience, this film has definitely achieved it. The subtle depiction of the gay community is so much different from the usual Hollywood stereotype gay men - your Queer as Folk kinda guy. While the soapy detail of Queer as Folk casts the image of the gay community as something really really different from the straight community hence giving it some sort of exclusivity (despised by many of the so called straight righteous community), Le Fate Ignoranti portrays the gay community as just 'the other human being.' Different maybe, but it doesnt emphasize the difference to the level that no straight mortal will be able to immerse let alone understand it. Le Fate Ignoranti portrays the gay community as just another 'group' in our society, facing the same humane problems - that gay men are nothing but another human beings deserve the same humane treatment and respect.

Michele is so differently refreshing from his Hollywood counterparts, full of dignity and no cynicism towards the world that you usually find in those so called gay Hollywood films. While Hollywood gay men show only insecurity with their identity, Michele is oozing with confidence and is perfectly comfortable with his sexuality.

This film and director Ferzan Ozpetek has definity done great job in the effort of establishing more insight into a 'more real' depiction of gay community.