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Dark Illness is a film of genre Drama directed by Mario Monicelli with Giancarlo Giannini
Dark Illness (1990)
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Add to a movie listIl male oscuro (internationally released as Dark Illness and The Obscure Illness) is a 1990 Italian drama film directed by Mario Monicelli. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Giuseppe Berto. For this film Monicelli was awarded with a David di Donatello for Best Director.
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Calabria. Giuseppe Marchi is an Italian screenwriter who aspires to become a great novelist. However, he has deep psychological problems...Actors
Giancarlo Giannini
(Giuseppe Marchi)
Emmanuelle Seigner
(The Girl)
Stefania Sandrelli
(Sylvaine)
Vittorio Caprioli
(Psicanalista)
Antonello Fassari
(Dr. Giorgio Corsini)
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