The Anonymous Venetian (film)


Anonimo Veneziano is a 1970 Italian drama film written and directed by the famous Italian actor Enrico Maria Salerno in his debut as a film director. It starred American actor Tony Musante and Brazilian actress Florinda Bolkan.
The film is especially notable for its romantic musical score, composed by Stelvio Cipriani. In the movie's musical score there is also an Adagio, erroneously attributed to the Baroque Venetian composer Benedetto Marcello. In reality, the author of the D concerto for oboe and orchestra was his older brother Alessandro. In 1970, Frida Boccara recorded the song "Venise Va Mourir", the main theme of the film, later performing it at the Cannes Film Festival. Tony Renis recorded it as "Anonimo veneziano" and "Venise Va Mourir". Singers Sergio Denis, Fred Bongusto, Ornella Vanoni, and Nana Mouskouri, also performed the piece.

Plot

A Venetian musician is affected by an incurable disease. He arranges to meet his wife, who is now living with another man in another city, but does not tell her about his condition. They walk through the streets and channels of Venice. They remember the happy times when they lived together, she in blissful ignorance of his terminal illness. He has to play a classic concert piece, recently discovered, but with no known composer, the 'Anonymous Venetian', in a concert hall. She finally realizes that she is still in love with him.

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