The Gold Rimmed Glasses

The Gold Rimmed Glasses
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Giuliano Montaldo
Screenplay by	Enrico Medioli Valerio Zurlini
Based on	The Gold Rimmed Glasses by Giorgio Bassani
Produced by	Leo Pescarolo
Starring	Philippe Noiret Rupert Everett Valeria Golino Stefania Sandrelli
Cinematography	Armando Nannuzzi
Edited by	Alfredo Muschietti
Music by	Ennio Morricone
Distributed by	Reteitalia
Release date	24 September 1987 (1987-09-24) (Italy)
Running time	110 minutes
Countries	Italy France Yugoslavia
Language	Italian

Gli occhiali d'oro (internationally released as The Gold Rimmed Glasses) is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Giuliano Montaldo, starring Philippe Noiret, Rupert Everett and Valeria Golino. Set in Ferrara and in a nearby seaside resort in 1938, the plot follows a Jewish student and a homosexual doctor who suffer persecution in Fascist Italy. The film is an adaptation of Giorgio Bassani's novel The Gold Rimmed Spectacles (Gli occhiali d'oro).^[1]

It entered the main competition at the 1987 Venice Film Festival, where it won two Golden Osellas for Best Costume Design and Best Set Design.^[2] For his soundtrack Ennio Morricone won the David di Donatello for Best Score.^[2]