The Wicked
Directed byCarlo Lizzani
Written byFurio Scarpelli
Francesca Archibugi
Produced byPiero e Mario Begni per P.A.C.
StarringGiuliana De Sio
Julian Sands
CinematographyDaniele Nannuzzi
Edited byFranco Fraticelli
Music byArmando Trovajoli
Distributed byUnited International Pictures
Release date
1991
Running time
98 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageEnglish

Cattiva (internationally released as The Wicked) is a 1991 Italian drama film directed by Carlo Lizzani.[1] The film is loosely based on real life events of Carl Jung, the founder of analytical psychology, and of Sabina Spielrein.[2] For this film Giuliana De Sio was awarded a David di Donatello for Best Actress.[3]

Plot

In the early twentieth century, the young Italian-born Emilia Schmidt leads a comfortable life in Switzerland, with her husband and little son Ludwig, but shows from time-to-time signs of mental imbalance.

She is admitted to a luxurious clinic in Zürich, where she receives the diagnosis of schizophrenia due to her behavior, thus being defined as "wicked". However, Professor Gustav, a young assistant to the clinic's head physician, Professor Brokner, becomes passionate about her case; using the innovative research of Dr. Sigmund Freud, he is able to partially cure her. This allows Emilia to leave the clinic, not completely cured, but released from her neuroses and confident in Gustav's promise to continue monitoring her health in the future.

Cast

References

  1. ^ Irene Bignardi (1 June 1991). "Cattiva, ma brava..." La Repubblica. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  2. ^ "UN FILME BASADO EN LAS MEMORIAS DE GUSTAV JUNG". Nuevo Herald. May 26, 1991. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  3. ^ Enrico Lancia (1998). I premi del cinema. Gremese Editore, 1998. ISBN 88-7742-221-1.

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