To forget Venice
Film poster
Directed by	Franco Brusati
Written by	Franco Brusati Jaja Fiastri
Starring	Mariangela Melato Erland Josephson David Pontremoli Eleonora Giorgi
Cinematography	Romano Albani
Music by	Benedetto Ghiglia
Release date	14 April 1979 (1979-04-14)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

To Forget Venice (Italian: Dimenticare Venezia) is a 1979 Italian drama film written and directed by Franco Brusati. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 52nd Academy Awards.^[1]

Cast

• Mariangela Melato as Anna
• Eleonora Giorgi as Claudia
• Erland Josephson as Nicky
• Nerina Montagnani as Caterina
• David Pontremoli as Picchio
• Hella Petri as Marta
• Fred Personne as Fossino
• Armando Brancia as Owner of restaurant

Reception

Critical response

Roger Ebert in 1980, gave it 2.5 stars out of 4 and said "To Forget Venice doesn't feel like a story, it feels like an idea for a story, and that's the problem with it".^[2]

Derek Winnert in 2019 gave it 5 stars out of 5 and said "To Forget Venice [Dimenticare Venezia] is a poignant, telling, superb movie, based on a story by Franco Brusati, which was deservedly Oscar nominated as Best Foreign Language Film in 1979. By rights, it should have won".^[3]

Awards an nominations

• Academy Award nominee: Best Foreign Film
• David di Donatello: Best Film
• Nastro d'Argento: Best Actress (Mariangela Melato)