L'ospite, English title The Guest,[a] is a 1971 Italian drama film directed by Liliana Cavani and starring Lucia Bosè.[2][3][4] It follows a woman who, released from a mental hospital after twenty years, tries in vain to fit into society.
Writer Piero does research in a psychiatric hospital for his next novel. He finds several deficiencies in the treatment of the patients, but hears only self-justifications and criticism when he confronts the doctors with his observations. He takes a particular interest in the case of Anna, a woman who was hospitalised with depression after the death of her adored cousin twenty years ago. The only person in the institute to whom Anna feels an emotional bond is Luciano, a fellow inmate who maintains in a catatonic state.
Shortly after, Anna is discharged and entrusted to her brother Renato, to the dismay of her brother's wife. Her attempts to make social contacts fail. During a visit by the couple next door, Anna recounts the husband's sexual advances towards her, for which she is slapped by the disbelieving Renato. She runs away and hides in her uncle's abandoned villa. There, in her fantasy, she relives her relationship with her cousin (who appears in the shape of Luciano), with both taking the roles of Pelléas and Mélisande. Eventually, she is found by the police and taken back to the hospital. The last scene shows Anna comforting the motionless Luciano.
Cavani had the idea for L'ospite after a visit to a mental hospital.[2][5][6] It was produced by the Italian radio and television station RAI, shot on 16 mm film[2][3][4] in black and white[1][7] and blown up to 35 mm film.[4] According to Cavani, the film was made on a low budget with all participants, including Bosè, working for free.[6]
^ abcdefMarrone, Gaetana (2000). The Gaze and the Labyrinth: The Cinema of Liliana Cavani. Princeton University Press. ISBN9780691008738.
^ abc"L'ospite". La biennale di Venezia (in Italian). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^ abcdef"L'ospite". lilianacavani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 14 January 2024.
^Buscemi, Francesco (1996). Invito al cinema di Liliana Cavani. Mursia. p. 59 ff. ISBN9788842521105.
^ abCavani, Liliana (24 March 2020). "Quando Lucia Bosé (favolosa) si chiuse in un manicomio con me per «L'ospite»: perché la Rai non lo ritrasmette?". Corriere (in Italian). Retrieved 15 January 2024.
^Mauri, Glauco (2023). Le lacrime della Duse. Ritratto di un artista da vecchio. Falsopiano. p. 87. ISBN9788893042673.
^ ab"Omaggio a Lucia Bosè". RAI (in Italian). 28 March 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
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