His Secret Life (Le Fate Ignoranti) - lit. The Ignorant Fairies
Strand Releasing (2002)
Drama, Foreign, Queer Themes/Interest
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IMDB   7.4
106 mins Italy / Italian
Region 2
Margherita Buy Antonia
Stefano Accorsi Michele
Serra Yilmaz Serra
Gabriel Garko Ernesto
Erika Blanc Veronica
Andrea Renzi Massimo
Koray Candemir Emir
Lucrezia Valia Mara
Filippo Nigro Riccardo
Ivan Bacchi Luciano
Maurizio Romoli Angelo
Carmine Recano Israele
Luca Calvani Sandro
Rosaria De Cicco Luisella
Edilberta Caviteno Bahia Nora
Leonardo Di Gioia Giulio
Barbara Folchitto Maria Grazia
Giorgio Gobbi Paziente Laboratorio
Marilena Paci Marilena
Susanna Forgione Cliente 1
Elisa Morucci Cliente 2
Simone Piccioni Sacerdote
Simone Luzi Simone
Ivan Crasci Dancer
Director
Ferzan Ozpetek
Producer Gianni Romoli
Tilde Corsi
Writer/Composer Ferzan Ozpetek
Gianni Romoli
Cinematography Pasquale MARI
Music Andrea Guerra


AIDS doctor Antonia's husband is killed by a car. She gets depressed until she learns he had been cheating on her with a man. She goes to see her husband's lover, Michele, and finds a huge apartment that he shares with gay and transgendered friends. Antonia is reluctant to tell these people of her relationship to the dead man, but needs prompting to move on to a new phase of her life.
Edition Details
Original Title Le Fate Ignoranti
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Tags HIV/AIDS, transgender
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Notes
A Region 1 DVD for this film has not been found.