Ernesto

Ernesto

1979 · 98 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama, Music, Romance

Ernesto is a young Italian Jew of the early 1900s who works in his uncle's factory in Trieste. Not entirely secure with his sexual orientation, Ernesto enters into an affair with one of his uncle's employees.

Directed by Salvatore Samperi · Written by Salvatore Samperi

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