Films involving Dwarfism

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Title	I Don't Want to Talk About It (1993)
Alternative/Original Title	1. De eso no se habla 2. Di questo non si parla 3. We Don't Want to Talk About It
Disability	Dwarf
Country	Argentina/Italy
Length	102
Genre	Drama
Rating	4
Director	Maria Luisa Bemberg
Cast	Marcello Mastroianni Luisina Brando Alejandra Podesta Betiana Blum Roberto Carnaghi Alberto Segado
Notes	In a small seaside town in Argentina a widow has a baby girl called Charlotte who is a dwarf. As Charlotte grows up her mother sees that she gets a good, classical education but erases any images, books etc. which depict small people (e.g. Snow White and the 7 Dwarves). In fact she refuses to accept her daughter's condition and this attitude spreads to the whole community. When Charlotte is a young woman the very eligble local playboy, Ludovico, falls in love with her. He also collects other small items like a minature monkey and pony. Though he does try to resist how he feels he says of her she is the only person he wholly accepts. After Charlotte and Ludovico are married a circus arrives in town. Charlotte's mother doesn't want her to see the circus. Nothing can stop her and she 'runs off' with the circus. At the end Ludovico appears to have drowned himself and the mother has shut herself away. A charming film with great performances especially from Mastroianni as Ludovico and Podesta as Charlotte. The director, Bemberg, says of the film "Charlotte is a metaphor for all of us who are in one way or another different from the flock. In that sense . . . She could be any independent spirit."

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