Gli occhiali d'oro (internationally released as The Gold Rimmed Glasses) is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Giuliano Montaldo, starring Philippe Noiret, Rupert Everett and Valeria Golino.

Set in Ferrara and in a nearby seaside resort in 1938, the plot follows a Jewish student and a homosexual doctor who suffer persecution in Fascist Italy.

The film is an adaptation of Giorgio Bassani's novel The Gold Rimmed Spectacles (Gli occhiali d'oro).

Nora is in love with Davide Lattes, a young literature student at the university of Bologna, who dreams of becoming a writer.

The father thinks that something similar could not take place in Italy, where the Jewish community has lived undisturbed for centuries.

At the end of the boxing match, when he goes to greet the young man, Fadigati finds Eraldo taking a shower.

At the sea-side resort town in the Adriatic coast, the pairing of Fadigati and Eraldo arouses the malicious gossip of Signora Lavezzoli, an obnoxious but influential member of Ferrara's society.

Davide, seeing Eraldo's exploitation of Fadigati and the vengeful attitude of Signora Lavezzoli, takes pity on the doctor.

At a gala, taking place at the local hotel, Nora is invited to dance by a fascist leader, leaving Davide alone and offended.

The same night, Fadigati confronts Eraldo, who makes a scene punching the doctor in the face, leaving him bleeding and humiliated.

In spite of the rain Fadigati takes a bus to the shore of the river Po and begins to walk towards his death.