Tartaruga ti amerò is the Italian poster for the British film Turtle Diary, directed in 1985 by John Irvin, starring Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Richard Johnson and Michael Gambon. The film was adapted from the novel by Russell Hoban, with a screenplay by Harold Pinter.

The story follows two solitary characters brought together by their shared fascination with sea turtles kept in a zoo aquarium. Their desire to set the turtles free becomes a poetic metaphor for loneliness, liberation and the search for personal freedom.

This poster is especially notable for its visual design attributed to Andy Warhol, as indicated by the inscription “Bozzetto Originale di Andy Warhol” printed on the poster. The turtle is treated with bold, contrasting colours — pink, green, blue and black — in a style closely associated with Warhol’s Pop Art aesthetic, turning the animal into a striking and iconic image.

The presence of the WWF logo reinforces the environmental dimension of the design, echoing the film’s central theme of animal protection and freedom. Combining cinema, ecology and Pop Art, this poster is an appealing piece for collectors of vintage film posters, Andy Warhol-related works and environmental imagery.

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