VItarerio Cecchi Gori, A name that marked Italian cinema, will soon be the The protagonist of a film directed by Marco Risi. An ambitious project, entitled It does uswho promises to tell not only the parable of a “large Than life” man, but also a cross -section of Italy from the eighties to today.
The production, curated by Tenterstorias by Moreno Zani and Malcom Pagani, is based on a screenplay written by Risi, Enrico Vanzina, Tano Risi and Carlo Sorrentino, with a subject born from the collaboration with Andrea Purgatori. The film, as the director explains to The messengerwill be a biopic with the tragicomic tone of the Italian comedy, capable of intertwining successes, falls and the solitude of a man who has lived everything.
Vittorio Cecchi Gori: Marco Risi will turn his biopic
“A Citizen Kane of our house”, so Marco Risi defines Cecchi Gori, a producer who has crossed different eras and worlds: from the three Oscars won with Mediterranean, Life is beautiful And The postman to criminal processes. And then the management of Fiorentina and the Hollywood adventures, up to bankruptcy and house arrest.
«A generous and good man who lived out of the ordinary events, for better or for worse, but today he has left alone: when at the height of success they all besieged him but once he ended up in disgrace, near him we remained in few, “says Risi a The messenger. The film will alternate past and present, showing a reflective Cecchi Gori, immersed in the small swimming pool of a house for rent in Sabaudia, far from the glories of the Princeque villa that once owned.
From Elio Germano to Claudio Santamaria: who could interpret Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Vittorio Cecchi Gori in 2019. The Film Festival Runs from 17 to 27 Octaber. Ansa/Ettore Ferrari
For the role of Vittorio, Risi is thinking about thick interpreters such as Elio Germano or Claudio Santamaria, but does not exclude Giorgio Panariello: “It is Tuscan as Vittorio and, beyond the recognized comic talent, it also expresses a dramatic vein,” explains the director.
Rita Russic Key character
A key character of the story will be Rita Russic, ex -wife of Cecchi Gori, whose creative and entrepreneurial talent contributed to the success of the production company in the golden years of the comedies of Verdone, Vanzina, Celentano and Pieraccioni, but also of author films such as The rubber wall of risi o The voice of the moon by Fellini.
There will be no Valeria Marini
The film will move between Rome and Los Angeles, telling the glories of Monte Mario’s attic, attended by the greats of Italian cinema, and the Hollywood holidays of Cecchi Gori. There will be references to his personal life, with figures like Maria Grazia Buccella, the first love, and a student of the Experimental Center met in the late age.
Excluded, however, Valeria Marini, who will not find space in the script. Among the most evocative scenes, that of Vittorio on the terrace in via Monti Parioli, where he holds the three Oscars, in a house purchased thanks to the earnings of Overtaking of 1962, directed by Dino Risi, father of the director.
Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Risi’s biopic will be a tribute to an extraordinary character
For Risi, Cecchi Gori is “An extraordinary character who has lived so much, everything. I love it and I am sure that, seeing the film, even the public will not be able to avoid wanting him “concludes the director. It does us It will not only be a portrait of Cecchi Gori, but a journey into the recent history of our country, with the sweet and sour taste of Italian comedy.
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