Sorttasera Rai 1 At 9.30 pm he proposes the film Don’t be afraid – A friendship with Pope Wojtyla by Andrea Porporati. A title produced by Rai Fiction ten years ago that tells the friendship between John Paul II and the mountaineer Lino Zaniwhose family managed a refuge in the peaks of Adamello in the 1980s.
In 1981, some time after Alì Agca’s attackKarol Wojtyla, accompanied by the President of the Republic Sandro Pertini, decided to climb to the top of the mountains, on the border between heaven and earth. There he met Zani who was then his friend for the rest of life.
Don’t be afraid – A friendship with Pope Wojtyla: plot of the film. On Rai 1 and Raiplay
Andrea Porporati’s film is based on the book by Lino Zani and Marilù Simoneschi He was a holy, he was a man. The story begins with the exceptional visit of Pope John Paul II (Aleksei Gussov) to the Llobbia Alta refuge, three thousand meters above sea level, together with the President of the Republic Sandro Pertini (Giuseppe Cederna). It was the summer of 1984.
The visit, for security reasons, is kept secretalso because a few years earlier Wojtyla had suffered The attack by Alì Agca. But then the Pope decides to reveal his love for the mountain to the press and the world. COn the Zani family, who manages the refuge. The young Lino (Giorgio Pasotti) is chosen to accompany the Pope in his descents with the skis and on his walks. Thus was born an unusual friendship, between two very different men, who will last for the rest of their life.
Giorgio Pasotti and Aleksei Guskov in the TV movie “Don’t be afraid – a friendship with Pope Wojtyla”. (Courtesy Press Office)
The friendship between Pope Wojtyla and Lino Zani. On air today April 2nd
Lino confesses to Karol his ambitions, his boundless passion for the mountain and The dream of climbing higher and higher to conquer Everest. But also l‘Love for Angela (Claudia Pandolfi), a city girl known in the summer. Lino understands it immediately: something special has blossomed between them, but he doesn’t feel like leaving his mountains for her.
Summer is ending. Gossip newspapers would pay hundreds of millions of lire for the photos taken on the Adamello but Lino delivers them to the pope. Their friendship is cemented And he will never break. The A also growsMore of the boys for Angela but, at the same time, also to challenge himself by participating in dangerous shipments.
The mountaineer has an accident and ends up in a crevasse at the top of Everest. It is saved, and is convinced that the Pope protects him. Friendship with Wojtyla ends in 2005 when Linotogether with Angela, San Pietro, Greet Karol for the last time.
Claudia Pandolfi and Giorgio Pasotti. (Courtesy Press Office)
Don’t be afraid – A friendship with Pope Wojtyla: the cast
Pope Wojtyla is played by Aleksei GuskovRussian actor known to the public for the role of the conductor Andreï Filipov in the splendid film The concert by Radu Mihaileanu. After the TV movie about Pope John Paul II, Guskov participated in other Italian films: he is in the cast de Confessions by Roberto Andò, ne The invisible guy by Salvatores and in theImmortal by Marco D’amorelinking film of the series Gomorrah. “CHiamare a star like Guskov to participate in my movie filled me with fright“, Said the director.
Giorgio Pasotti in the role of Lino Zani
Giorgio Pasotti plays the mountaineer and accompanying Pope Lino Zani. Claudia Pandolfi is entrusted with the part of Angela, the woman who makes her head lose her head. Giuseppe Cederna is instead President Pertini, while Katia Ricciarelli Carla Zani, Lino’s mother. «Giorgio Pasotti took over the task of impersonating Lino Zani and climbing the mountains in his place for the film – said Porporati – his work is there, on the screen, but I think The scenes between him and Aleksei go beyond the evanescent space of an image And they dig in a much deeper matter ».
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