Cith his investigation into the famous and controversial figure of the Turin psychic Gustavo Adolfo Rol, the journalist and director Anselma Dell’Olio wins the 2024 Silver Ribbon for Best Docufilm. It is the first time that this much discussed figure of the Italian twentieth century arrives on the big screen.
Silver Ribbons, award to Anselma dell’Olio
A success that repeats itself, therefore, after what has already been achieved by the world premiere presentation at the Rome Film Festival in the “Special Screening” section. And that in the theaters of the major Italian citiesfor which an extraordinary extension of the programming was necessary.
Enigma Rol the journalist’s docu
Thanks to testimonies, archive material, photographs, archive videos and scenic reconstructions, Enigma Roll It has become from film to portrait, investigation and anthology of the character who passed away in 1994 which attracted into its orbit important figures from Charles De Gaulle and John F. Kennedy, from Zeffirelli to Fellini, to Strehler.
Anselma Dell’Olio won the Nastri d’Argento award for Best Docufilm. (Danilo Schiavella/ANSA/DEF)
Is it possible to read the others?
Anselma Dell’Olio with Enigma Rol takes a journey through the doubts of reason in the face of the “eternal question”: is it really possible? An investigation that particularly interests the director and which she had already proposed in the docufilm Fellini of spirits of 2020, in which he had explored in depth the relationship between the genius from Rimini and the worlds of esotericismof dreams, of transcendent realities.
Capable or simple illusionist?
«It is difficult to identify Gustavo Rol so much so that not even he ever did it with a precise term – Anselma Dell’Olio explained at the release of the docufilm -. He rejected any esoteric label. He was, more than anything, a man who carried out his own research, his own journey.”
A very controversial character who discovered he was able to read the depths of people, to understand their essence, their soul, their thoughts, their pain in France when he was just twenty years old. Many didn’t believe him and always thought he was just a skilled illusionist.
No judgement
His life in the docu is traced through the testimonies of those who knew him, of those who witnessed his experiments and also of those who have always doubted their abilities, with the desire to provide the spectator with the necessary tools to form their own point of view and then decide which side to take.
Silver Ribbons 2024
Recognition for the Best Docufilm to Anselma Dell’Olio follows other interesting victories: like the two winning films that they are MurKasia Smutniak’s debut film, a journey between Poland and Belarus in the long stretch of border that prevents the passage of migrants and THEor, us and Gaber by Riccardo Milani, portrait of “Mr. G” between music, theater and intellectual commitment.
“Tape of the Year” for Documentaries to Mario Martone for Someone over there loves mededicated to Massimo Troisi and A moving portraithomage to Mimmo Jodice.
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