Sevening at 9.30pm on Rai 1 goes on air House of Guccithe film by Ridley Scott that tells the story of the murder of Maurizio Gucci, which took place on 27 March 1995 in Milan. The point of view is that of Patrizia Reggiani, ex-wife of the entrepreneur played by Lady Gaga, and sentenced to 26 years in prison as instigator of the assassination.
House of Gucci: Patrizia Reggiani against Lady Gaga
The film – released in 2021 – was preceded by great anticipation. The reasons are multiple. First of all, the story itself, which marked Italy in the second half of the 90s and – in part – the world of fashion. Then Lady Gaga in the role of Reggiani – with all the crossover between the pop star’s Italian origins and the resemblance to the Black Widow; and the effort put into defining the character after the rehearsal A star is borntwo Oscar nominations and one win (best song: Shallow).
Although Patrizia is precisely the person around whom the whole film revolves, neither the director nor Lady Gaga saw the need to meet her. A decision that didn’t go down well with the former Gucci lady. So much so that during the filming period he said he was: «Quite annoyed by the fact that Lady Gaga is playing me without even having had the foresight and sensitivity to come and meet me».
AtHandle he also specified that it was not an economic question, but rather “of common sense and respect”. Adding that «Every good actor must first know the character he is going to play in person. Patrizia Reggiani is much more than what you may have read and seen or that its authors will have told you. I myself, even today, have not finished discovering myself. And I continue to do it day after day.”
Patrizia Reggiani. (Handle)
Lady Gaga: «Nobody had to tell me who Patrizia was»
Lady Gaga’s response came via British Vogue: «I felt that I could only do justice to this story if I approached it with the eye of a curious woman, animated by a journalistic spirit. Therefore no one had to tell me who Patrizia Gucci was. Not even Patrizia Gucci”.
With W Magazine was even more explicit. «On the last day of filming I was on the balcony of my apartment in Rome. I listened at full volume Italian mambo sung by Dean Martin. I had a cigarette dangling from my mouth. I was Patrizia. I knew I had to say goodbye to her. Great swarms of flies kept flying around her and I actually started to think she sent them».
Adam Driver and Lady Gaga in “House of Gucci”.
What happened to Patrizia Reggiani
Patrizia Reggiani’s legal case began in 1997, when she was arrested on charges of instigating the murder of her ex-spouse. How do we get to this? She and Maurizio Gucci married in 1972 and the marriage failed in 1985, when her husband left her and began a relationship with Paola Franchi. In 1994 they signed the divorce and Patrizia obtained a maintenance allowance of 1.5 million dollars a year.
Patrizia Reggiani in the documentary “Lady Gucci”. (Warner Bros. Discovery)
On March 27, 1995, Maurizio Gucci was killed by two killers at the entrance to his office in via Palestro in Milan. Two years later Reggiani ends up in handcuffs. A long legal case begins which the Italian and international press deals with to talk about the cracks in an apparently golden world. And especially the reasons that pushed the woman to such a brutal act.
The investigations revealed that it all arose from Reggiani’s jealousy towards her ex-husband and new partner. Furthermore, she feared that if they got married she would have to give up half of the alimony. During the trial in 1998 she was sentenced to 26 years in prison. In 2011 she was offered the opportunity to work, but she refused. In 2014 she was entrusted to social services, only to be released two years later for good behavior, after having served 18 years. Today he is 74 years old and lives in Milan.
Television has always been interested in the Gucci case and, consequently, in his figure. Over the years he has participated in various broadcasts. Between all, Cursed storiesthe Rai 3 program hosted by Franca Leosini, Fourth degree And Italian stories. In 2021 she took part in Lady Gucci: the story of Patrizia Reggiania documentary film broadcast first on discovery+ and then on NOVE.
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