ROssella Brescia, icon of Italian dance and television, opens in an exclusive interview with the weekly Today, speaking not only of his film debut as the protagonist in Jastimari by Riccardo Cannella, but also of the Painful separation from the director and choreographer Luciano Cannitoafter a 18 -year report. The news of their rupture, which took place in August 2024, surprised many, and the Apulian dancer does not hide the emotional weight of this turning point in his life.
Rossella Brescia talks about the separation with Cannito
After almost two decades together, the dancer and the director took different paths. “I thought we were directed towards that type of love that I saw among my parents, 60 years of marriage. I don’t have it with him, but with myself: I never learn. I remain a little girl to whom you like to dream. ” Words that reveal a mixture of nostalgia and awareness, while It excludes a possible return of flame: “I don’t think, something broke.”
Betrayal? A woman certain things understands them without detective
The dancer with the former Luciano Cannito (IPA)
On the voices of a possible betrayal, Rossella responds with her characteristic ironic attitude, showing off a Romanesque that betrays her Apulian roots: «But what ‘to spend money? I buy a bag, rather! A woman, and I speak in general, certain things understands them without the need for a detective “. An affirmation that underlines his intuition and the refusal to rely on investigators to confirm his suspicions, letting glimpse an inner force that does not bend to the difficulties.
A past of lost choices and trains
In addition to the separation, Rossella tells herself through the choices that have marked her career. The debut in the cinema in Jastimari, Out of the cinemas in autumn, scores a new chapter for the dancer, but his relationship with the big screen could have started much earlier. Twenty -six years ago, Giuseppe Tornatore noticed it at the Cinecittà canteen, while working on Happy Sundayproposing a audition for Malèna, The film that consecrated Monica Bellucci.
“Tornatore I apologized with 26 years late ” Confesses Rossella. “He said to me, ‘I didn’t understand, it was the first time that someone refused to turn with me’. ‘ To push her to say no was a jealous boyfriend of that time: “I was 28 years old, but inside I was a 12 -girl.”
That was not the only lost opportunity: also a role in I love Andrea by Francesco Nuti was refused for the same reason. Today, Rossella looks back with a bitter smile, but also with the determination of those who have learned from their mistakes.
The consistency of a woman who keeps the floor
Despite the new opportunities, Rossella remains faithful to her commitments. Recently refused an offer for an afternoon program in Rai, a proposal that flattered it but that had to decline to honor the tour of Billy Elliot: “My word is worth more than a contract,” he explained.
A new Rossella Brescia, between cinema and personal rebirth
The separation from Cannito and the film debut mark a turning point for Rossella Brescia. While preparing to conquer the big screen, the dancer does not stop dreaming, while bringing with him the scars of a finished love.
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