Enrico Ghezzi – film critic, populariser of arthouse cinema, film philosopher, journalist and also filmmaker – is just as important for Italian cinema as Rossellini, Visconti or Bertolucci. After viewing this three-hour-plus autobiographical magnum opus, on which the ageing and ailing bard collaborated with Alessandro Gagliardo, many will regard this assertion as less controversial. Ghezzi’s highly intellectual and, at the same time, elemental quest to discover life in film and film in life is reminiscent of an erupting volcano and prowling beast of prey; the sophisticated chain of spellbinding moments from across the history of film (Ferrara, Tarr, Straub-Huillet, Parajanov, Bene, Tsukamoto) is intersected with scenes from Ghezzi’s private life, whose intimacy is left undisturbed. An invaluable gift for current and future cinephiles.
Karel Och
193 min / Color, Black & White, DCP
International premiere
Director Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo
/ Screenplay Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo
/ Dir. of Photography Renato Berta
/ Music Iosonouncane
/ Sound Giuseppe D'Amato, Alessandro Gagliardo, Marco Saitta
/ Editor Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo
/ Producer Gabriele Monaco, Armando Andria
/ Production Matango
/ Coproduction Rai Cinema, Luce Cinecittà, Minerva Pictures, Cinedora, Parallelo 41
/ Cast Aura Ghezzi, Massimo De Francovich
/ Contact Matango
Enrico Ghezzi (1952, Lovere, Italy) and Alessandro Gagliardo (Italy). Joint filmography: The Last Days of Humanity (Gli ultimi giorni dell'umanità, 2022, doc.).
Matango
Lungotevere degli Artigiani 28, 00153, Rome
Italy
Phone: +39 338 731 0210
E-mail: [email protected]
Alessandro Gagliardo
Film Director
Gabriele Monaco
Producer
Martin Volejnick
Production
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