Description
Synopsis:
Marco Ferreri, bearded prophet, leading filmmaker, forgotten director. Many definitions have been given to define he’s cinema: many have thought that his work had genius but was discontinuous. He has always been considered a “scandalous” director causing the strength of his direction to recede in the background. In he’s cinema, there is a research of a hidden reality that tries to show a glimpse of possible future scenarios in the only way an artist can do, through his masterpieces.
About the director:
Mario Canale. Director, scriptwriter. He edited the weeklies “Il male” and “Zut” before moving on, in 1981, to write and direct a variety of programs and TV series for Rai and Mediaset. From 1994 to 1996 he curated the “La Televisione del Cinema” program at the Venice Film Festival. He also edited the quarterly magazine “L’avventura” for Italia Cinema. As a director and screenwriter, he has taken part in numerous festivals in Italy and abroad.
Selected Filmography: “Marcello a Sweet Life” (2006), “Marco Ferreri, The Director Who Came from the Future” (2007), “Gillo” (2007), “Vittorio D.” (2009), “Monicelli. La versione di Mario” (2013), “Passion and Utopia” (2015), “Armando Trovajoli: Cent’anni di musica” (2019), “Giuliano Montaldo. Il regista è sul set” (2020), “Era Roma” (2022).