Release Date | 2007-10-11 |
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Runtime | 93 minutes |
Genres | Documentary |
Stars | Gillo Pontecorvo, Ennio Morricone, Francesco Maselli, Giuliano Montaldo, Yacef Saâdi |
Directors | Annarosa Morri, Mario Canale, Paolo Mancini, Mario Canale, Annarosa Morri |
Pontecorvo is one of those Italian filmmakers marked for life by neorealism. He declares that he decided to do cinema after leaving a screening of "Paisa" by Roberto Rossellini. The future filmmaker was then in Paris, a year after a war during which he became one of the main figures of the Italian resistance and one of the founders of the Youth Front. Leaving his status as a war hero behind him, Pontecorvo made his directorial debut with "Giovanna", a short film heralding a cinematic career dedicated to what he himself calls the "dictatorship of truth."