By Silvia Giulietti
Dur. 79’ min. documentary film, 16:9 – 4K – color, stereo – Italy 2020 –
TV Version 60′ 16:9 – 4K – color, stereo
Language Italian subtitled in English
Synopsis
Fellini’s charisma, art, the great game and the world that populated his movies, filmed from a hidden room, emerge from the past after 40 years.
For Fellini’s centenary we have the exceptional opportunity to observe “through the keyhole” the master at work and discover new aspects of man and the background of his creative activity.
The eye that filmed Fellini in his personal and creative intimacy, which captured all the elements of his great game, his lies, his inventions, is that one of Ferruccio Castronuovo, the only one allowed to shoot and document his sets.
Under the maestro’s request, between ’76 and ’86, Ferruccio made the backstages, which were called “special”, of Federico Fellini’s films, Casanova, City of women, And the ship goes on and Ginger and Fred.
Ferruccio, hidden behind the scenes, captured with his inquisitive eye, the profile without censorship and without veils, nor pudos, a spontaneous Fellini, different from the mundane and mediatic that everyone knows.
Fellini trusted and gave Ferruccio “carte blanche”, offering himself and not feeling observed.
A world apart, an imaginary city populated by unique characters, which had a life of its own, a Fellinopolis.
With this premise, the exceptional Oscar-winning interviewees who have collaborated with maestro Fellini, tell their work and life experience, giving back a story “from inside” the sets. This creates a virtual stage between the past and the present, narrating Fellini through his backstage, re-emerging from the past almost 40 years ago.
FESTIVALS
Festa del Cinema di Roma – 2020 – Omaggi – ITALY
ICFF – Italian Contemporary Film Festival, Toronto 2020 – Best documentary – CANADA
Sofia International Film Festival – 2021 – Kaleidoskope – BULGARIA
BAFICI 2021 – Películas sobre películas – ARGENTINA
Santa Barbara Film Festival 2021 – Documentary Competition – California (USA)
Krakow Film Festival – 2021 – Somewhere in Europe – POLAND
Shanghai International Film Festival – 2021 – Spectrum: SIFF Rhapsody – CHINA
Fajr International Film Festival 2021: Docs in Focus – IRAN
European Film Festival Palic 2021 – New European Documentary Film – SERBIA
Atlantida Film Fest 2021 – Palma de Maiorca – SPAIN
Festival delle terre del mare – Alghero – ITALY
DMZ International Documentary Film Festival 2021 – Open Cinema – KOREA
Film by the sea Festival – 2021 – The good, the bad and the ugly of Italian Cinema – NETHERLAND
Bellaria Film Festival 2021 – Bei Doc – ITALY
Beijing International Film Festival 2021 – Panorama – Reality Rocks – CHINA
International Documentary Film Festival OFF CINEMA in Poznań 2021 – POLAND
Riga International Film Festival 2021 – LATVIA
DA2 – Zagreb Design, Art & Architecture Film Festival – CROAZIA
IndieBo – COLOMBIA
Silk Road Film Festival – CHINA
Italian Doc Fest – Moscow – RUSSIA
FIFA – Festival International du film sur l’art – Montreal, CANADA
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