Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, the magnificent Italian film directors and screenwriters who have marked with their work the evolution of Classic Italian Cinema, return to Greece after 41 years to attend the screening of their movie ‘Allonsanfàn’ in Thessaloniki.
‘Allonsanfàn,’ a 1974 drama written by Ennio Morricone and directed by the Taviani brothers starring unforgettable Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni in the lead role, is set in early 19th-century Italy. The plot of the movie is based on the tragic story of an Italian middle-aged aristocrat who decides to become a rebel, but an interaction with a mysterious man turned out to be fatal for his life.
Although their movies are enriched with elements from politics, replying to a question on ANA-MPA website, Paolo and Vittorio Taviani remain persistent to their claim that they do not make political movies, unless… “beyond the labels we accept that humans are political beings … as political is the way we live, we work, we fall in love … and since we make movies for people, well, then yes. We make … political movies,” they said.
The screening of this exceptional masterpiece will be followed by a special ceremony in which the Italian artists will be awarded for their great contribution in arts, culture and letters, becoming, simultaneously, honorary lecturers at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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