Marco Tullio Giordana

Marco Tullio Giordana

Marco Tullio Giordana (born October 1, 1950 in Milan ) is an Italian director and screenwriter . The main focus of his films are the themes of terrorism , rebellion and the struggle for a better world.

biography

After Giordana finished his studies in philosophy and literature in 1971, he gained extensive political experience in the 1970s and wrote his first screenplay for the documentary Forza Italia! (1977) by Roberto Faenza . His first feature film, Maledetti, vi amerò , was shown at the Cannes International Film Festival and won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival .

In 1981 he directed La caduta degli angeli ribelli , which premiered at the Venice Biennale . In 1984 he edited the story of Carlos Castaneda in two sequels for television. Three years later he directed Appuntamento a Liverpool . The film is about the Heysel disaster on May 29, 1985.

In 1991 he worked on the four-part co-production La domenica specialmente and contributed La neve sul fuoco , inspired by the stories of Tonino Guerra . In 1995 Giordana focused on recent Italian history with the film Pasolini, un delitto italiano about the fatal attack on Pier Paolo Pasolini . In 1996 he worked on the project Oltre infanzia (Beyond Childhood) of the Italian TV channel Rai and UNICEF with the film Scarpette Bianche .

In 2000 Giordana was represented at the Venice Festival with 100 Steps , a film about the life of Giuseppe Impastato and his fight against the Sicilian Mafia . He won the award for best screenplay. In 2003 he realized The Best Years for television , which covers Italian history from the 1960s to the present day. The extensive work with a total length of six hours was produced by Rai, but the broadcaster decided against broadcasting it on television because of the length. However, it won a prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the Cannes Festival and came as a two-parter in some cinemas in Italy. The reaction from the cinema audience was so good that it was later broadcast on television as a four-part series.

In 2005 Giordana took part in the Cannes competition with Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti , a film about the situation of illegal immigrants in southern Italy .

In 2008 Sanguepazzo (Eng. "Crazy blood") appeared. The film with Monica Bellucci , Luca Zingaretti and Alessio Boni takes place in the time of the totalitarian republic of Salò and is based on a true story.

Filmography

Co-productions

• 1991: La domenica specialmente (episode film)
• 2001: Un altro paese è possibile (documentary film)

Feature films

• 1980: Maledetti, vi amerò
• 1981: La caduta degli angeli ribelli
• 1984: Notti e nebbie
• 1988: Appuntamento a Liverpool
• 1995: Pasolini, un delitto italiano
• 2000: 100 steps (I cento passi)
• 2003: The best years (La meglio gioventù)
• 2005: Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti
• 2008: Sanguepazzo

More movies

• 1996: Scarpette bianche (TV movie)
• 1994: L'unico paese al mondo (short film)

Scripts

• 1978: Forza Italia!
• 1980: A turbo clears the highway (Car Crash)
• 1980: Maledetti vi amerò
• 1981: La caduta degli angeli ribelli
• 1984: Notti e nebbie (TV movie)
• 1988: Appuntamento a Liverpool
• 1995: Pasolini un delitto italiano
• 1996: Scarpette bianche (TV movie)
• 2000: 100 steps ( I cento passi )
• 2005: Quando sei nato non poi più nasconderti

Awards (excerpt)

• 1980: Golden Leopard for Maledetti vi amerò

literature

• Lorenzo Codelli (ed.), Marco Tullio Giordana: Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti. Venezia: Marsilio, 2005.
• Daniel Winkler, Quando is nato non puoi più nasconderti… Gianni Amelio, Marco Tullio Giordana and the nuovo cinema di migrazione, in: Dagmar Schmelzer et al. (Ed.), Acting and Negotiating. Contributions to the 22nd Forum for Young Romance Studies. Bonn 2007. 239-257.

Web links

• Marco Tullio Giordana in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Giordana at mymovies