Volevo nascondermi

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Movie
Original title Volevo nascondermi
Country of production Italy
original language Italian
Publishing year 2020
length 118 minutes
Rod
Director Giorgio Diritti
script Giorgio Diritti,
Fredo Valla ,
Tania Pedroni
production Carlo Degli Esposti ,
Nicola Serra
music Marco Biscarini
camera Matteo Cocco
cut Paolo Cottignola ,
Giorgio Diritti
occupation

Volevo nascondermi ( German  “I wanted to hide” , international title: Hidden Away ) is an Italian fiction film by Giorgio Diritti from 2020 . The biography , for which the director co-wrote the script, follows the life of the Italian artist Antonio Ligabue (played by Elio Germano ), a representative of Art brut .

The world premiere took place on February 21, 2020 as part of the competition at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival . The cinema release in Italy is planned for February 27, 2020.

action

The film follows the life of the artist Antonio Ligabue (1899–1965). The son of an Italian woman who emigrated to Switzerland is adopted by a married couple in German-speaking Switzerland . There is a love-hate relationship between the foster parents and the young Ligabue, and he is not receiving adequate care. When he attacks his foster mother, he is expelled from Switzerland and taken to Italy against his will. Ligabue ended up in the Po Valley , where he lived for years in abject poverty, loneliness and without a permanent residence on the river bank . In order to get his fears under control, he begins to seek refuge in drawing and also hires out as a casual worker. Ligabue met the sculptor and painter Renato Marino Mazzacurati (1907–1969), who discovered his talent. This introduces him to the world of art and teaches him appropriate painting techniques. Ligabue soon became known for his works, in which he integrated tigers , gorillas , lions and jaguars into the poplar groves of the Po floodplains . Throughout his life, however, he also suffered from mental illness, fits of anger and, due to gout and rickets , from physical pain. Ligabue is admitted to psychiatry several times.

background

The shooting of the fifth feature film by Giorgio Diritti was scheduled for May 2018 and took place on original locations in the Emilia-Romagna region , including the municipality of Gualtieri , until the end of 2018 . The film was produced by the Palomar and RAI Cinema companies.

Volevo nascondermi is the second film adaptation of Ligabue's life. In 1977, the three-part award-winning television film Ligabue by Salvatore Nocita with Flavio Bucci in the title role, which was also produced by Rai. Nocita's directorial work was successfully broadcast on Italian television, making the artist known to a wide audience. Leading actor Elio Germano avoided watching the television production with the actor Bucci, who was known to him, in preparation for the shooting, in order not to be influenced by her in any way. When he spoke to locals on site to get information about the real Ligabue, they unknowingly quoted scenes from the television film, as Diritti later gave Germano to understand.

A first trailer for the film was released on January 27, 2020.

criticism

“Diretti's film images are large and calm, sometimes they look like still images, often of captivating symmetry and beauty. They show a world that one could lean on: only Antonio not. "

- Kerstin Decker

“Giorgio Diritti's film“ Volevo nascondermi ”tells of a battered creature that has to paint in order to survive. A modern passion story. "

- Gunnar Decker

Awards

Elio Germano (2016)

Diritti competed with Volevo nascondermi for the first time for the Golden Bear , the main prize of the 70th Berlinale . Leading actor Elio Germano, who was represented in another competition film with Favolacce , received the Silver Bear for his portrayal of Antonio Ligabue . Further awards followed in Italy, including two Globo d'oro in the categories of Best Film and Best Cinematography as well as a joint award for the Nastro d'Argento to director Diritti, leading actor Germano and the production companies Palomar and Rai Cinema. In addition, Volevo nascondermi is in the preselection for the European Film Award 2020 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Volevo nascondermi . In: berlinale.de (accessed on February 11, 2020).
  2. ↑ a b Cristiana Paternò: Diritti, Fratelli D'Innocenzo e Abel Ferrara in concorso a Berlino . In: news.cinecitta.com, January 29, 2020 (accessed February 10, 2020).
  3. ↑ Volevo nascondermi (2018) . In: ecodelcinema.com (accessed February 10, 2020).
  4. ↑ Volevo nascondermi . In: berlinale.de (accessed on February 13, 2020).
  5. ^ Vittoria Scarpa: Filming to commence on Giorgio Diritti's Volevo nascondermi in May . In: cineuropa.org, March 12, 2018 (accessed February 10, 2020).
  6. ^ Carlo Vulpio: Fu così che Laccabue un giorno diventò Ligabue . In: Corriere della Sera , November 11, 2018, Lettura, pp. 50–51.
  7. ^ Meale, Raffaele: Elio Germano: il mio biopic del pittore naïf Ligabue . In: news.cinecitta.com, August 8, 2018 (accessed February 10, 2020).
  8. ↑ Volevo nascondermi, il trailer ufficiale del film . In: mymovies.it, January 27, 2020 (accessed February 10, 2020).
  9. ↑ Kerstin Decker: A painter who attacks the canvas . In: Der Tagesspiegel . Verlag Der Tagesspiegel GmbH, February 22, 2020, ISSN  1865-2263 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed March 8, 2020]).
  10. ↑ Gunnar Decker: Twelve Motorcycles . Neues Deutschland Druckerei und Verlag GmbH, February 25, 2020, ISSN  0323-3375 , p. 14 .
  11. ^ The competition of the 70th Berlinale and final selection of the Berlinale Special . In: berlinale.de, January 29, 2020 (accessed January 29, 2020).
  12. ↑ Volevo nascondermi Awards . In: imdb.com, accessed on August 18, 2020.
  13. ↑ EFA 2020 | EFA Feature Film Selection | Part 1 . In: europeanfilmawards.eu, August 18, 2020 (accessed on August 18, 2020).