«The story transports us to another era in which relationships between people were different, but there is not only nostalgia for a bygone time – continues Neri – but the parable of life: “The only reason for playing is you” he says at a certain point the protagonist at the end: you have to learn to live without letting yourself be influenced by what others think. Living your life not as a function of someone else, but of yourself because only in this way…
There is a before and an after Pupi Avati
«The meeting with Pupi Avati who chose me for The heart elsewhere it changed my life as an actor and I liked passing the baton to Alberto Paradossi (protagonist in Zamora) who reminds me of me at the beginning. And then, I liked his physicality, which is excellent for a goalkeeper. And with his jerky movements he made me laugh too much.”
On Zamora’s female characters
«The female characters are more prominent than in the book: although we were in the 1960s (the only Belle Epoque for Italy) women were seen in TV commercials only in the kitchen and among household appliances, but many women called for emancipation. And here Walter’s sister plays a key role: she aspires to her happiness and not to the clichés of marriage and children. She makes her her life and claims it for her, like the mother who opens the sparkling wine and cheers for the happiness of her daughter when she learns of her separation from her husband, compared to the
father who worries more about what the neighbors will say.”
A message for men
«Understanding one’s own mistakes and one’s limits as Walter does in the film – explains Marcorè – in acknowledging the no of a woman disappointed by his pettiness, is a sign of growth. His life will go on, he dances with someone else, but knowing that, due to his personal behavior, he has precluded himself from knowing what his relationship with his office colleague would have been like if only he had been sincere. and not dull.”
On the choice of roles to play
«I look at the whole structure of the film and if it works I consider my character and ask myself whether I would go to see that film or not. If the answer is yes, I accept!
Even in life as in Zamora “faber est unusquisque suaefortunae”
«Surely what you sow you reap – Neri Marcorè has no doubts – and, if you are nourished by good feelings and love, the concept of happiness can belong to you more easily than those who live with pettiness and reduced, arid views!
The purpose of existence
«It’s trying to be happy… Even if happiness escapes like mercury from a thermometer. Between falls and rises, focus on things that are really important, that go beyond social recognition. Never do things to demonstrate to others something that doesn’t bring you joy: it’s sterile and doesn’t lead to the restitution of what was lost along the way! Nourishing ourselves with everything that makes us feel stable and strong is important to be able to embrace as many people as possible in a positive spiral.” Word of Neri Marcorè!
