An extraordinary and unique career that of Stefania Sandrelli. However, the queen of Italian cinema many years ago was a victim of violence
If he identifies himself Stefania Sandrelli with the history of Italian cinema from the first half of the sixties onwards no mistake was made. The seventy-eight year old actress from Viareggio is a symbol and icon of our country’s cinematography.
Directed by almost all the greatest directors of Italian comedy and beyond, from Mario Monicelli to Ettore Scola through Bernardo Bertolucci and Dino Risi, Stefania Sandrelli playing the roles which marked his professional path, he lived as a privileged witness of all the changes that Italian society has gone through over the years.
A female figure who even today, almost on the threshold of her first eighty years, maintains her extraordinary charm unchanged. An inimitable actresswho marked the history of Italian cinema together with other giants of acting.
But a woman who is at the same time fragile, who many years ago suffered a serious episode of violence that only today she decided to talk about. During an interview given to the newspaper “Il Messaggero”, Stefania Sandrelli revealed what happened to her in the early sixties.
Stefania Sandrelli, the episode of unprecedented gravity: the details
The episode dates back to the early sixties, when the actress from Viareggio was taking her first steps in the world of cinema and he had already acquired a fair amount of popularity despite still being a minor.
Precisely in those years she was involved in something very unpleasant, obviously as a victim. A trauma that profoundly affected her life. Only after more than half a century did Stefania Sandrelli decide to talk about it publicly.
Stefania Sandrelli, the chilling story: “It was all covered up”
This is the story released to the microphones of The messenger: “When I was 17 a Lazio footballer engaged to a friend of mine he tried to have sexual intercourse with me. I refused and he beat me up. I reported it, but the matter was covered up. He is no longer here“.
Sandrelli did not mention her name of his bruiser, but at this point it’s perhaps for the best. There remains a deep scar in his soul, a pain that is still felt sixty years later. A suffering that time cannot erase. And it can’t be otherwise.
