Filming is underway Outthe new film by Mario Martone written with Ippolita Di Majo, about the life of Goliard Wisdom(Catania, 1924 – Gaeta, 1996). And therefore, in this year which marks the centenary of the writer’s birth, it is not just the series that celebrates her The art of joy (in autumn on Sky) directed by Valeria Golinobut also a biopic in which the protagonist takes on the role of the latter, who in a recent interview with The Express commented: “Goliarda’s spirit haunts me. I am inhabited by her like a puppet and I am happy about it, we will tell a beautiful story of women filmed inside and outside the Rebibbia prison”.
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The tormented story of Goliarda Sapienza
The story of Goliarda Sapienza, as often happens, not appreciated in life, can be grasped precisely through the pages of her writings and perhaps, from this point of view, it is enlightening. The university of Rebibbiain which the writer recounts her detention due to the theft of jewels which she committed to combat the poverty she encountered due to her cursed novel, The art of joy.
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Valeria Golino is Goliarda Sapienza for Mario Martone
In Martone’s new film, the story of the writer who, for this crazy and unexpected gesture, ends up in prison will be staged: through the acquaintance of young inmates, detention becomes an experience of rebirth for Goliarda. Goliarda Sapienza – as noted in The university of Rebibbia – thus discovers what solidarity, warmth, friendship and spontaneity mean. But once outside, what happens? In a torrid Roman summer in which time seems suspended, the writer continues to hang out with the women she has befriended and who have now, like her, returned to freedom. A profound and decisive relationship for her life is born, an authentic bond that no one out there will be able to understand. The film – an Italy-France co-production: Indigo Film with Rai Cinema and The Apartment for Italy and SRAB Films for France, in collaboration with Fremantle – also stars Matilda De Angelis and Elodie. The photography is by Paolo Carnera, the editing by Jacopo Quadri, the set design by Carmine Guarino and the costumes are by Loredana Buscemi. Out will be distributed in Italy by 01 Distribution.
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