BASILICATA – End of filming for Don Quixote, Fabio Segatori’s film with Alessio Boni in the role of Cervantes’ hero. Produced by Paola Columba, for Baby Films, it was made with the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Calabria film commission Foundation and the Lucana film commission.
«The places where I shot the film, the castles of Oriolo, Roseto Capo Spulico and Rocca Imperiale, Palazzo Pignatelli, San Lorenzo Bellizzi, the beaches and the mysterious and uncontaminated views – underlined the director Fabio Segatori in the final press conference in Trebisacce – were the backdrop to this moral fable. The Don Quixote by Cervantes it is part of our imagination and I describe it as a crossing of Mediterranean landscapes, with the breath and sounds of the South of the Mediterranean”. «Between the shores of its two seas, in Calabria – said Boni – I discovered a nature and a hospitality that perfectly matched the state of mind of my character and the spirit of my being. A nice gift”.
«The film – explains the Calabria film commission – was shot in the Upper Ionian area of Cosenza for four weeks, in a spectacular and mysterious area, among gullies, medieval castles, rivers and pristine beaches, in the municipalities of Trebisacce, Rocca Imperiale, Oriolo Calabro , Roseto Capo Spulico and San Lorenzo Bellizzi. A work with a quality cast, with Alessio Boni who played the role of Don Quixote, Fiorenzo Mattu (Sancho Panza), Angela Molina (Governess), Marcello Fonte (Garzone), Galatea Ranzi (Duchess Mother) and Carlo De Ruggieri (Cure)».
«It is a work – said the extraordinary commissioner of the Calabria Film Commission, Anton Giulio Grande – of an international literary nature, capable of evoking the images of a great work of absolute value. It is a film from which we expect a lot, also from the point of view of the photographic rendering of our landscapes and their light which stories like Don Quixote illuminate even more. Countries and places to be discovered for cinema and tourism, which a beautiful photograph makes even more fascinating and mysterious, capable of transmitting dimensions even clearer than the real ones on the screen. And then a top-notch cast.
The signature of Alessio Boni, who lends his acting talent to the service of this film, makes us proud and gratifies the work for our territory. The Upper Ionian Cosenza area is on stage, with its unique images, full of charm, without forgetting the Calabrian actors and workers involved in this project which, after the first two weeks of filming in Basilicata, a nearby and contiguous region also in terms of landscape , finds its narrative and landscape heart in Calabria. We cultivate good neighborly relations with the Lucana Film Commission, for a strong and communicative South in the national audiovisual system.”
«I am sure that this work – said Margherita Romaniello, president of the Lucana Film Commission – will strengthen the bond between us and the Calabria Film Commission, enhancing the beauty of our territories and strengthening the trend of the highest level of audiovisual production of the two regions».
