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1996 |
Isotta
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and bittersweet, this Italian comedy chronicles the fantasies of an
overweight dreamer. All her life the rotund and thirtyish Isotta has
had a propensity for day dreams. Born too thin, her overprotective
mother too soon fattened her up, thereby insuring a life of obesity
for her daughter. When not dreaming away her days or working at a
factory, Isotta deals with her father's compulsive gambling habit
and hangs out with her friends Luisa and Caterina. One day, Isotta
meets a handsome Greek salesman and they become friends. Things are
fine until she misinterprets his friendship for something else. ~
Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide |
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2003 |
e io ti
seguo
Italia, 2003
Director: Maurizio Fiume
Cast: Yari Gagliucci, Antonio Manzini, Roberto De Francesco, Ninni
Bruschetta, Carlotta Natoli
Running Time: 80'
Ispirato liberamente
alla vicenda di Giancarlo Siani, il giovane cronista napoletano assassinato
in un agguato ordinato dai camorristi su cui stava indagando. Un giornalista
con la passione per la verità, che dal suo arrivo, a 22 anni, nella
redazione de "Il Mattino" di Napoli, si mette subito in luce per l'onestà ed
il coraggio con cui riesce a raccontare la società in cui vive. Nonostante
l'apparente solidarietà di istituzioni, forze dell'ordine e colleghi ("e io
ti seguo“ era la tranquillizzante, ipocrita, affermazione con cui tutti lo
invitavano ad andare avanti nelle sue scottanti inchieste), Siani si ritrova
solo, ma non si ferma, ed inizia a ricostruire l'organigramma delle
principali famiglie mafiose e dei loro traffici in città.
Maurizio Fiume, regista e cosceneggiatore di opere come Isotta, dopo 16anni,
ha realizzato il sogno di girare un film tratto dal suo copione In nome di
Giancarlo - L'assassinio Siani, vincitore nel 1987 del premio Cinema
Democratico per il miglior soggetto inedito.
Synopsis
At only 22 years of
age Giancarlo begins working for a daily newspaper as correspondent in an
unfamiliar and violent city not particularly keen on being chronicled by an
outsider.
An unflagging
commitment brings him his first successes until he unleashes the anger of
Camorra bosses and powerful men who plot to kill him.
“I
will follow”
is loosely based on the true story of Giancarlo Siani, a young Neapolitan
journalist, who was killed by the Camorra at age 26. Siani was condemned to
die for his inexhaustible passion for the truth, for investigative
journalism, and for his stubborn drive to simply tell about the world that
surrounded him.
“I
will follow”
was the soothing hypocritical affirmation with which everyone around
Giancarlo – whether in the editorial office, police precinct, or court room
– invited him to go ahead with his journalistic investigations promising to
back him once evidence became irrefutable and the game easier. But the only
people to truly follow him were his killers.
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