She fights like Don Quixote out of love – Sunday newspaper

Of course, we know that Claudia stands in front of the kiosk that sold her a prepaid card. "Do I stop receiving text messages when my credit is exhausted?" Does request. "Yes, yes," he says. Then she: "Then my phone is broken, yesterday I sent 28 messages and received no response."

The man to whom she sends the news, has long since said goodbye. But Claudia does not want to believe that. When he says "more dear than dead," she sees this as a clear statement of love: it goes without saying that he actually wants to come back to her, but in his masculine pride, he can not admit his true feelings. [19659002"Attentionilnes"actpasdel"mommydel"love"explainsFrancescaComencinainfindthiswomenClaudian'sgoal'wasnotclaimedthatwasimplementlyunderstoodandmanagedtoymanyimportant:"Ellen'isnotavictimessthatisawizard"

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Francesca Comencini has a well-known name as a director. She is the daughter of Luigi Comencini (1916-2007), who works in Italy with "Pane, amore. ,. – Filmer became known to Gina Lollobrigida and shot with all the greats of the time: Sophia Loren, Claudia Cardinale, Vittorio Gassman. But he also worked in Switzerland and in 1952 directed "Heidi" with Alpöhi Heinrich Gretler. It was not a coincidence. "My grandmother came from Rapperswil, when I was little, I went on vacation," says Francesca Comencini.

Break of war: Claudia (Lucia Mascino) and her ex Flavio (Thomas Trabacchi). Image:

Last year, the 56-year-old man came to the Locarno Festival, where "Amori" was on the square. The film was well received because there is nothing stubborn that one could say to a warrior. "Claudia is not afraid to ridicule herself," says the director, "for me, she is a kind of Don Quixote, tireless, deceived, but really in the heart."

And, we all know the characteristics of this Claudia. Is the story autobiographical, Mrs. Comencini? "She's really very personal," she says. With her, a love had ended, she had started with notes, wrote internal voices, "I was in a furious mood". The notes showed him his production company Fandango in order to make a feature film. However, Fandango was so enthusiastic that the company, which also has a publisher, published the notes as a book that became a bestseller in Italy. Subsequently, Comencini reworked the scenario in the script and headed it with the great Lucia Mascino in the lead role

At the same time she staged the third season of "Gomorra"

I have already realized in writing that it is also a political history, "Comencini explains. How? "Because we no longer have the codes to live together, we, women, are freer than they were, and men struggle to get used to the new balance of The director shows it with the help of his Claudia in sometimes almost hysterical scenes, then again in tender nostalgic shots, but always extremely sharp.

Trailer of the movie "Amori che not sanno stare al mondo". Video: Youtube / Ecodelcinema

The comedy "Amori" is not the only thing we can see for now by Francesca Comencini. Almost at the same time, she finished the third season of the critically acclaimed crime drama "Gomorra" after Roberto Saviano, for which she directed half of the episodes. "I appreciate this form of narration, which gives you a lot more time than in the cinema, but who has to work very precisely and quickly," she says.

Incidentally, Francesca is not the only Comencini film in Italy. Her older sister, Cristina, is also a director and was even nominated at the Oscars abroad in 2006 with "La bestia nel cuore". The two meet often. "But we never talk about cinema," says Francesca, "we're talking about children, everyday life, normal things." And love? "Of course, too."

"Amori che non sanno stare al mondo": from Thursday to the cinema (SonntagsZeitung)

Created: 30.06.2018, 19:13