Paolo Taviani, the iconic Italian director who helmed numerous films with his brother Vittorio, has died. He was 92.
Taviani died in a clinic in Rome after suffering from a short illness, according to media reports. His wife and two children were at his bedside, according to Anasa news agency.
Roberto Gualtieri, the Mayor of Rome, made the announcement on X.
“With Paolo Taviani, a great master of Italian cinema leaves us,” Gualtieri wrote in Italian. “Together with his brother Vittorio, he made unforgettable, profound, committed films, which have managed to enter the collective imagination and the history of cinema. An affectionate hug to the family.”
Born in 1931 in Tuscany, Taviani formed a formidable directing duo with his brother Vittorio, who died in 2018.
The pair made films together for more than 50 years. Their most prominent was Palme d’Or winner Padre Padrone, an adaptation of Gavino Ledda’s autobiographical novel about...
Taviani died in a clinic in Rome after suffering from a short illness, according to media reports. His wife and two children were at his bedside, according to Anasa news agency.
Roberto Gualtieri, the Mayor of Rome, made the announcement on X.
“With Paolo Taviani, a great master of Italian cinema leaves us,” Gualtieri wrote in Italian. “Together with his brother Vittorio, he made unforgettable, profound, committed films, which have managed to enter the collective imagination and the history of cinema. An affectionate hug to the family.”
Born in 1931 in Tuscany, Taviani formed a formidable directing duo with his brother Vittorio, who died in 2018.
The pair made films together for more than 50 years. Their most prominent was Palme d’Or winner Padre Padrone, an adaptation of Gavino Ledda’s autobiographical novel about...
- 3/1/2024
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
Two of the highlights of the 2021 virtual edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema presented by Film at Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà are Salvatore Mereu’s adaptation of Giulio Angioni’s Assandira, starring Gavino Ledda with Anna König, Marco Zucca, and Corrado Giannetti, and Daniele Luchetti’s The Ties (Lacci), adapted from the novel by Domenico Starnone, with co-screenwriter Francesco Piccolo, which stars Alba Rohrwacher and Luigi Lo Cascio with Laura Morante, Silvio Orlando, Giovanna Mezzogiorno and Adriano Giannini.
Starnone’s novel begins with Vanda’s letters to her husband Aldo. She writes about how she feels and how she sees what he is doing to their family, which includes two small children, Sandro and Anna. “You want to isolate me, cut me out completely. And what matters most, you want to...
Starnone’s novel begins with Vanda’s letters to her husband Aldo. She writes about how she feels and how she sees what he is doing to their family, which includes two small children, Sandro and Anna. “You want to isolate me, cut me out completely. And what matters most, you want to...
- 6/1/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Marco Zucca as Mario and Gavino Ledda as Costantino in Salvatore Mereu’s Open Roads: New Italian Cinema highlight Assandira
Two of the highlights of the 2021 virtual edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema are Daniele Luchetti’s The Ties (Lacci), adapted from the novel by co-screenwriter Domenico Starnone, and Francesco Piccolo, which stars Alba Rohrwacher and Luigi Lo Cascio, and Salvatore Mereu’s adaptation of Giulio Angioni’s Assandira, starring Gavino Ledda with Anna König, Marco Zucca, and Corrado Giannetti. Film at Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà’s festival opens with Damiano D'Innocenzo and Fabio D'Innocenzo’s Bad Tales (Favolacce) this Friday.
Salvatore Mereu in Sardinia with his son Francesco Mereu (our translator) in Bologna and Anne-Katrin Titze in New York
In 2013, before the New York Open Roads Italian Cinema luncheon for the Rome delegation of filmmakers, which included Marco Bellocchio for Dormant Beauty and Daniele Cipri for It Was The Son,...
Two of the highlights of the 2021 virtual edition of Open Roads: New Italian Cinema are Daniele Luchetti’s The Ties (Lacci), adapted from the novel by co-screenwriter Domenico Starnone, and Francesco Piccolo, which stars Alba Rohrwacher and Luigi Lo Cascio, and Salvatore Mereu’s adaptation of Giulio Angioni’s Assandira, starring Gavino Ledda with Anna König, Marco Zucca, and Corrado Giannetti. Film at Lincoln Center and Istituto Luce Cinecittà’s festival opens with Damiano D'Innocenzo and Fabio D'Innocenzo’s Bad Tales (Favolacce) this Friday.
Salvatore Mereu in Sardinia with his son Francesco Mereu (our translator) in Bologna and Anne-Katrin Titze in New York
In 2013, before the New York Open Roads Italian Cinema luncheon for the Rome delegation of filmmakers, which included Marco Bellocchio for Dormant Beauty and Daniele Cipri for It Was The Son,...
- 5/27/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
When many directors make movies in rural settings, one invariably senses they’re depictions by an outsider, someone who imagines a way of life that ultimately remains beyond their grasp. Instead, throughout Salvatore Mereu’s career directing stories from the Sardinian countryside, the feeling is always that he’s a part of that world. His films, from “Three-Step Dance” to “Pretty Butterflies,” take narrative gambles that acknowledge what’s unknowable, because only images and their juxtaposition, rather than words, can convey the dignity of tradition and the substance of the land.
“Assandira” is Mereu’s riskiest film to date, castigating the commodification of rural heritage in a way that keeps revealing unexpected depths, muddying any attempt at easy conclusions. It’s structured like a classic detective story, with an inspector arriving at an “agriturismo” (essentially a farm catering to tourists) to investigate a suspicious fire and the death of the owner.
“Assandira” is Mereu’s riskiest film to date, castigating the commodification of rural heritage in a way that keeps revealing unexpected depths, muddying any attempt at easy conclusions. It’s structured like a classic detective story, with an inspector arriving at an “agriturismo” (essentially a farm catering to tourists) to investigate a suspicious fire and the death of the owner.
- 9/9/2020
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
The German sales company unveils exclusive teasers for ‘New Order’, ‘Never Gonna Snow Again’ and ‘Assandira’.
Michael Weber’s The Match Factory is preparing for a very busy Venice Film Festival when it kicks off next week, with four features in official selection.
Michel Franco’s New Order, Malgorzata Szumowska’s Never Gonna Snow Again (co-directed with her regular cinematographer Michal Englert) and Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno are all screening in Competition, while Salvatore Mereu’s Assandira will play out of Competition.
Screen can reveal the exclusive first teasers here for New Order, Never Gonna Snow Again and Assandira. The...
Michael Weber’s The Match Factory is preparing for a very busy Venice Film Festival when it kicks off next week, with four features in official selection.
Michel Franco’s New Order, Malgorzata Szumowska’s Never Gonna Snow Again (co-directed with her regular cinematographer Michal Englert) and Gianfranco Rosi’s Notturno are all screening in Competition, while Salvatore Mereu’s Assandira will play out of Competition.
Screen can reveal the exclusive first teasers here for New Order, Never Gonna Snow Again and Assandira. The...
- 8/24/2020
- by 1100796¦Matt Mueller¦47¦
- ScreenDaily
Film-maker who wrote and directed more than 20 films with his brother Paolo
Vittorio Taviani, who has died aged 88, was the elder of the two Taviani brothers, the film-making duo who enjoyed great acclaim and success in the 1970s and 80s. With his brother Paolo, two years his junior, he wrote and directed more than 20 films. The brothers were said to work harmoniously as one. “We have different characters but the same nature,” Vittorio said in 2012. Marcello Mastroianni, who starred in their 1974 drama Allonsanfàn, addressed the brothers as “Paolovittorio.” Asked at the end of the shoot what it was like to take direction from two people, he replied: “There were two of them?”
The Tavianis won the Palme d’Or at Cannes for their 1977 masterpiece Padre Padrone, shot on 16mm for Italian television. This odyssey of rural hardship was adapted from the memoir of the linguist Gavino Ledda, son of a brutal Sardinian farmer,...
Vittorio Taviani, who has died aged 88, was the elder of the two Taviani brothers, the film-making duo who enjoyed great acclaim and success in the 1970s and 80s. With his brother Paolo, two years his junior, he wrote and directed more than 20 films. The brothers were said to work harmoniously as one. “We have different characters but the same nature,” Vittorio said in 2012. Marcello Mastroianni, who starred in their 1974 drama Allonsanfàn, addressed the brothers as “Paolovittorio.” Asked at the end of the shoot what it was like to take direction from two people, he replied: “There were two of them?”
The Tavianis won the Palme d’Or at Cannes for their 1977 masterpiece Padre Padrone, shot on 16mm for Italian television. This odyssey of rural hardship was adapted from the memoir of the linguist Gavino Ledda, son of a brutal Sardinian farmer,...
- 4/20/2018
- by Ryan Gilbey
- The Guardian - Film News
Award-winning Tuscan filmmaker Vittorio Taviani has died after battling a long illness, according to Italian media reports. He was 88.
Vittorio worked alongside his brother Paolo in a unique partnership throughout his career. Known collectively as the Taviani Brothers, they won Europe's top cinema prizes, including the Palme d'Or in 1977 for Padre Padrone, the true story of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd who escaped a violent childhood by educating himself.
In 1982, their film The Night of the Shooting Stars also received the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes. The brothers were honored with a career Golden Lion in Venice...
Vittorio worked alongside his brother Paolo in a unique partnership throughout his career. Known collectively as the Taviani Brothers, they won Europe's top cinema prizes, including the Palme d'Or in 1977 for Padre Padrone, the true story of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd who escaped a violent childhood by educating himself.
In 1982, their film The Night of the Shooting Stars also received the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes. The brothers were honored with a career Golden Lion in Venice...
- 4/15/2018
- by Ariston Anderson
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Celebrated Italian writer-director Vittorio Taviani, winner of the Palme d’Or and Berlin Golden Bear, has died aged 88. He passed after a long illness, his daughter has confirmed to Italian media.
The director formed one half an acclaimed filmmaking duo with his brother Paolo: the two were known as the Taviani Brothers. The siblings became household names in Italy in the 1960s and worked on more than 20 movies together including 1977 Palme d’Or winner Padre Padrone and docudrama Caesar Must Die, which won the Golden Bear for best film at Berlin in 2012.
The former charted the story of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father. Caesar Must Die is the story of inmates at a high-security prison in Rome who prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
The director formed one half an acclaimed filmmaking duo with his brother Paolo: the two were known as the Taviani Brothers. The siblings became household names in Italy in the 1960s and worked on more than 20 movies together including 1977 Palme d’Or winner Padre Padrone and docudrama Caesar Must Die, which won the Golden Bear for best film at Berlin in 2012.
The former charted the story of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd, and how he managed to escape his harsh, almost barbaric existence by slowly educating himself, despite violent opposition from his brutal father. Caesar Must Die is the story of inmates at a high-security prison in Rome who prepare for a public performance of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.
- 4/15/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Award-winning Tuscan filmmaker Vittorio Taviani has passed at at age 88 after battling a long illness according to Italian media reports. He will be cremated in a private ceremony.
Vittorio worked alongside his brother in a unique partnership throughout his career. Known collectively as the Taviani Brothers, they won Europe's top cinema prizes, including the Palme d'Or in 1977 for <em>Padre Padrone</em>, the true story of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd who escaped a violent childhood by educating himself.
In 1982 their film The Night of the Shooting Stars also received the Grand Jury Prize ...
Vittorio worked alongside his brother in a unique partnership throughout his career. Known collectively as the Taviani Brothers, they won Europe's top cinema prizes, including the Palme d'Or in 1977 for <em>Padre Padrone</em>, the true story of Gavino Ledda, the son of a Sardinian shepherd who escaped a violent childhood by educating himself.
In 1982 their film The Night of the Shooting Stars also received the Grand Jury Prize ...
- 4/15/2018
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
I Never Sang for My Father: The Taviani Brothers and the Prison of Patriarchy
For many, Italian directing duo Paolo and Vittorio Taviani are best remembered for their output from the late 70s to late 80s, coming to prominence on the international circuit and unveiling a string of notable titles before falling out of critical favor by the mid-1990s. In 2012, the brothers made a resurgence winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, which resulted in bringing their old classics back to new, contemporary audiences. A retrospective featuring new restorations of three important titles begins with one of their most lauded films, 1977’s Padre Padrone, which took home the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival (notably, Roberto Rossellini was the jury president, whose 1946 film Paisan inspired the brothers as filmmakers). Based on a memoir (Gavino Ledda’s The One That Got Away) and originally intended for television,...
For many, Italian directing duo Paolo and Vittorio Taviani are best remembered for their output from the late 70s to late 80s, coming to prominence on the international circuit and unveiling a string of notable titles before falling out of critical favor by the mid-1990s. In 2012, the brothers made a resurgence winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival, which resulted in bringing their old classics back to new, contemporary audiences. A retrospective featuring new restorations of three important titles begins with one of their most lauded films, 1977’s Padre Padrone, which took home the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival (notably, Roberto Rossellini was the jury president, whose 1946 film Paisan inspired the brothers as filmmakers). Based on a memoir (Gavino Ledda’s The One That Got Away) and originally intended for television,...
- 2/2/2016
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
'Father of the Bride': Steve Martin and Kimberly Williams. Top Five Father's Day Movies? From giant Gregory Peck to tyrant John Gielgud What would be the Top Five Father's Day movies ever made? Well, there have been countless films about fathers and/or featuring fathers of various sizes, shapes, and inclinations. In terms of quality, these range from the amusing – e.g., the 1950 version of Cheaper by the Dozen; the Oscar-nominated The Grandfather – to the nauseating – e.g., the 1950 version of Father of the Bride; its atrocious sequel, Father's Little Dividend. Although I'm unable to come up with the absolute Top Five Father's Day Movies – or rather, just plain Father Movies – ever made, below are the first five (actually six, including a remake) "quality" patriarch-centered films that come to mind. Now, the fathers portrayed in these films aren't all heroic, loving, and/or saintly paternal figures. Several are...
- 6/22/2015
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Omero Antonutti, Saverio Marconi, Padre Padrone John Gielgud, Charles Laughton The Barretts Of Wimpole Street: Father's Day Movies Based on Gavino Ledda's autobiography, Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani's father-son drama Padre Padrone (1977) portrays the difficult, complex relationship between a young Sardinian man (Saverio Marconi) and his reactionary, ruthlessly domineering father (Omero Antonutti). The setting is 20th-century rural Italy, but it might as well have been the Italy of the Middle Ages or earlier. The film's title literally translates as "Father Proprietor/Boss." Padre Padrone won both the Palme d'Or and the International Film Critics' Fipresci Prize at the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Additionally, it [...]...
- 6/20/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
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