Pioneer Italian documentary director Cecilia Mangini, whose political works exploring hot-button topics such as youth contending with Italy’s postwar poverty, the condition of women, and the roots of fascism made her a legendary figure on the international film festival circuit, died on Jan. 21. She was 93.
Mangini made her mark from her very first work, 1958 feature “Ignoti alla città” (Unknown to the City), about kids in Rome’s slums, which was written by gay, leftist poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, with whom Mangini subsequently collaborated on other docs.
“Unknown to the City,” which drew from Pasolini’s first novel “Ragazzi di Vita” (“The Street Kids”), was initially blocked by Italy’s censors who objected to a scene in which young boys steal from a newspaper seller because they claimed it could lead to similar delinquency. Mangini appealed the censors’ decision and won.
“All this buzz, Pasolini, the delinquency charge,...
Mangini made her mark from her very first work, 1958 feature “Ignoti alla città” (Unknown to the City), about kids in Rome’s slums, which was written by gay, leftist poet and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini, with whom Mangini subsequently collaborated on other docs.
“Unknown to the City,” which drew from Pasolini’s first novel “Ragazzi di Vita” (“The Street Kids”), was initially blocked by Italy’s censors who objected to a scene in which young boys steal from a newspaper seller because they claimed it could lead to similar delinquency. Mangini appealed the censors’ decision and won.
“All this buzz, Pasolini, the delinquency charge,...
- 1/25/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Director was speaking to Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera.
Filmmaker Roman Polanski has told an Italian newspaper he intends to talk publicly about a fresh accusation of rape against him which emerged on the eve of the French release of his new film An Officer And A Spy.
Photographer Valentine Monnier alleged in French newspaper Le Parisien on November 8 that Polanski raped her in a ski chalet in Gstaad in 1975. Polanski has denied the allegation via his lawyer who said they will be taking legal action against Le Parisien.
In one of the first interviews with Polanski since the accusation broke,...
Filmmaker Roman Polanski has told an Italian newspaper he intends to talk publicly about a fresh accusation of rape against him which emerged on the eve of the French release of his new film An Officer And A Spy.
Photographer Valentine Monnier alleged in French newspaper Le Parisien on November 8 that Polanski raped her in a ski chalet in Gstaad in 1975. Polanski has denied the allegation via his lawyer who said they will be taking legal action against Le Parisien.
In one of the first interviews with Polanski since the accusation broke,...
- 11/19/2019
- by 1100380¦Melanie Goodfellow¦0¦
- ScreenDaily
Venice 2019: Ahmad Ghossein’s film has taken home the Grand Prize, the Audience Award and the gong for Best Technical Contribution; Scales by Shahad Ameen was crowned the winner by the under-30 jury. The International Film Critics’ Week (Sic) – an independent and parallel section organised by the National Union of Italian Film Critics (Sncci) as an integral part of the Venice International Film Festival – has handed out the awards of its 34th edition. The International Film Critics’ Week Grand Prize – made possible thanks to the support of the Siae – Italian Authors and Publishers Association and comprising a prize worth €5,000, handed out by an international jury consisting of Marta Bałaga, Paolo Mereghetti and Erfan Rashid – went to All This Victory by Ahmad Ghossein (Lebanon/France/Qatar). Ghossein’s movie also picked up the Audience Award, provided thanks to the support of the Municipality of Taranto, and the Mario...
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