Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms (2007)

10.0/10 93 min Documentary

Overview

Pontecorvo is one of those Italian filmmakers marked for life by neorealism. He declares that he decided to do cinema after leaving a screening of "Paisa" by Roberto Rossellini. The future filmmaker was then in Paris, a year after a war during which he became one of the main figures of the Italian resistance and one of the founders of the Youth Front. Leaving his status as a war hero behind him, Pontecorvo made his directorial debut with "Giovanna", a short film heralding a cinematic career dedicated to what he himself calls the "dictatorship of truth."

Cast

Gillo Pontecorvo

Self

Ennio Morricone

Self

Giuliano Montaldo

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Yacef Saâdi

Self

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