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Giuseppe Alessio Nuzzo con Mariano Rigillo





                                                  A  pure  feeling  that  does  not  seem   of each movement, look, breath of the
                                                  to  know  borders.  To  accompany   protagonist of this short film.
                                                  the  journey  through  time,  in  the   The short film “The name you always
                                                  memories, between present, past and   gave  me”  starring  Mariano  Rigillo
                                                  future, a poem about  love and death of   with  Anna  Teresa  Rossini,  Marco
                                                  St. Augustine that makes the images   Rosso Cacciapuoti and Fabiola Dalla
                                                  even  stronger  and  more  poignant,   Chiara. “For the identification of the
                                                  studied as paintings, touches of color   protagonist” - the director writes
                                                  on a canvas of landscapes poorly   in the notes - “I had no doubt: when
                                                  used by cinema and television, those   we started composing the first lines
                                                  on  the  coast  between  Formia  and   of  the  script  I  immediately  referred
                                                  Gaeta,  called  “Riviera  di  Ulisse”.    to  Mariano  Rigillo,  as  if  his  image,
                                                  “The name you always gave me” is   his  physicality,  his  great  humanity,
                                                  the fable of eternal love. An example   suggested what to write and how
                                                  of  how  cinema  can  do  and  still  be   to  compose  the  character  and  the
                                                  poetry.  To  accomplish  this  artistic   narration “.
                                                  and  cinematographic  act    Nuzzo   The particularity of this project,
                                                  uses the words of St. Augustine of   beyond the poetic intuition, sweet and
                                                  “Death  is  Nothing”.  An  exciting   fresh, lies in its format of recording
                                                  text,  sometimes  suffocating,  both   and  diffusion.  In  fact,  the  film  has
                                                  for the beauty hidden in every letter   been realized both in vertical format
                                                  and for the intensity of the concept:   and in horizontal format in order to
                                                  the eternal feeling. “I’m still me, and   make available and available history
                                                  you’re still you. We are still what we   and images through large and small
                                                  were before each other. Call me with   screen  or  smartphone.  Among
                                                  the name you have always given me,   other  works  by  Giuseppe  Alessio
                                                  which is familiar to you; talk to me in   Nuzzo: “The truth” with Francesco
                                Locandina del film  the  same  affectionate  way  you  have   Montanari,  Nicoletta  Romanoff,
                                                  always used.                   Fabrizio  Nevola,  Anna  Safroncik;
                                                  Do not change tone of voice, do not   and  “Letters  to  my  daughter”  with
                                                  assume  a  solemn  or  sad  air.  Keep   Leo Gullotta, with whom he won the
                                                  laughing  at  what  made  us  laugh,   Giffoni  Film  Festival  in  2016.  Not
                                                  about those little things that we liked   only a young director but ambitious
                                                  so  much  when  we  were  together,   director  of  the  Social  World  Film
                                                  “says  a  verse.  Only  an  example  of   Festival, whose eighth edition will be
                                                  a  few  verses  that  accompany  the   held from 29 July to 5 August 2019 in
                                                  succession of images and the intensity   Vico Equense.

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