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Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms

Not Rated Documentary

Starring: Gillo Pontecorvo, Ennio Morricone, Francesco Maselli, Giuliano Montaldo, Yacef Saâdi

Writer: Mario Canale, Annarosa Morri

Release Date:
October 11, 2007
Ratings:
10.0 / 10
Director:
Mario Canale & Annarosa Morri
Companies:
Istituto Luce Cinecittà

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."