Giancarlo Giannini Lina Wertmüller city Rome film fun actor and Giancarlo Giannini Lina Wertmüller city Rome

Giancarlo Giannini Remembers Groundbreaking Director and Collaborator Lina Wertmüller: ‘She Opened My Mind’

Reading now: 226
variety.com

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentActor Giancarlo Giannini’s collaboration with writer-director Lina Wertmüller, who died Dec.

9 at age 93, spans nine films, including raucous sex comedy and social satire “The Seduction of Mimì” — his first leading role in a Wertmüller movie — which brought them both their first taste of international fame.

Giannini spoke to Variety by phone from Rome about their symbiotic relationship and unique rapport.How did you and Lina first intersect?I was studying acting at the National Academy in Rome.

She came to see two plays I was in — one was by Molière — and offered me parts in two musical movies with the great pop singer Rita Pavone.

Read more on variety.com
The website starsalert.com is an aggregator of news from open sources. The source is indicated at the beginning and at the end of the announcement. You can send a complaint on the news if you find it unreliable.

Related News

DMCA