The long reconstruction aired on La7 suspended between stories and anecdotes, family and friends
A sentimental journey in the life and career of Virna Lisi who renounces success in America to be close to her husband and son. Put simply, this is the assumption that governs the entire documentary on Virna Lisi by Fabrizio Corallo (La7). A long reconstruction suspended between stories and anecdotes, family and friends (where, in fact, the prevailing sentimental tone), but also a career that exploded from a very young age thanks to her skill, talent and dazzling beauty: angelic face and energetic character.
His interpretative carnet between television and cinema very rich, from the beginning of the great Rai dramas (Pride and Prejudice, An American Tragedy …) to Strehler’s theatre, up to the great international cinema and her renunciation of Hollywood for the love of her family (maybe it’s true or she didn’t feel at ease in Film Mecca?). Meanwhile, you have worked with directors such as Steno, Germi, Monicelli, Lattuada, Dino Risi, Vanzina and many others.
I get the impression that the insistence on the street of affections has taken away something from her flexibility as an actress, her professionalism, her icon (With that mouth she can say what she wants, recited the slogan of the Chlorodont toothpaste, at the time of Carosello). Virna Lisi? The woman who renounces Hollywood full of archival material (including a long interview with Lisi for Luce) and full of interviews, too many interviews. In the end, not all the pieces fit together to make up the mosaic. There are times when one wonders; but are we talking about Cristina Comenicini, Margherita Buy, her son, daughter-in-law or Virna Lisi? Is it essential to know that she went shopping at the supermarket? In short, the portrait of Virna Lisi lacks a strong point of view that guides the selection of images and, more generally, that organizes the whole story.
December 28, 2022 (change December 28, 2022 | 19:58)
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