Preview at the Sky docuseries festival which marks the directorial debut of Domenico Procacci and tells the protagonists of the Davis Cup victory. And so on
Panatta like Vittorio Gassman, Bertolucci Ugo Tognazzi, Zugarelli Nino Manfredi, Barazzutti and Stefano Satta Flores of We loved each other so much. And Pietrangeli Adolfo Celi. “They look like they came out of an Italian comedy, perfect for restoring an era.” It wasn’t just the desire to tell a great sporting parable – that of a team that reached the final three more times after winning the Davis Cup in 197
6 in Santiago de Chile – explains the producer Domenico Procacci, to push him to his directorial debut in the docuseries
A team, produced by Fandango, co-produced by Luce Cinecittà
(after tasting at 39 ° Torino film festival, the six episodes will be on Sky in May). With Panatta they are friends. «Thanks to Giovanni and Sandro Veronesi, also co-writer with me and Lucio Biancatelli. They gave me the gift of introducing him, first to a dinner, then we found ourselves on a tennis court. The noise of the ball hit by Panatta is unique, different from that of all the others. And from there the idea was born to involve him in the cameo de The prophecy of the armadillo. The scene where Adriano explains the pof pof that arises from the encounter between racket and ball, I wrote it, the scriptwriters gave me space ». Procacci also played with Barazzutti and Zugarelli. “To find him I took lessons from him in the club where he teaches.” With Pietrangeli they had met at a charity tournament, the only thing missing was the meeting with Bertolucci.
The red shirt
Five difficult pieces, always Panatta and Bertolucci on the one hand and Barazzutti and Zugarelli on the other, in the middle captain Pietrangeli who doesn’t really think about glossing over. Each with his character, his memories, his truths. Including those on the most controversial story, the red shirt of the Santiago final. «Corrado and Tonino still think it is something they thought of later today, Nicola says it openly. But it’s true, I have proof. Paolo told Mario Giobbe as early as 1977. There was no mention of it until the documentary that Mimmo Calopreste shot in 2009, thanks to the stories of Adriano. That there was the intention is true, that no one has emphasized it as much. As Felipe Bianchi says: the TV was in black and white, it was not noticed ». The one shown at the Turin film festival is a juicy montage (edited by Giogiò Franchini who took care of the whole project) of the six episodes, we are still working on. “There are many other things, the other finals – says Procacci -, the one in Prague, to say, is a film in itself, there are important chapters in the life of the players”. There is that too, again painful for Nicola Pietrangeli, of his exemption. “A Shakespearean story, he experienced it as a betrayal“. We laugh, we cry, we regret a tennis that no longer exists. Rogue nostalgia. For all but the magnificent five who take advantage of the Turin presentation to agree with Procacci. Other than Italian comedy. AND pure cabaret, at the press conference, in front of the photographers, at the official screening at the Lingotto where there is also Neri Marcoré and give support. From now to May, hopefully they will grant many encores.
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