The actress, interpreter of the film «Let’s rob the Duce» on Netflix from 26 October: «I wanted to play a rebellious woman, fierce and full of whims. The passing of time? I live it with humor “
“You’ve gone to more beds than public to get to where you are,” says to Nora the screanzato of her husband, played by Filippo Timi. He is a fascist hierarch of the regime, now running out; she is Nora, a movie diva of the Thirties, seen on the avenue of the sunset. And she has the face of Isabella Ferrari. Her “real” husband, Renato De Maria, is the director of the film of the day at the Film Festival. Let’s rob the Duce (on Netflix since 26). A shabby gang, led by Pietro Castellitto and Matilda De Angelis, who prepares the impossible blow in Milan, wants to get their hands on Mussolini’s treasure: the famous Dongo gold.
“I loved her so much, I wanted to be a rogue, a strong woman, full of whims, charismatic, in an era in which female figures could only emerge in cinema, she hides a desire for redemption while her marriage it drifts. She rebels and does it fiercely. But there is also some irony. Her costume was 50 percent of her character: the pointy hat, the tight mink, the spotted things. A little Cruella De Mon. Once set up with that mask … ».
What’s it like working with your husband?
“If we’re on set together, everyone has their own hotel room. At home, thank goodness I can compare myself with a person whose taste and look I appreciate. Renato asked me to see a documentary on Doris Duranti, the actress in vogue in the Fascist period, but also Sunset Boulevard and Inglourious Basterds by Tarantino. I also reviewed how Sharon Stone smokes the cigarette in Basic Instinct. She brought me up with some important references and then told me, be yourself, be cheeky, be shameless, be charming. She asked me to audition with two scenes, one where Timi tells me about all the colors. In this case, he hadn’t thought of the role for me ».
Will it be possible to make films on the Duce in Giorgia Meloni’s Italy?
“I trust in his political intelligence. Meanwhile, this is a film conceived three years ago and it is not political but a comedy, a love film, by Netflix that goes to 190 countries. I think we will not have extremes of censorship, I do not think we will go back on issues such as abortion, minorities and other civil achievements ».
On solidarity with the trampled and killed Iranian women, French actresses were more courageous than Italian ones.
“The haircut of Isabelle Huppert, Cotillard, Adjani, Béjo … I thought about it and it’s true, they mobilized, there was a bit of shyness here, it’s true that I’m shooting a film, Daniele’s one Luchetti with Elio Germano, but we could have invented something ».
Bérénice Bejo told us that in France actresses do not have the dictatorship of the body.
“I remember when in London I went to King’s Road with eccentric clothes, then I returned to Rome and discarded them. We are Italian, we have a different aesthetic sense, we are beautiful even in this way. Italy is a wonderful country ».
Here you are a diva of the past: how do you live the passing of time?
“I worked on Nora’s loneliness. I … Sometimes it bothers me that she can’t say I’m worse off now. I have no anguish or annoyance, I have developed a sense of humor, I don’t even look in the mirror, then of course I wear make-up at the Party. I feel free, even in the gaze of men on me. Young actresses see me as a miracle, I exploded when I was 17… ».
In this film he has young actors around.
“Pietro Castellitto has a beautiful intelligent head, Matilda De Angelis has an extraordinary talent, I am a bad singer and I would never have been able to play her role, Filippo Timi may not speak to you before the take, then he goes in and makes you fly, act with he is dancing a tango ».
Have you ever experienced a period of crisis?
«I bypassed a period of detention, towards the age of 40. I was floating in limbo, I could no longer tell the story of seduction and in the cinema there were no roles for adult women. With platforms there is a diversity of languages and contents. I am one who goes to the room, unfortunately the crisis is irreversible. It also happens to me that I can’t wait to watch a film on my computer, lying at home ».
Return to the Film Festival after a tumultuous experience.
«And they call it the summer in which, in 2012, both me as an actress and the director Paolo Franchi won. With reporters it was like being in a lions’ den; there I was naked in the true sense of the word, there was a refusal to see me like this. I remember the boos and yet I was proud of that award. I dedicated it to my children, to my curiosity, to projects that may seem dangerous. But it was as cruel as cinema, which I love so much, can be.
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