Outsider in an outsider’s film, Rotolo won with Jonas Carpignano’s «AChiara»
Enter Cinecittà, walk the red carpet, be 17 years old. And win the most important prize of Italian cinema. “I said to myself, don’t worry, you won’t be the one to receive it, you have no hope.” Swamy Rotolo is 17 years oldis petite, has eyes of embers, is Calabrian and is the youngest winner for best actress in the 67 years of the David di Donatello. He was the outsider in an outsider’s film, “A Chiara” by Jonas Carpignano.
If he didn’t think he was going to win …
“I sat down and said to myself, now enjoy your evening. When they mentioned my name, the emotions overwhelmed me. In the days of the David’s they did see Sophia Loren, Monica Vitti again… ».
“Drinking a bottle of champagne at the end of the evening at the hotel with my family.”
House and shop: all his family members are in the film.
“Jonas, who is our neighbor in Gioia Tauro and is a brother to me, had told us (without auditioning), to interpret ourselves, as we are in life, apart from my dad Claudio who in life is a welder as in film, but it has nothing to do with the ‘Ndrangheta. Then there is my mother, Carmela, a housewife, my sisters Greece, the eldest, so thoughtful, and the little one, Giorgia, identical to me ».
“As I appear in the film, I don’t shut up, I look for answers when I discover a part of my father, the dark one, that was completely unknown to me.”
«The way in which a world that I do not share but which still belongs to me by birth and identity is told. I didn’t want to do it, I had had a little part in another Jonas job, but this was too big a responsibility ».
Even the actresses nominated are almost all the faces of tomorrow.
“It was the beauty of this edition, they complimented me (even the sacred monsters), it’s a prize for all of us”.
The two award-winning actors, Orlando and Scarpetta, cried, she, the debutante girl, no …
“I tried to restrain myself, the tear was there … I hadn’t prepared a speech because I absolutely didn’t think I would win, I improvised what came from my heart”.
“We would like more of characters like you on TV. She made me bend down with laughter when she said, about her make-up, that she feels like a Viareggio Carnival float that can be assembled and disassembled ».
“He is the only one who has pronounced my name correctly. Swamy is an Indian name, it means love ».
“At the cinema with my friends, in the whole plain of Gioia Tauro there are only two cinemas, I go there about three times a month”.
During the ceremony, a sentence by Vittorio Gassman was remembered.
“The actors lie to tell the truth. She reminded me of when I used to pretend I was sick for not going to school. ‘
What movie would you have liked to star in your life?
«’The Pages of Our Lives’, with Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams, is about a love story throughout life».
Ai David was a victory for the South.
“Yes, Naples won this edition, under the hotel I met Antonio Capuano, Sorrentino’s mentor who defined him as an example of freedom and vitality: he saw me and exclaimed from Calabria, good!”.
Did you buy the dress for the evening?
“No, it’s from Missoni and I have to return it, damn it.”
Full speed ahead as an actress?
«Yes, but who would have thought it… I am an actress. I want to put my all into it, keeping my feet on the ground. Low profile. But first I have to take a diction course in Rome ».
And before that he has to go back to school.
“Comrades and the teacher have written to me. A month ago I shouted at the announcement of my candidacy; the prof (I was secretly following in streaming in the classroom) thought that something bad had happened to me. Now they have written to me that I am the pride of the country ».
Maybe she’ll be welcomed by the gang.
“I don’t know, anything can be. I also have to rest, I’m very tired, too many emotions ».
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May 4, 2022 (change May 4, 2022 | 12:38)
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