The story of Gucci’s “house” comes to television on Rai Uno and tackles Temptation Island. The film with Lady Gaga and Adam Driver was highly criticized, especially by Pierfrancesco Favino. We remind you why.
It was December 2021 when the film came out House of Gucci they arrived in Italian cinemas after a long – and well-targeted – advertising campaign. Italy – and the whole world – emerged in pieces after two years of the pandemic and, between prohibitions and obligations, it was not an easy period for the cinema. The film directed by Ridley Scott it wasn’t the breath of fresh air that many expected, in terms of box office receipts and good reviews, but still a lot of noise be one of the biggest jobs controversial of the registry of The Gladiator. Now, the (excessive) saga of the Gucci family reaches television, in prime time on Rai Uno, and it comes to light on Tuesday’s episode of Temptation Island of Canale 5. Despite the criticism, the House of Gucci knows that it is not only a reinterpretation of a fact news that really happened but, more than anything, it is recognized controversy released by Pierfrancesco Favino.
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In the middle of a complex story made up of lights, colors, money, sex and biting jokes, theimage of the Gucci familythe most popular fashion brand in the world and… there is Patrizia Reggiani and how blind rage pushed the woman to do so.homogeneous to her ex-husband. The news has become a source of inspiration for a “cold” film, with attention to stage, costumes, music and interpretations, which work in the first part but not for sure in the second. And, despite being inspired by The House of Gucci: A Sensational Story of Murder, Memory, Glamour, and Sin (written by Sara Gay Forden), the film did not shine as it should have. It wasn’t enough stellar cast – and Adam Driver at Lady Gaga, and Jared Leto a Al Pacino – just as the image of our Italian lifestyle was reread with too many extremisms was not enough.
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Precisely this particular re-read inspired many reactions by a circle of Italian actors. Especially it is Pierfrancesco Favino who criticized the film House of Gucci and the fact that chose American actors for roles Italian actors should have been recommended. The controversy arose during the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival. “Gucci had a New Jersey accent, didn’t you know?“, joked the actor.
“There is a theme of cultural appropriation, it is not clear why, not me, but actors of this level are not associated with this type of film that entrusts foreign actors instead far from the real principles of the stories.“he said.”If a Cuban can’t play Mexican why can an Italian American? But here these things happen“, he said.
At the time of the reactions – born shortly after the premiere of Ferrari – they released a an avalanche of controversy around the web. Many of them even criticized Favino’s intervention, so much so that they spoke of “jealousy” for not being chosen for a role in the film. Despite this, all this chatter allowed the House of Gucci to go viral – in its own way -, thanks to its vena litter and outside the box.
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