Country: Italy
Year: 2001
Duration: 30'
We follow the stages of Antonio Ruju's life from the extreme poverty of Sardinia at the beginning of the twentieth century to the struggle against Fascism. We see his total adhesion to the ideals of anarchism. When young, he worked in the Treasury Ministry police and then as a stockbroker. These are extraordinary and gripping episodes of a life that was constantly dominated by his intolerance for violence and bullying.
"I realized that I needed need to get close to Antonio Ruju and his very beautiful dairy almost all of a sudden. We made a film about this extraordinary man by living his everyday life along with him through the weight of his ninety years and his intelligence, which is rare, vigilant, and extremely ironic" (Roberto Nanni).
Biography
film director
Roberto Nanni
Roberto Nanni (Bologna, 1960) worked in the past with the American musical group Tuxedomoon and especially with Steven Brown, with whom he made Greenhouse Effect in 1989 and Piccoli ostinati in 1996. His L'amore vincitore. Conversazione con Derek Jarman won the Achille Valdata audience award and the first prize in the Italian Space non-fiction section at the 1993 Torino Film Festival. He is presently living and working in Rome.
FILMOGRAFIA
Ciprea Annulus (1985), Pexer (1987), Fuori quadro (1989), Fluxus. Milano poesia (1989, co-regia Giuseppe Baresi), Greenhouse Effect (1989), Luci alte. Alì vs Frazier (1992), L'amore vincitore. Conversazione con Derek Jarman (1993), Piccoli ostinati (1996), Lei mi vede così (1997), Attraverso un vetro sporco (1999), Antonio Ruju. Vita di un anarchico sardo (2001).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Roberto Nanni.
Plot: dal libro di memorie di Antonio Ruju Vita di un anarchico sardo.
Director of photography: Roberto Cimatti.
Editor: Flavia Medusa.
Sound: Gianluca Costamagna.
Cast: Antonio Ruju.
Production company and Italian distribution: Angelo Barbagallo e Nanni Moretti per Sacher Film, viale della Piramide Cestia 1, 00153 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-5745353.
Co-production: Raitre, Tele+.
Plot: dal libro di memorie di Antonio Ruju Vita di un anarchico sardo.
Director of photography: Roberto Cimatti.
Editor: Flavia Medusa.
Sound: Gianluca Costamagna.
Cast: Antonio Ruju.
Production company and Italian distribution: Angelo Barbagallo e Nanni Moretti per Sacher Film, viale della Piramide Cestia 1, 00153 Roma, Italia, tel. +39-06-5745353.
Co-production: Raitre, Tele+.