Country: Italy
Year: 2008
Duration: 100'
Thanks to the contribution of screenwriters, directors and autors “The kilometers of film produced over many years of passion and
like Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Rosi, Tornatore, Bellocchio, Monicelli,
Nichetti, Pontecorvo and Morricone, who, along with many others,
collaborated on the films produced by Franco Cristaldi, we have traced
the story of one of the most important producers of Italian films.
Between the 1950s and the early ‘90s, Cristaldi made over one
hundred films, first for Lux Film, then for his company Vides and
afterwards for CristaldiFilm. Three of his films were Oscar winners,
Amarcord, Divorce - Italian Style and Cinema Paradiso, and he
also had other great successes like Big Deal on Madonna Street,
Kapò and Salvatore Giuliano.
commitment talk of Franco Cristaldi. As does the very history of our
best cinema, beginning in the 1950s. Franco used to say that ‘every film
must be a prototype’ and this is why he experimented with various
methods, exploring themes and stories in which genres intermix
and follow each other, without ever letting himself be won over
by the repetitiousness generated by success and the market.”
Biography
film director
Massimo Spano
Massimo Spano (Rome, Italy, 1958) graduated in architecture in Paris. He got his start in cinema as assistant director for Tinto Brass, and also collaborated on the editing of the film Caligula. He participated as set designer for various productions, including The Invisible Wall and Boys on the Outside by Marco Risi and Good Morning Babylon by the Taviani brothers. He debuted as a director in 1995 with the film Marching in Darkness, which participated at numerous festivals. He has also made various films for television,
including Caccia segreta (2006) and Una madre (2008).
FILMOGRAFIA
Agosto (August, 1993), Marciando nel buio (Marching in Darkness, 1995), Nessuno escluso (TV, 1997), Casa bruciata (TV, 1997), Game Over (TV, 1998), Senso di colpa (TV, 1999), Tutti in quella notte (TV, 2000), Bel-Ami (TV, 2001), Soldati in Iraq - Appunti per un film (mm, doc., TV, 2003), La caccia (TV, 2004), I figli strappati (TV, 2006), Caccia
segreta (TV, 2006), Una madre (TV, 2008), Franco Cristaldi e il suo cinema «Paradiso» (doc., 2008).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Massimo Spano
soggetto/story Annamaria Carli, Francesco Asioli
fotografia/cinematography Bruno Cascio
montaggio/ film editing Carlo Valerio
musica/music Enrico Fabio Cortese
interpreti/cast Giuseppe Tornatore, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Pietro Notarianni, Giuliano Montaldo, Mario Monicelli, Luigi Magni, Giuliano Gemma, Franco Nero, Marco Bellocchio, Sean Connery, Maurizio Nichetti, Carlo Fuscagni, Gloria Satta, Gillo Pontecorvo, Francesco Rosi, Francesco Maselli, Alfiere Cannevaro, Ennio Morricone
produttore/producer Zeudy Araya Cristaldi
produzione/production Zeudy Franco Cristaldi Film
soggetto/story Annamaria Carli, Francesco Asioli
fotografia/cinematography Bruno Cascio
montaggio/ film editing Carlo Valerio
musica/music Enrico Fabio Cortese
interpreti/cast Giuseppe Tornatore, Suso Cecchi D’Amico, Pietro Notarianni, Giuliano Montaldo, Mario Monicelli, Luigi Magni, Giuliano Gemma, Franco Nero, Marco Bellocchio, Sean Connery, Maurizio Nichetti, Carlo Fuscagni, Gloria Satta, Gillo Pontecorvo, Francesco Rosi, Francesco Maselli, Alfiere Cannevaro, Ennio Morricone
produttore/producer Zeudy Araya Cristaldi
produzione/production Zeudy Franco Cristaldi Film