LA SEDIA DELLA FELICITÀ

Carlo Mazzacurati

Carlo Mazzacurati (Padua, Italy, 1956-2014) started off as a screenwriter for cinema and television. In 1987 he directed his debut film, Italian Night, which was presented at the Venice Film Festival, and won the Nastro d’argento and the Golden Ciak Award. In 1994 The Bull received a Silver Lion in Venice, where he also presented Holy Tongue in 2000. In the same year, he also participated at the Torino Film Festival with Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto, the documentary co-directed with Marco Paolini dedicated to a great poet and fellow countryman. In 2007 he participated at the Rome Film Festival with The Right Distance, and three years later he returned to Venice with his next feature The Passion. He attended again Torino Film Festival in 2013 with La sedia della felicità and he received the Gran Premio Torino Award.

FILMOGRAFIA

Vagabondi (cm, 1980), Notte italiana (1987), Il prete bello (1989), Un’altra vita (1992), Il toro (1994), L’unico paese al mondo (1994), Vesna va veloce (1996), L’estate di Davide (1998), Ritratti: Mario Rigoni Stern (doc., 1999), La lingua del santo (2000), Ritratti: Andrea Zanzotto (coregia/codirector Marco Paolini, doc., 2000), A cavallo della tigre (2002), Ritratti: Luigi Meneghello (doc., 2002), L’amore ritrovato (2004), La giusta distanza (2007), La Passione (2010), Sei Venezia (doc., 2010), Medici con l’Africa (doc., 2012), La sedia della felicità (2013).