Friday 19 September, 6.30pm
The Writer in the Trees
a documentary by Duccio Chiarini dedicated to Italo Calvino
ICI London remembers the great Italian writer Italo Calvino (15 October 1923 – 19 September 1985) on the 40th anniversary of his death.
Duccio Chiarini’s documentary highlights on of Calvino’s celebrated accomplishment, The Baron in the Trees, to observe the relationship between the author’s work and the historical contexts in which he’s traversed. Thanks to recently discovered archives the film offers a new look at the most important Italian writer of the twentieth century.
In Italian with English subtitles.
Produced by Panamafilm, ARTE’ G.E.I.E., Les films d’ICI, Cinecittà Luce in collaboration with RAI Documentari
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London Film School graduate Duccio Chiarini made several short films before he directed the documentary Hit the Road, Nonna, which premiered at Venice Days in 2011. His first fiction feature, Short Skin, was produced by the Biennale College Cinema and premiered at the 71st Venice Film Festival in 2014. The film was also selected at the 65th Berlinale, where it was nominated for a Crystal Bear in the Generation section. In 2016, Duccio developed his second feature film, The Guest, at the Cannes Cinefondation Residence and the Torino Film Lab. The film premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 2018. In 2020, he directed his second documentary, The Glass Eye, which premiered at the 62nd Festival dei Popoli where it won the best documentary award.