The Italian director Mimmo Verdesca tells the story of the legendary Italian movie star Alida Valli, through unpublished letters and diaries that come back to life through Giovanna Mezzogiorno’s voice and other exclusive materials: photographs, home movies in 8mm, new interviews with her sons, relatives, friends and collaborators, including Dario Argento, Roberto Benigni, Bernardo Bertolucci, Charlotte Rampling, Vanessa Redgrave, Margarethe von Trotta, Thierry Frémaux among the others, and much more archival material from all over the world.
The documentary “Alida” aka “Alida Valli: In Her Own Words”, in official selection at Cannes Classics 2020, paints a never previously seen portrait of the life of a beautiful young girl from Pola (now Pula in Istria) who quickly became one of the most famous and beloved actresses of Italian and international cinema.
In Italian with English Subtitles.
In collaboration with Cinecittà.
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Cinecittà is the state-owned company that holds one of the most important European film and photographic Archives in which are collected and digitally categorized both its own productions and materials from private collections. Cinecittà distributes and supports the theatrical releases of Italian first and second time feature films. Cinecittà’s institutional work includes promoting Italian cinema both in Italy and abroad by means of projects dedicated to great authors, actors, and personalities from the past and contemporary scene. Cinecittà also owns a film library, Cineteca, containing around 3000 titles of the most significant Italian film productions, subtitled in foreign languages, which serve in promoting Italian culture at major national and international Institutes around the world.