Pontecorvo is one of those Italian filmmakers marked for life by neorealism. He declares that he decided to do cinema after leaving a screening of "Paisa" by Roberto Rossellini. The future filmmaker was then in Paris, a year after a war during which he became one of the main figures of the Italian resistance and one of the founders of the Youth Front. Leaving his status as a war hero behind him, Pontecorvo made his directorial debut with "Giovanna", a short film heralding a cinematic career dedicated to what he himself calls the "dictatorship of truth."
Release: 2007
Rating: 10.0
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 93 min
Country: Italy
Production: Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Surf Film
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Gillo Pontecorvo
as Self
Ennio Morricone
as Self
Francesco Maselli
as Self
Giuliano Montaldo
as Self
Yacef Saâdi
as Self
Irene Bignardi
as Self