Intimate Look at Marcello Mastroianni
Fabrizio Corallo’s documentary, screening at the Rome Film Fest, provides a rich portrait of the many faces of the Italian screen icon.
Mastroianni was known all ovber the world as the handsome Italian seducer, especially after he starred in La Dolce Vita, Fellini’s masterpiece,” says Fabrizio Corallo, the director of the new docu Ciao Marcello, Mastroianni l’antidivo.
“Mastroianni did not like this image. He didn’t want to be seen as an icon, as a sex symbol. He didn’t care much about his public persona; what did matter to him was his personal life. So, I tried to build an intimate portrait of this unique actor.”
Corallo is a journalist and expert on the history of Italian cinema, who made docus about great personalities of Italian cinema: Dino Risi, Vittorio Gassman, Virna Lisi.
There is also a touching interview with the mother of the actor, Ida Rolle. “We discover a famous actor who, at the peak of his career, who values above all other things his mother’s meatballs,” says Corallo.
Mastroianni is the only foreign-born actor to have been nominated for three Best Actors Oscars, though he never won. They were for Divorce Italian Style, A Special Day, and Dark Eyes.
My Favorite Mastroianni Film:
La Dolce Vita (1960)
