Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms

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."

Director: Annarosa Morri, Mario Canale

Cast: Gillo Pontecorvo, Ennio Morricone, Francesco Maselli, Giuliano Montaldo, Yacef Saâdi, Irene Bignardi, Luciana Castellina, Carla Cattani

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