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In Love with Italy FRANCESCO ROSI (1922), Italian film director born in Naples.
Rosi started as an assistant to Luchino Visconti on "La Terra trema" (1948). Rosi was one of the central figures of the politicised post-neorealist 1960s and 70s of Italian cinema, along with Gillo Pontecorvo, Pier Paolo Pasolini, the Taviani brothers, Ettore Scola and Valerio Zurlini. Dealing with a corrupt postwar Italy, Rosi's movies take on controversial issues, such as "Salvatore Giuliano" (winner of the Silver Bear for Best Director at the 12th Berlin International Film Festival, 1962); the mysterious death of oil magnate Enrico Mattei ("The Mattei Affair", 1972, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival); the political machinations around gangster "Lucky Luciano" (1974), and corruption in the judiciary, "Cadaveri Eccellenti" (Illustrious Corpses, 1976); mafia and camorra. The 58th edition of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2008 played tribute to Francesco Rosi by screening 13 films in its Homage section, and awarded him with the Honorary Golden Bear for Lifetime Achievement. In 2012 in Venice he was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievements.
 Suggested FILMS, POSTERS; BOOKS about ROSI: "Kean" (1956); "The Challenge" or La sfida (1958);"The Magliari" (1959); "Salvatore Giuliano" (1962); "Hands Over the City" (1963); "The Moment of Truth" (1965); "More than a Miracle" (1967); "Many Wars Ago" (1970); "The Mattei Affair" (1972); "Lucky Luciano" (1974); "Cadaveri eccellenti" (1976); "Christ Stopped at Eboli" (1979); "Three Brothers" (1981); "Carmen" (1984); "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" (1987); "12 registi per 12 città" (1989, a collaboration work with 11 other directors); "Dimenticare Palermo" (1989); "Neapolitan Diary" (1992); "The Truce" (1997). |
VENEZIA 69 (International competition of feature films, presented as world premieres):
VENICE INTERNATIONAL FILM CRITICS’ WEEK as well as a prize of 100,000 USD, donated by Filmauro di Aurelio e Luigi De Laurentiis to be divided equally between director and producer ORIZZONTI
GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2012 to Francesco Rosi JAEGER-LECOULTRE GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER AWARD to Spike Lee PERSOL AWARD to Michael Cimino L’ORÉAL PARIS PER IL CINEMA AWARD to Giulia Bevilacqua 2012 Venice Film Festival Films in CompetitionVENEZIA 69 - the International competition of feature films, presented as world premieres:
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