Cinecittà: Making of History

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Cinecittà: Making of History (Cinecittà: la fabrique de l'histoire)

original title:

Cinecittà: la fabrique de l'histoire

screenplay:

Emmanuelle Nobécourt, Jeanne Burel

cinematography:

Sandro Chessa, Georges De Genevraye

editing:

Erwan Bizeul

music:

Jean Poulhalec

production:

Temps noir, Palomar, Luce Cinecittà, with the support of France Télévisions and Ciné+

world sales:

country:

France / Italy

year:

2021

film run:

53'

format:

colour & b/w

status:

Ready (10/06/2021)

festivals & awards:

Cinema is the strongest weapon.
This is the prophecy, materialized on a huge banner, that presided over the inauguration, on April 28, 1937, of Cinecittà, the "city of cinema" wanted by Benito Mussolini. Before becoming the mythical "Dream Factory" that made the imaginations of the whole world crackle, and where an essential part of the history of cinema was written, Cinecittà was conceived as the centerpiece of a war machine.
A megalomaniacal project born out of a fascist utopia that still lingers over the building's facade: one that has remained unchanged for over 80 years. Same typical austere architecture of the time, same pink and ochre colors, same lack of dreamlike aesthetics.