Actress Monica Vitti died in Rome at the age of 90.
To make the announcement is Walter Veltroni on Twitter. "Roberto Russo, his partner of all these years, asks me to communicate that Monica Vitti is no longer there. I do it with pain, affection, regret".
Monica Vitti, born in Rome on November 3, 1931, had been struck by a form of Alzheimer's that had isolated her from the world and that her comrade Roberto Russo defended with great rigor and respect, fighting against the "rumors" and false news which populated the network at regular intervals.
Her last public appearance dates back to 19 years ago (at the premiere of Notre Dame de Paris) but already in previous years her participation in official events had rarefied after a retirement from the scene that dates back to 2001, when she was received at the Quirinale. for the David di Donatello.
Addio a Monica Vitti
40 YEARS OF CAREER - For her almost forty years of film career, from her dramatic interpretations in Michelangelo Antonioni's "tetralogy of incommunicability" ("The adventure", "The night", "The eclipse" and "Red desert ") That gave her international fame, to those in brilliant roles (from The girl with the gun to I know that you know I know) that made her considered the only" star "of the Italian comedy, holding her own male colleagues Alberto Sordi, Ugo Tognazzi, Vittorio Gassman, Nino Manfredi and Marcello Mastroianni. Almost sixty feature films are active, plus about fifteen TV films and series, but also radio prose and television programs. And then the boundless love for the theater.
AWARDS - She has obtained numerous awards, including five David di Donatello as best actress (plus four other special awards), three Silver Ribbons, twelve Golden Globes (two of which for Lifetime Achievement), a Golden Ciak for Lifetime Achievement, a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement in Venice, a Silver Bear at the Berlinale, a Concha de Plata in San Sebastián and a BAFTA nomination.
DEEP CORDOGLIO - Deep condolences in Sanremo, where the news of the actress's death immediately bounced back. For her the standing ovation from the Ariston press room.
"Actress of great irony and extraordinary talent, she has conquered generations of Italians with her wit, her skill, her beauty. She has brought prestige to Italian cinema in the world. To her husband Roberto Russo and all his loved ones, the condolences of the Government ”, the message of Prime Minister Mario Draghi.
(Unioneonline / vl)