A few days after the announcement of the winner of the 2024 Volonté Prize, Sonia Bergamasco, La Valigia dell'Attore reveals the program of the first part of the 21st edition, which will take place from 26 to 28 July in La Maddalena.
If in December, coinciding with the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Gian Maria Volonté, after whom the festival is named, there will be the final act, the last week of this month will celebrate the actor's profession with the first dates of an exceptional version .
The debut is set at the Fortezza I Colmi on Friday 26 July with the preview of the film "The shepherds' dream" by Tomaso Mannoni, preceded by the meeting with the director and the two protagonists, Astrid Meloni and Alessandro Gazale. On Saturday 27th the protagonist of the evening will be Fabrizio Gifuni: the 2011 Volonté Award will introduce one of Volonté's most famous films, "Investigation into a citizen above all suspicion", directed in 1970 by Elio Petri. The event will open with the audiovisual tribute curated by Orsetta Gregoretti “Gian Maria Volonté 30 years later”.
Finally, Sunday 28th, the evening dedicated to Bergamasco, with an in-depth meeting in which the Milanese actress, already tutor in 2013 of the "ValigiaLab" - which will not be there this year - will present to the public her book, "A body for tutti”, on the profession of an actress, and will receive the “Gian Maria Volonté” award for artistic excellence in 2024. Followed by the stage reading “La Duse and us”, a plural portrait of the great theater actress.
