There is also Sardinia in the films awarded at the 67th edition of the David di Donatello . “Ariaferma” , the last film by director Leonardo di Costanzo shot entirely on the island, in fact won the statuette for the best protagonist , Silvio Orlando , and for the best screenplay , signed with Bruno Oliviero and Valia Santella .
However, once again, Paolo Sorrentino , who won the awards for Best Direction, Best Film, Young People, Best Photography with his "It was the hand of God". with Daria D'Antonio. His actress Teresa Saponangelo went to the Best Supporting Performer award.
Six statuettes also in the fantasy "Freaks out" by Mainetti. Best Actress Swamy Rotolo in "A Chiara".
"ARIAFERMA" - As for the film "Ariaferma" , which David was in the running with 11 nominations, was conceived and shot entirely in Sardinia, in particular in Sassari, inside the old prison of San Sebastiano, now closed, in the period lockdown. A real and symbolic space becomes the imaginary prison of Mortana, a maximum security penitentiary in decay and completely inhospitable. "A story freely inspired by the Barbaricino Code and the laws of honor that have had so much weight in our island in defining the identity of our communities", explains Gianluca Aste, president of the Sardegna Film Commission that supported the production.
In the cast alongside Silvio Orlando and Toni Servillo, for the first time protagonists together in a film, and Fabrizio Ferracane, also Salvatore Striano, Roberto De Francesco, Pietro Giuliano, Nicola Sechi, Leonardo Capuano, Antonio Buil Pueyo, Giovanni Vastarella, Francesca Ventriglia . "Ariaferma is not a film about the conditions of Italian prisons. It is perhaps a film about the absurdity of prison", the director's words.
(Unioneonline / vl)