On 17 February 2022, Giuseppe Tornatore’s documentary Ennio, presented out of competition at the last Venice Film Festival, will be released in cinemas. Previews are scheduled for 29 and 30 January of this work which pays tribute to a great Italian Maestro, known throughout the world for having composed the soundtracks for so many films that have made cinema history. The documentary is a kind of audiovisual novel rich in testimonies from friends and collaborators, including his official biographer Alessandro De Rosa, who is a composer.

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“I enthusiastically participated in this initiative because Ennio Morricone strongly wanted it when he was still alive, and because Giuseppe Tornatore, whom I respect very much, also wanted me to be part of his story and his prestigious cast as what I have become over time, through work, study and dedication: Ennio Morricone’s biographer”. – Alessandro De Rosa

Alessandro De Rosa is co-author with Ennio Morricone of his autobiography in conversation ‘Ennio Morricone – Inseguendo quel suono. My music, my life. Conversations with Alessandro De Rosa” (Mondadori Libri, 2016, 2020, 2021), a book born from years of meetings between Ennio Morricone and the young composer structured as a rich and intense dialogue in which they talk about the Maestro’s life, his musical work and the way they continuously come into contact and influence each other. In Italy, the book is already in its third reprinting (the third took place in October 2021) and has been translated into many of the world’s most spoken languages, gaining the approval of various Italian and international personalities. Editions in Arabic, Persian, Chinese, Russian, Korean and Japanese will soon be published.

 

“It is without a shadow of a doubt the best book about me, the most authentic, the most detailed and the most edited. The truest” – Ennio Morricone

“This book reveals the powerful personality behind his brilliant work and will be rewarding reading for anyone interested in the magic of music in film.” – John Williams

 

 

 

 

 

Ennio: The Maestro
2021 ‧ Musical/Documentario ‧ 2h 47m

Original title: Ennio
Director, screenplay: Giuseppe TornatoreCountry: Italy/Belgium/China/Japan
year: 2021
length: 150′
Cast: Ennio Morricone, Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, Giuseppe Tornatore, Bruce Springsteen, Lina Wertmüller, Marco Bellocchio, Joan Baez, Liliana Cavani, Giuliano Montaldo, Vittorio Taviani, Nicola Piovani, Roberto Faenza, Silvano Agosti, Franco Piersanti, Franco Migliacci, Miranda Martino

Photography: Fabio Zamarion, Giancarlo Leggeri
Editing: Massimo Quaglia, Annalisa Schillaci

Producer: Gabriele Costa, Gianni Russo, Peter De Maegd
Production: Piano B Produzioni, Potemkino, Terras, Gaga, Blossoms Island Pictures, with the support of Eurimages
Distribution: Lucky Red [Italy], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Saudi Arabia], Koch Films [Austria], Periscoop [Belgium], Beta Film [Bulgaria], NonStop [Denmark], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Egypt], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [United Arab Emirates], NonStop [Estonia], NonStop [Finland], Le Pacte [France], Koch Films [Germany], Gaga Corporation [Japan], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Iran], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Iraq], NonStop [Iceland], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Kuwait], NonStop [Latvia], Front Row Filmed Entertainment [Lebanon], NonStop [Lithuania], NonStop [Norway], Periscoop [Netherlands], Best Film [Poland], Karma Films [Spain], NonStop [Sweden], Filmarti [Turkey].

Awards and festivals:
Cinema Italian Style – Los Angeles 2021
IDFA – Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 2021: Masters
Kinomania 2021
La Biennale di Venezia 2021: Out of Competition
Stockholm International Film Festival 2021: Documentary Competition

Il documentario racconta il maestro Ennio Morricone attraverso una lunga intervista di Giuseppe Tornatore, testimonianze di artisti e registi – come Bertolucci, Montaldo, Bellocchio, Argento, i Taviani, Verdone, Barry Levinson, Roland Joffè, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino, Bruce Springsteen, Nicola Piovani, Hans Zimmer e Pat Metheny – musiche e immagini d’archivio. Ennio è anche un’indagine volta a svelare ciò che di Morricone si conosce poco. Come la sua passione per gli scacchi, che forse ha misteriosi legami con la sua musica. Ma anche l’origine realistica di certe sue intuizioni musicali come accade per l’urlo del coyote che gli suggerisce il tema de Il buono il brutto, il cattivo, o il battere ritmato delle mani su alcuni bidoni di latta da parte degli scioperanti in testa ad un corteo di protesta per le vie di Roma che gli ispira il bellissimo tema di Sostiene Pereira. Un’attitudine all’invenzione che trova conferma nel suo costante amore per la musica assoluta, e la sua vocazione a una persistente sperimentazione.

NOTE DI REGIA:
Ho lavorato trent’anni con Ennio Morricone. Ho fatto con lui quasi tutti i miei film, per non contare i documentari, gli spot pubblicitari e i progetti che abbiamo cercato di mettere in piedi senza riuscirci. Durante tutto questo tempo il nostro rapporto di amicizia si è consolidato sempre di più. Così, film dopo film, man mano che la mia conoscenza del suo carattere di uomo e di artista si faceva più profonda, mi sono sempre chiesto che tipo di documentario avrei potuto fare su di lui. E oggi si è avverato il sogno. Ho voluto realizzare Ennio per far conoscere la storia di Morricone al pubblico di tutto il mondo che ama le sue musiche. Non si è trattato solo di farmi raccontare da lui stesso la sua vita e il suo magico rapporto con la musica, ma anche di cercare negli archivi di mezzo mondo interviste di repertorio e altre immagini relative alle innumerevoli collaborazioni svolte in passato da Morricone con i cineasti più importanti della sua carriera. Ho strutturato Ennio come un romanzo audiovisivo che attraverso i brani dei film da lui musicati, le immagini di repertorio, i concerti, possa fare entrare lo spettatore nella formidabile parabola esistenziale ed artistica di uno dei musicisti più amati del ‘900.

(Traslated with Translator)

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