Red carpet in one of the most evocative places of Cinecittà, the Ancient Rome permanent set of about four hectares: here begins the Seventieth edition of the David di Donatello live on Raiuno, hosted by Elena Sofia Ricci and Mika. Then we move on to Federico Fellini's studio 5 where the awards ceremony begins. In the room Timothée Chalamet, the "Bob Dylan" who received a special David for the 70th anniversary . "I feel a deep connection with this country and I am grateful to the Italian cinema community", said the American actor with French citizenship, accompanied by his father and girlfriend Kylie Jenner, also quoting Francesco Totti . "I feel humbled by this award, for me it is an incredible honor to receive it in Italy, a country whose cinematography has given me so much".
The Best Film award goes to Vermiglio by Maura Delpero, "a silently anti-militarist film."
For the actors, Elio Germano is the best protagonist in Berlinguer – The great ambition : «It was an incredible work, we wanted to tell a lot about our country, stories that are not found in books. Stories of men and women who fought so hard. It is thanks to the workers' movement, the feminist movement if today we have some conquests, I want to dedicate the award to all of them».
The David for supporting actor goes to Francesco Di Leva for Familia by Francesco Costabile. Ferzan Ozpetek then receives the David for the public with Diamanti, a box office hit. In the theater a moved Geppi Cucciari, in the running for the same film as supporting actress. But the one who “snatches” the statuette from her is Valeria Bruni Tedeschi for L'Arte della gioia by Valeria Golino, which also sees Tecla Insolia awarded as Best Leading Actress.
Best New Director again for Margherita Vicario, a David for Lifetime Achievement for Pupi Avati and a Special David for Ornella Muti and Giuseppe Tornatore.
Small incident during Riccardo Cocciante's performance : the singer gets the lyrics wrong for "Era già tuttoaspettato", a classic also used in Sorrentino's film "Parthenope", gets up, goes away, then comes back. "I'm not going to continue, I'd like to do it again", he explains to the host Mika. "It's all live, it can happen". And the second performance is the good one.
(Online Union)