In Cagliari, great cinema becomes poetry with two days dedicated to the "painters of feelings" Valerio Zurlini and Paolo Sorrentino and a tribute to the master Vittorio De Sica fifty years after his death.
The event, organized by the cultural association L'Alambicco in collaboration with La macchina cinema and with the support of the Sardinia Region, will take place on December 7 and 8 at the Hotel Regina Margherita.
The first meeting, scheduled for Saturday 7 December at 6 pm in the Stampace room, opens with the screening of two documentaries that delve into the soul of cinema . In the presence of directors Sandra Marti and Jean Gili, “Valerio Zurlini, peintre des sentiments” (2023) and “Le monde de Paolo Sorrentino” (2019) will be presented: two portraits that reveal the secrets of two authors distant in time, but united by the ability to paint emotions with the camera.
Zurlini, a visionary director too often forgotten, has immortalized the malaise and contradictions of a Europe wounded by wars, using the screen as a canvas on which to paint the restlessness of the human soul. Sorrentino, with his unique style, has instead built a personal universe made of characters that oscillate between the real and the imaginary, consecrating himself as a symbol of contemporary Italian cinema. The meeting will be coordinated by Alessandro Macis, artistic director of Alambicco .
The second day, Sunday 8 December, is dedicated to Vittorio De Sica, one of the greatest exponents of world cinema . Starting at 5:30 pm, in the Villanova room, film critics Jean Gili and Piero Spila will present their book “Tutto su Vittorio De Sica. Autore,attore, seduttore”, published by Gremese in 2024.
Director of immortal masterpieces such as Bicycle Thieves and Umberto D., and unsurpassed director of actors, De Sica has given voice to the most iconic faces of the star system, from Sophia Loren to Marcello Mastroianni, passing through Shirley MacLaine and Richard Burton. His legacy, between light and shadow, continues to inspire generations of filmmakers and spectators, as Charlie Chaplin emphasized, who called him a “brother of cinema”.
