Since the beginning of the year, almost every day is marked by the disappearance of an artist. This January 19 is unfortunately no exception to the rule because we learned of the death of the Italian director Ettore Scola at the age of 84. Back on the work of this legendary director.
Ettore Scola entered the cinema through screenwriting in 1953, starting by writing or co-writing film scripts, such as Mario Mattoli's film Two Nights with Cleopatra. In 1964, he directed his first film Let's Talk Women, a sketch film, a genre that was all the rage in Italy at the time. It is only from his sixth film that notoriety will arrive. Indeed, the leading role in Drama of Jealousy is played by the essential Italian actor, Marcello Mastroianni, who will also be awarded the prize for best actor at the Cannes Film Festival in 1970.
In 1976, he returned to the Festival where Ettore Scola won the Best Director Award for his film Awful, Dirty and Nasty , a spicy comedy about a poor family, living in the slums of Rome. Behind the piquant humor hides in reality a real social criticism, including Nino Manfredi. He and Scola were not their first realization since they had made in 1974 We loved each other so much, great public success also. The film A Special Day, released in 1978, is also an opportunity to meet another actor of Scola, Mastroianni, who plays one of his most poignant roles, in the company of Sophia Loren.
Ettore Scola's career, comprising more than thirty films, is jealous by multiple awards. He won three Silver Ribbons* for Best Screenplay, as well as the Donatello (equivalent to the Césars in Italy) for Best Film and Best Director for these films Le Bal in 1984 and La Famille in 1987.More recently, we could discover his fabulous tribute to his compatriot Federico Fellini in That it is strange to be called Federico.
*The Silver Ribbons are the prizes awarded by the press to Italian cinema.
