Ritratti - Mario Rigoni Stern

(Portraits - Mario Rigoni Stern)
by Carlo Mazzacurati
55’, Italy, 1999

Mario Rigoni Stern talks about his life to Marco Paolini during three days spent together on the Altopiano of Asiago. His narration moves from his earliest memories as a child growing up in the mountains and his experiences in World War II with the terrible retreat from Russia to his diffi  cult return to normal life in the mountains. Th e Altipiano becomes an emblematic place, a complete microcosm of which he is both voice and conscience. The writer from Asiago recounts the past and refl ects on the present, and talks about nature, memory, and responsibility.

Carlo Mazzacurati
Born in 1956 in Padua, Mazzacurati made his fi rst fi lm in 1979. After moving to Rome and working as a screenwriter, in 1994 he won the prestigious “Leone d’Argento” at the Venice Film Festival with Il toro. As a screenwriter he has collaborated with Daniele Luchetti and Gabriele Salvatores, among other. His most recent film, La passione, is in competition at the 2010 Venice Film Festival.