Auguri Daniele Ciprì! August is your month!
Born in Palermo August 17, 1962 in Palermo, Ciprì’s body of work as a cinematographer is stunning, having worked on Bella Addormentata (Dormant Beauty), Vincere, Salvo, Angela, and Alì Blue Eyes, he’s won a David di Donatello, Golden Globes, Nastri D’Argento, and awards at the Venice Film Festival
Two years ago at the festival he won a couple of them directing a film that I thought deserved The Golden Lion, È Stato Il Figlio.
Starring Toni Servillo and Giselda Volodi, it’s about a father, played by Servillo, who has the weight of the world on his shoulders. The worrying all alone, or so it seems to him, about the day-to-day making ends meet is, figuratively if not literally killing him. His father is old and not as able as he once was to do the strenuous labor, and his son is a strange kid who is not at all ambitious and doesn’t seem to feel any urgency to help provide for the family.
When his daughter is killed by a mafioso bullet meant for her cousin, the family is thrown into deep and desperate mourning, lessened only by the news that they are owed compensation from the government, given when an innocent victim is killed by Mafia violence. The money, which seems at first a gift from God, slowly becomes a curse, and it will be up to everyone who sees this movie to decide for himself the level of irony in the film’s title: E’ Stato Il Figlio – It Was The Son.
This year’s festival could be just as exciting for Ciprì, coming to Venice as cinematographer for two films: La Vita Oscena and La Trattativa .
La Vita Oscena is a film from director Renato De Maria, starring Isabella Ferrari and Clément Métayer and based on a book by Aldo Nove.
La Trrattativa (The Negotiation) is a film from director Sabina Guzzanti
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