Gillo of Ladies and Knights, of Loves and Arms
- Movies
- 2007-10-11
- IT
- Released
- 2h 33m
- IT
- Documentary
Production
Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Surf Film
Storyline
Pontecorvo is one of those Italian filmmakers marked for life by neorealism. He declares that he decided to do cinema after leaving a screening of "Paisa" by Roberto Rossellini. The future filmmaker was then in Paris, a year after a war during which he became one of the main figures of the Italian resistance and one of the founders of the Youth Front. Leaving his status as a war hero behind him, Pontecorvo made his directorial debut with "Giovanna", a short film heralding a cinematic career dedicated to what he himself calls the "dictatorship of truth."
