LA CECILIA
In 1887, Brazil is a young country. Its emperor, Dom Pedro II, is eager to see it develop. He gifts a piece of land, “ La Cecilia”, to Giovanni Rossi, an Italian anarchist writer. Supported by nine companions and one woman, Olimpia, Rossi sets off to put his ideas of communal life into practice.
Jean-Louis Comolli is a French filmmaker, screenwriter and writer, born in 1941 in Philippeville (now Skikda, Algeria). After working for Les Cahiers du Cinéma from 1962 to 1978, of which he was editor in chief from 1966 to 1971, he became a director of fiction and documentaries. Also a journalist for Jazz Magazine, he has co-written or edited several books on jazz. His multiple works and his theoretical thinking on cinema have nourished many filmmakers and documentary lovers. He died on May 19, 2022.
Massimo Foschi, Maria Carta, Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Filmoblic, C.E.C.R.T. - Centre Européen Cinéma-Radio-Télévision, Saba Cinematografica
Jean-Louis Comolli, Eduardo de Gregorio, Marianne di Vettimo
Yann Le Masson
Tonino Testa
Claudio Biondi
Michel Portal
13 Prods - ulysse.bonnevie@13prods.fr
