Francesca Archibugi tra Mastroianni, Nanni Moretti e Federico Caffè – L’intervista a DICONO DI TE

Ep. 138: She says she "enjoys suffering quite a bit." In this interview with Malcom Pagani, Francesca Archibugi recounts a childhood growing up among a tribe of "savages." From her lessons at the Centro Sperimentale with Furio Scarpelli, the director delves into the memories of the giants who adopted her: she confesses the guilt she felt while directing Marcello Mastroianni, with whom she ended up drinking nine grappas the night before filming, her awe for Nanni Moretti, and her fierce, affectionate arguments with Laura Betti. Between rejecting film awards deemed "absurd" and the struggle to keep alive a fifty-year love, Archibugi looks to the future without hiding her terror of old age, while hoping to never lose her ancient fascination with marginality. 00:00 – Intro 00:57 – Cinema as an escape: "making the world look good" 02:19 – Diaries, the registry office, and characters freed from categories 04:11 – Montessori childhood: the tribe, the chaos, the room with a view 08:09 – The death of the mother and the fear that doesn't go away 11:07 – Elderly friends: Furio Scarpelli, the Experimental Center, the teachers 15:28 – The meeting with Gianni Amico and cinema as a teenager 18:03 – The judgment of others, the panic at exits, the debut with Mignone è partita 23:15 – "I knew what I wanted to do": rebuilding Italian cinema 28:30 – Nostalgia as home and the Experimental High School 32:23 – March 16, 1978 and the years of maximalism 37:51 – Proust, the Russians and Culture as a Family Legacy 38:58 – Federico Caffè: The Advice, the Disappearance, the Mystery 45:17 – Suso Cecchi d'Amico, Laura Betti, and Anomalous Friendships 48:54 – On Set: False Kindness, Mastroianni, the Sense of Guilt 59:27 – Meloni, Berlusconi, and the Rejection of Political Schematism 1:06:21 – Actors as Optical Illusions and Awards as Absurdity 1:17:26 – Nanni Moretti: Autofiction, Self-Criticism, and Awe 1:23:02 – The New Film Illusion: Genesis, Writing, and Investigation 1:29:26 – Love as Toil, Forgiveness, and the Next 20 Years