
1974
Dove incominciano le gambe
Images of everyday life in the family for Bargellini, his wife Oriana and little Rebecca alternate with others whose meaning is less clear (the crypt of a vampire, a flower that blooms).
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Filmmaker
Born
1940-01-05 · 42 yrs
Died
1982-07-10
From
Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy
Known for
Directing
Pierfrancesco Bargellini (Arezzo, 1940-1982), also known as Piero, bought his first movie camera when he was 20 and pointed it at his youthful passions: competition cars and motorcycles. A few years later he met Marco Melani, who became his cinema companion and an actor in his films. He started to make a name for himself in the world of amateur filmmakers and won a prize at the festival of Montecatini. One of the members of the jury was Massimo Bagicalupo, a founder of the Cooperativa cinema indipendente, and he invited Bargellini to enter the brand-new world of Italian underground cinema. While working as an agronomist at the Val di Chiana Irrigation Office he continued to make films in his free time, but shortly afterwards, with the notice and support of the magazines “Cinema & Film” and the group “Filmstudio 70,” he left his job and moved to Rome.…