Film
★ 9.0
1966
Testadirapa
The 19th century tale of Testadirapa and his young son Gosto who live an idyllic life until authorities jail for the father for keeping the boy from school.
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Filmmaker
Born
1926-11-04 · 86 yrs
Died
2013-03-21
From
Bologna, Italy
Known for
Directing
Giancarlo Zagni was an Italian director and screenwriter. Born in Bologna, he attended the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Bologna, then collaborated with L'avvenire d'Italia and other newspapers and magazines. From 1951 to 1954, he was assistant director to Luchino Visconti in several stage works and in the film Senso; on the film set, he met actress Alida Valli, with whom he started a sixteen-year-long relationship. During this period, he left Italy, first moving to New York, where he attended the Actors Studio, and then to Mexico, where he directed some stage plays and became the founder and a professor of the School of Autonomous Cinema National at the University of Mexico.…
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