A graphic novel that brings to life a “lost film” by Totò arrives in bookstores, comic book stores and on Panini.it from April 21, on the 55th anniversary of the death of the Prince of Laughter, which occurred on April 15, 1967.
AND' 'Totò, The Heir of Don Quixote', conceived by Fabio Celoni starting from the recovery of a cinematographic treatment never brought to the big screen, developed in two parts.
The “first half” is the one that comes out on April 21st.I also want to confess to you a secret ambition of mine: to play Don Quixote. I always think about it and I hope that my wish will come true, because I really like Don Quixote.” this is how Antonio de Curtis commented on the dream of making a film about the iconic protagonist of Miguel de Cervantes' novel.
After 55 years Celoni fulfills this wish, making him the protagonist of unmissable adventures alongside his companion Aldo Fabrizi (in the role of Sancho Panza), thus recreating the comic duo of many successful films such as The Tartassati, Cops and Robbers e Totò, Fabrizi and the youth of today.
Celoni, born in Milan in 1971 – who arrived at Walt Disney in 1990, a regular illustrator for Topolino and other magazines including PK and Paperinik and then, since 2000 for Sergio Bonelli Editore, for Dylan Dog, Dampyr and Brad Barron, of which he is also the graphic designer and cover artist – has rediscovered these materials from 1948 and created a unique project, which combines cinema and comics, celebrating the great humor of Antonio De Curtis, Prince Totò.
The original film script was written by many great screenwriters such as Antonio Pietrangeli, Cesare Zavattini, Lucio Battistrada and others.
Fabio Celoni worked on every detail of the volume with the precious collaboration of the Prince's niece, Elena Anticoli De Curtis, editor of the volume's afterword.
"I am from Milan but with Totò I learned to love Naples and its contradictions since I was a child, without feeling any geographical distance. Because if one thing is certain, it is that Totò managed to unite Italy better than Garibaldi. So, being able to see him in the tattered, melancholic and bizarre clothes of Don Quixote, for me it would have been a dream. Two myths in one!” explains Celoni, who is also the author of novels, essays and short stories and founded the publishing house Cerny Klaun, based in Prague, where he lived for 12 years, creating and publishing the collective publishing project SmartComix in Lucca.
The first part of Totò, The Heir of Don Quixote contains detailed editorial apparatus that recounts its genesis, the graphic realization and various curiosities about Totò, such as his love for comics.
Article published on 14 April 2022 - 17:02
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