Just over two years after the death of the man who for many is the greatest footballer of all time, in conjunction with the new book Malaussène terminus arrives in a few theaters (and then in streaming), with Feltrinelli Real Cinema the documentary “Daniel Pennac: I saw Maradona!“A production that tells the French writer's creative and surreal investigation into the emotional impact of myth Maradona in the collective imagination.
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Pennac, the documentary “I saw Maradona” arrives in theaters
A documentary to watch with the current events of Napoli's magical year with the Scudetto booked which is reviving, if there was ever a need, the myth of Diego Armando Maradona.
Da Belleville al Rione Sanità in the end the step is short. Benjamin Malaussene, scapegoat of "profession", the character created by Daniel Pennac leave the way open to the divine footballer at least for a while Diego Armando Maradona “he too, in his own way, a scapegoat.”
Shot from Ximo Solano with the extraordinary participation of Maurizio De Giovanni, Roberto Saviano e Luciano Ferrara, the film tells the story of the relationship between Pennac, the great French writer, an incredibly fit 78 years old, and Maradona.
pennack who is the frenetic author always busy with a new book, an essay, an illustrated book, a comic, on the morning of November 25, 2020 was amazed at the whole world mourning the passing of Maradona.
“An investigation of the collective myth that is Maradona”
“I am a rare example of one of the 4-5 humans who are not interested in football, I had never seen a match before then and I only knew about Maradona because of some news on the news – said Pennac – and I am objectively ashamed of this."
So that morning, after a premonitory dream, he found himself dealing with the actors of his theatre company (yes, he is also a theatre actor), the Neapolitan Pako Ioffredo, the Argentine director Clara Bauer, the Spanish Zimo Solano and all the others despair over the disappearance of the golden boy.
“'Normal' adults who cried real, salty tears – said Pennac – in mourning for days, they transmitted an incredible emotion and so it was happening everywhere. For this reason I thought it was time for me to know more and to investigate what I call 'the Maradona effect'”.
Article published on 2 April 2023 - 15:34
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