Directed by:
Giorgio VerdelliScreenplay:
Giorgio VerdelliComposer:
Paolo ConteCast:
Paolo Conte, Pupi Avati, Roberto Benigni, Renzo Arbore, Jane Birkin, Caterina Caselli, Patrice Leconte, Luisa Ranieri, Isabella Rossellini, Luca Zingaretti (more)VOD (1)
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Paolo Conte is one of the greatest exponents of provincial culture in the world. His visual songs form an imaginary atlas of the soul, a compendium of sound and poetry. Often they are like short films, capable of taking on a life of their own, for Conte carries you away and enchants you with his variety show. Paolo Conte, Via con me tells the almost fifty-year-long story of an eclectic figure. An imaginary journey, an interweaving of poetry and music through the songs, concerts, friends and reflections of the singer. Verdelli has drawn on the immense stock of material in Conte’s personal archives, combining it with footage shot for the purpose: interviews, films of international tours and other occasions in a unique career. Through these images, the docufilm ventures into the labyrinth of his songs, including the ones he has written for a wide range of performers (Adriano Celentano, Enzo Jannacci, Jane Birkin, Caterina Caselli, Bruno Lauzi), and that of his passions (jazz, puzzles, painting, law, the movies) in a continual exploration of the familiar and the unfamiliar, of the stories, verses and songs of that extraordinary elsewhere which is the world of Paolo Conte. (Venice International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Paolo Conte
Italy
Pupi Avati
Italy
Roberto Benigni
Italy
Best movies:
Life Is Beautiful (1997)
Night on Earth (1991)
Down by Law (1986)
Renzo Arbore
Italy
Jane Birkin
UK
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
If You Die, I'll Kill You (2011)
La Belle Noiseuse (1991)
Caterina Caselli
Italy
Patrice Leconte
France
Best movies:
My Stars (2008)
Luisa Ranieri
Italy
Best movies:
The Hand of God (2021)
Immaturi (2011)
Luisa Spagnoli (2016) (TV movie)
Isabella Rossellini
Italy
Best movies:
Blue Velvet (1986)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021)
Luca Zingaretti
Italy
Best movies:
Perlasca: The Courage of a Just Man (2002) (TV movie)
My Brother Is an Only Child (2007)
The Gold Rimmed Glasses (1987)
Peppe Servillo
Best movies:
Indivisible (2016)