Daniel Pennac: Ho visto Maradona!
Daniel Pennac: Ho visto Maradona!

Daniel Pennac: Ho visto Maradona!

Story of the creative and surreal investigation of the Daniel Pennac on the Maradona myth, through the birth and staging of a show in Naples, the city that exalted him as a myth.

6.5(2 votes)
2022
1h 20m
Documentary

Rehearsals for a play about Maradona in Naples, with Italian actors and an Argentine director. Nothing about Maradona except anecdotes about his figure from the Neapolitans; one of the actors had come to play football. They were all 'touched' by Maradona, as is logical. Pennac is very intelligent, but he has never seen a ball in his life: his fascination comes from the public figure of Maradona, from the totem, from the stupor that invaded him when many friends confessed to having cried at his death. The spectator, Maradonian or not, has an irrepressible desire to travel to Naples and join the song that he sees towards the end of the film, which is moving and overwhelming in its beauty and simplicity. Ideal for theater lovers, or Maradona lovers, or both.

Production

Societat Sardina Toné-Franché, Samarcanda Film

Cast

Daniel Pennac

Daniel Pennac

Self

Maurizio De Giovanni

Maurizio De Giovanni

Self

Roberto Saviano

Roberto Saviano

Self

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