Italian director Roberto Rosellini was a rather complicated father to his children. His scandalous romance with women at the time, including Hollywood actress Ingrid Bergman, took over the front pages of newspapers and left offspring with blood from different nations.
Alesandro, the director’s eldest grandson, has an uneven career as a photographer and a long history of drug addiction. Unable to keep up with the bar imposed by his grandfather-genius surname, at the age of 55 he decides to make a film about the Rosellini saga, gathering his famous relatives in front of the camera for family therapy with almost perseverance.
Alessandro Rosellini’s debut film is a witty portrait of the family, dominated by the Master’s charismatic presence.
“Three years ago, Alessandro Rosellini arrived B & B Film in a studio with a strange idea. He was convinced that his whole family had been affected by a strange disease which only a few of his relatives could recognize. He had even named it “rosellinitis”. Its main symptom is the feeling of inadequacy inherent in the children of famous people, especially the children of a father who was able to be outstanding, domineering and absent at the same time, “says the origins of the film. B & B Film producer Rafaele Bruneti.
“From the planning of the film to the completion of the editing, it was an emotionally filled journey for our entire Italian-Latvian team. we already went on the first expedition to Danholmen and spent several days in Ingrida Bergmane’s house on a lonely island.
During the filming, together with the cameraman Valdis Celmiņš and the co-author of the screenplay Dāvis Sīmanis, we got to know Alessandro’s family scattered around the world. Two years ago in New York, we experienced two days full of contrasts and sincerity – the first time Alessandro and Mom flew in a park next to her nursing home at a wild African American festival, the next we filmed a glamorous photo shoot of the Rosellini family in the studio of famous fashion photographer Mark Seliger, ”says VFS FILMS producer Uldis Cekulis.
movies I was born Rosellini is a joint work of Italy and Latvia, and its premiere took place at the Venice Film Festival. The Riga International Film Festival has just opened the film with Alessandro Rosellini.
Rosellini continues the international success of his debut work I was born Rosellini inclusion in the most prestigious and significant documentary film festival in the United States DOC NYC. The film will premiere in the United States and will be screened on November 14 and 16 SVA Theater In New York.
movies I was born Rosellini three days – from October 29 at October 8 to 31 – will be available online in Latvia: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/espiedzimurosellini.
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