Gian maria volonte biography of mahatma

Well known for his peevish disposition and not a great fan of show business, he led a life of social battles and stuck to his moral principles both on and off screen. The turning point was inwhen he took on the role of Prof. Investigationa film about neurosis of power, was followed by an exploration of the neurosis of work in The Working Class Goes to Heavenwhen the protagonist realises he is just a tool in the mechanism of consumerism and fights his own battle even against trade unions; and finally Property Is No Longer a Theftwhich sarcastically portrayed the desire for property and money as pathological.

With Petri he also worked in A ogni il suowhich brought him a Silver Ribbon: it was his first encounter with the books of Leonardo Sciascia, which he would also interpret in Todo modo also by Petri, Porte aperte by Gianni Amelio and Una storia semplice, by Emidio Grecofor which he won the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival.

Between the end of the 60s and the beginning of the 70s he became for the big screen the most authentic and definitive interpreter of rebellions and indictments against society. Among the many films in which he worked in that period, in he was Aldo in I sette fratelli Cervi by Gianni Puccini, and in the same year he was awarded the Grolla d'oro for the interpretation of Cavallero in Lizzani's film Banditi a Milano.

Still directed by Elio Petri, in he was the machine-worker in the dramatic La classe operaia va in Paradiso, best film of the Cannes Film Festival. So it is once again Montaldo who wants him inin the role of the philosopher Giordano Bruno. Between and he shot his fourth film with Rosi, Christ stopped at Eboli and promoted the campaign on the theme 'voice-face', according to which an actor is such only if, in addition to giving his face, he also gives the character his own voice.

Also in he was the protagonist of Ogro, by Gillo Pontecorvo. Suffering from lung cancer, he remained absent from Italian cinema untilwhen Giuseppe Ferrara wanted him in the role of Aldo Moro in Il Caso Moro a character already played in Todo modo, albeit on a totally different registerwith which the following year he won the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival for best interpretation.

In he starred in Un ragazzo di Calabria by Luigi Comencini, and for the fifth time with Francesco Rosi in Cronaca di una morte annunciata. MilanKingdom of Italy. FlorinaGreece.

Gian maria volonte biography of mahatma

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