Live from the Hotel Martinez in Cannes, Noël MAMERE, accompanied by Jean Claude BRIALY, receives Ettore SCOLA, Vittorio GASSMAN and Fanny ARDANT to talk about "The Family", Ettore Scola’s film. Vittorio GASSMAN evokes the character he interprets, the current good health of Italian cinema and its "expertise" in family matters.
On the occasion of the fifth Nuit des Molières, live from the Théâtre des Champs Elysées in Paris, Vittorio GASSMAN, President of the evening, gives a little impromptu speech, alongside Francis Huster, presenter of the ceremony. He evokes in particular the peculiarities of the Roman spectactors and the caste of the actors.
On the occasion of the shooting of Ettore Scola’s film "The terrace", an interview with actor Vittorio GASSMAN who evokes the atmosphere of the film and its main themes, reflections of the current political and ideological crisis, and its role as a communist deputy.
Interview with Vittorio Gassman’s wife, Diletta, who evokes their couple and the difficult character of her husband. He’s not boring, but "he’s very mean sometimes". Image of Diletta cooking and the couple talking.
Interview in Cannes with actor Vittorio GASSMANN about Dino Risi’s film "Dear Dad", which offers a portrait of a father whose son is involved in a terrorist group.
Vittorio GASSMAN evokes the profession of actor. " At the base of the actor, there is a mad desire to be loved, to be recognized, to be for a brief moment... the center of the world. Without egocentrism there is no actor."
Vittorio GASSMAN evokes the film of Dino Risi "The Fanfaron" (Il sorpasso), which he describes as a "very sincere portrait of euphoric Italy of the 60s", with "a prediction that this euphoria was not intended to last long".
The actor Vittorio GASSMAN, visiting Paris for the publication of his autobiography "A great future behind me", evokes his fear of death and loneliness.
The actor Vittorio GASSMAN evokes the advantage that represents the changes made to his physique through the examples of his roles in the films "Perfume of a woman" by Dino Risi and "The pigeon" by Mario Monicelli.
In Rome, the funeral of the actor Vittorio GASSMAN took place in the presence of those who loved and admired him. Several thousand people including the Prime Minister and the Mayor of the city attended the ceremony in the Church of San Gregorio. The images of the coffin, the widow of the actor, Diletta Gassman and the ceremony alternate with the interviews of actresses Monica VITTI and Fanny ARDANT, as well as of Father Innocenzo GARGANO, San Gregorio parish.
Interview with comedian Vittorio GASSMAN who heads the TPI in Italy, equivalent of the French National Popular Theatre: it speaks of the Italian public and of the difficulty for professional actors to exercise their profession because Italians all think they are actors.
Excerpt from the award ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival 1975: the actor Vittorio GASSMAN receives the award for male performance for the film by Dino RISI "Perfume of Women".
Vittorio GASSMAN, during preparations in the theatre of Avignon, speaks of the "popular theatre", the line on which he wants to work. He evokes the two senses of the word "play" in French and his own playful conception of theatre, as well as his career in cinema, which allowed him to earn a lot of money. But the theatre remains for him "the place where he feels at home".
Dino Risi’s film "Parfum de femme" brings the Cannes Film Festival back together with the Italian cinema of the 60s. Vittorio Gassman plays a blind man there. Some already announce that he will receive the prize of male interpretation. The actor explains how he prepared his role.
Report on the shooting of André Delvaux’s film "Benvenuta". Filming scenes alternate with the interviews of the actors Fanny ARDANT and Vittorio GASSMAN on their roles and the love story developed in the film.
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