12-31-2023, 06:20 AM
Film Title: Morte di un Pazzo, Ascesa di un Eroe (English: The Death of a Madman & the Rise of a Hero)
Nominating Nation: Il Regno di Mansilla (Mansilla)
Nomination Categories: Best Film, Best Lead Actor, Best Musical Score
Language: Italian
Run Time: 113 minutes
Director: Ludovico Marino
Producing Studio/Company: Produttori Cinematografici Nazionali
Cast:
Vitale Giordano as Mario di Brambilla
Filippo Gallo as Lorenzo di Amaretti
Pino Femia as Piero Pugliesi
Silvia Baresi as Angela di Brambilla
Valentino Pirlo as Antonio Calabresi
Antonio Ricci as Giancarlo Ricci
Brief Summary:
A period-piece and biopic, The Death of a Madman & the Rise of a Hero depicts the tumultuous final years of the Amaretti regime in Mansilla and the rise of Mario di Brambilla, the father-in-law of current Prime Minister, Giancarlo Ricci, who led a coup against Amaretti in 1978. Shot in black and white, the film begins in the mid 1970s, depicting Lorenzo di Amaretti (Gallo) as an unsightly, feeble man prone to violent outbursts. In his office, he is strongly implied to “engage” with women of ill repute, and is later depicted gorging himself on imported foodstuff, despite publicly waging a brutal and repressive campaign against decadence and degeneracy. He has built a shrine of images of himself, forgoing church or quiet contemplation on Sundays in favor of throwing lavish parties where he regularly belittles his guests.
The hypocrisy of Amaretti is juxtaposed with the good nature of Mario di Brambilla (Giordano), a spirited, handsome, urbane up-and-comer within the Mansillan National Party and former military police colonel. A man of the people, Colonel Brambilla gives freely to his downtrodden neighbors, assists his community in constructing a plaza, and instills good morals in his young-adult daughter, Angela (Baresi), who he raises as a single father due to the death of his wife in 1957. At the behest of his friends and family, Brambilla runs for a seat on the Voccientilles, the Mansillan parliament, and is easily elected, defeating the pompous Amaretti-backed candidate, Piero Pugliesi (Femia). Simultaneously, Brambilla’s daughter begins dating Giancarlo Ricci (Ricci), a young party member.
During a session of the Voccientilles, Brambilla calls for an end to many of Amaretti’s draconian and unpopular policies, including a near-total ban on imported goods, which has caused mass starvation and poverty within the nation. The Vocientilles applaud Brambilla, but Amaretti, enraged, calls for a meeting with Brambilla. Amaretti attempts to scare Brambilla into retracting his incendiary speech, declaring that, as Prime Minister, Amaretti believes himself to be above all, even the King, even God. Unintimidated by Amaretti’s tacit threats, Brambilla refuses to back down, so an assassin is dispatched to kill him in his sleep. Brambilla easily thwarts the assassination attempt and convinces the people of Mansilla, the army, and the Voccientilles to back him in an attempt to remove Amaretti from power. The people of Brunelli, Mansilla, led by local disruptor Antonio Calabresi (Pirlo), form a lynch mob and come for Amaretti in the summer of 1978, but Brambilla talks them down in an impassioned speech. Amaretti is arrested and Brambilla is named Prime Minister by the Party. The final scene of the movie, shot in color, depicts Brambilla giving his daughter away at her wedding to Giancarlo Ricci in 1980.
What makes this film special? Why was it nominated for this/these category/categories?:
The Death of a Madman & the Rise of a Hero is a state-sponsored film, and is of dubious historical accuracy, but does showcase the resourcefulness of the extremely small and underfunded Mansillan film industry. On a shoestring budget and with no special effects department, director Ludovico Marino was able to capture the zeitgeist of an extremely dark era in Mansilla’s checkered history and deliver a compelling narrative in the process.
For his portrayal of Mario di Brambilla, Vitale Giordano has been nominated Best Lead Actor. Giordano delivered on a tall order, to portray one of the most celebrated and revered figures in recent Mansillan history in a way that fulfilled the contradictory desires of Mansillan viewers to see Brambilla both deified and humanized in the same cinematic interpretation.
The film’s score, performed by Orchestra Filarmonica Reale, includes a mix of classical Mansillan pieces, jazz pieces popular in the late 1970s in Mansilla, and original music written for the film by composer Vinicio Padovesi. Considered in Mansilla to be one of the greatest soundtracks in any domestic film, The Death of a Madman & the Rise of a Hero has been nominated Best Musical Score.
Additional Info:
Antonio Ricci, the son of Giancarlo Ricci and notorious dilettante, portrays his father in a number of cameo appearances and the film’s final sequence. According to speculation, which has been largely confirmed by Antonio, he took on the role of Giancarlo pro bono and solely for the opportunity to spend time with his co-star, Silvia Baresi, one of the most celebrated actresses in Mansilla, who portrayed his own mother in the film.
Nominating Nation: Il Regno di Mansilla (Mansilla)
Nomination Categories: Best Film, Best Lead Actor, Best Musical Score
Language: Italian
Run Time: 113 minutes
Director: Ludovico Marino
Producing Studio/Company: Produttori Cinematografici Nazionali
Cast:
Vitale Giordano as Mario di Brambilla
Filippo Gallo as Lorenzo di Amaretti
Pino Femia as Piero Pugliesi
Silvia Baresi as Angela di Brambilla
Valentino Pirlo as Antonio Calabresi
Antonio Ricci as Giancarlo Ricci
Brief Summary:
A period-piece and biopic, The Death of a Madman & the Rise of a Hero depicts the tumultuous final years of the Amaretti regime in Mansilla and the rise of Mario di Brambilla, the father-in-law of current Prime Minister, Giancarlo Ricci, who led a coup against Amaretti in 1978. Shot in black and white, the film begins in the mid 1970s, depicting Lorenzo di Amaretti (Gallo) as an unsightly, feeble man prone to violent outbursts. In his office, he is strongly implied to “engage” with women of ill repute, and is later depicted gorging himself on imported foodstuff, despite publicly waging a brutal and repressive campaign against decadence and degeneracy. He has built a shrine of images of himself, forgoing church or quiet contemplation on Sundays in favor of throwing lavish parties where he regularly belittles his guests.
The hypocrisy of Amaretti is juxtaposed with the good nature of Mario di Brambilla (Giordano), a spirited, handsome, urbane up-and-comer within the Mansillan National Party and former military police colonel. A man of the people, Colonel Brambilla gives freely to his downtrodden neighbors, assists his community in constructing a plaza, and instills good morals in his young-adult daughter, Angela (Baresi), who he raises as a single father due to the death of his wife in 1957. At the behest of his friends and family, Brambilla runs for a seat on the Voccientilles, the Mansillan parliament, and is easily elected, defeating the pompous Amaretti-backed candidate, Piero Pugliesi (Femia). Simultaneously, Brambilla’s daughter begins dating Giancarlo Ricci (Ricci), a young party member.
During a session of the Voccientilles, Brambilla calls for an end to many of Amaretti’s draconian and unpopular policies, including a near-total ban on imported goods, which has caused mass starvation and poverty within the nation. The Vocientilles applaud Brambilla, but Amaretti, enraged, calls for a meeting with Brambilla. Amaretti attempts to scare Brambilla into retracting his incendiary speech, declaring that, as Prime Minister, Amaretti believes himself to be above all, even the King, even God. Unintimidated by Amaretti’s tacit threats, Brambilla refuses to back down, so an assassin is dispatched to kill him in his sleep. Brambilla easily thwarts the assassination attempt and convinces the people of Mansilla, the army, and the Voccientilles to back him in an attempt to remove Amaretti from power. The people of Brunelli, Mansilla, led by local disruptor Antonio Calabresi (Pirlo), form a lynch mob and come for Amaretti in the summer of 1978, but Brambilla talks them down in an impassioned speech. Amaretti is arrested and Brambilla is named Prime Minister by the Party. The final scene of the movie, shot in color, depicts Brambilla giving his daughter away at her wedding to Giancarlo Ricci in 1980.
What makes this film special? Why was it nominated for this/these category/categories?:
The Death of a Madman & the Rise of a Hero is a state-sponsored film, and is of dubious historical accuracy, but does showcase the resourcefulness of the extremely small and underfunded Mansillan film industry. On a shoestring budget and with no special effects department, director Ludovico Marino was able to capture the zeitgeist of an extremely dark era in Mansilla’s checkered history and deliver a compelling narrative in the process.
For his portrayal of Mario di Brambilla, Vitale Giordano has been nominated Best Lead Actor. Giordano delivered on a tall order, to portray one of the most celebrated and revered figures in recent Mansillan history in a way that fulfilled the contradictory desires of Mansillan viewers to see Brambilla both deified and humanized in the same cinematic interpretation.
The film’s score, performed by Orchestra Filarmonica Reale, includes a mix of classical Mansillan pieces, jazz pieces popular in the late 1970s in Mansilla, and original music written for the film by composer Vinicio Padovesi. Considered in Mansilla to be one of the greatest soundtracks in any domestic film, The Death of a Madman & the Rise of a Hero has been nominated Best Musical Score.
Additional Info:
Antonio Ricci, the son of Giancarlo Ricci and notorious dilettante, portrays his father in a number of cameo appearances and the film’s final sequence. According to speculation, which has been largely confirmed by Antonio, he took on the role of Giancarlo pro bono and solely for the opportunity to spend time with his co-star, Silvia Baresi, one of the most celebrated actresses in Mansilla, who portrayed his own mother in the film.
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