Homage to Emidio Greco

The European Film Festival has dedicated a retrospective to the great Italian director of Apulian roots. 

BIOGRAPHY

In 1964 he won the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia competition and got his direction degree with a 27’ essay: Uno due e tre.
He had been teaching direction at Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia from November 1966 to January 1968.
The collaboration with Centro Sperimentale starts again in the 90’s: he is a member of the examination board to the direction, scriptwriting, scenography and costume courses.
At the same time, he holds few workshops and is the tutor of the direction students producing their degree films.
He shoots his first “piece” for the RAI weekly programme Cordialmente, when he still was a Centro Sperimentale student in April-May 1966.
From 1966 to 1980 he produced many RAI culture show, documentaries and enquiries (about fifty) among which: Da una Guerra all’altra, six hours about politics and economics relations in between the two Wars (1976-77); Madame Bovary sono io, a biography by G. Flaubert (1977); L’Italia del boom, a three-hours-show winner of Saint Vincent Award for the best television enquiry (1979). In 1979-80 he is Uomini ed idée del’900 author and editor, a culture series in 14 episodes and he is also the director in Nel labirinto di Borges.
In 1971 he shot a documentary in Cile, Venceremos y vencimos – Cile ’71, but unfortunately it is lost.
In 1974 Morel's invention is his debut documentary based on the novel by A. Bioy Casares. The film took part in Cannes Film Festival Quinzaine des Réalizateurs and in many other Italian and foreign festivals. Morel's invention had been daily screened two years long (1975-76) in 9 between the most important European modern arts museums, within the exhibit The bachelor machines.
In 1978 he shot a documentary about the artist (and close friend) Alighiero Boetti, Niente da vedere niente da nascondere.
1982 Ehrengard based on the novel by Karen Blixen, shown in 1982 at Venice Film Festival. It gained the Cinema e Società award as best novel-based film. Ehrengard was bought by Gaumont Italia, but never released, because it went bankrupt.
Un caso di incoscienza (1984). It was shown at Venice Film Festival in 1984, within the sction “TV Film”, where it was well criticized and claimed by many companies. RAI refused to release it and even though it was the producer, Un caso di incoscienza was broadcasted mid-July late at night. Mikado succeeded in getting it in its catalogue, just few years later, but the film was commercially old fashioned.
Two culture shows: Vivere un’altra vita (1988), a consideration about cinema conventions crisis, and Contrabbando di idee (1989) about “metaphorical cinema” were produced for Swiss television.
In 1991 he shot A simple story, based on the novel by Leonardo Sciascia. It was in competition at Venice Film Festival 1991 and Gianmaria Volonté won the best performance Golden Lion. It was screened in many other festival gaining other awards and appreciations: Golden Antigone first prize at Montpellier Film Festival (1992); screenplay Silver Ribbon; best screenplay and soundtrack Golden Globe; Golden Grolla to G. Volonté, E. Fantastichini, R. Tognazzi, M. Dapporto and M. Ghini.
In 1998-99 he shot Milonga. It was shown in many festival and Giancarlo Giannini won the best performance Golden Globe.
In 2001-2 he produced The council of Egypt. In competition t Montreal Film Festival, it was screened and multi-awarded in many National and International film festivals: Presidency Golden Globe to Silvio Orlando; best screenplay Silver Ribbon; (best film) Capitello d’oro at Sannio Film Festival.
L’uomo privato (2007), in competition at Roma Film Festival.
2010: News to the excavations based on the novel of the same name by Franco Lucentini, out of competition at Venice Film Festival.

Here is the list of films:

A recklessness case (ITALY 1984)

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A simple story (ITALY 1991)

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Ehrengard (ITALY 1982)

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Milonga (ITALY 1999)

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Morel’s invention (ITALY 1974)

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News of the escavations (ITALY 2010)

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Nothing to see nothing to hide (ITALY 1978)

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The choice (ITALY 1966)

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The Council of Egypt (ITALY, FRANCE, UNGHERY 2002)

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The private man (ITALY 2007)

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Trip to Santo Stefano (ITALY 2009)

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