Writing
Francesco Favale
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Writing
Credits
11 titles
Known for
6.3Rehearsals for a play about Maradona in Naples, with Italian actors and an Argentine director. Nothing about Maradona except anecdotes about his figure from the Neapolitans; one of the actors had come to play football. They were all 'touched' by Maradona, as is logical. Pennac is very intelligent, but he has never seen a ball in his life: his fascination comes from the public figure of Maradona, from the totem, from the stupor that invaded him when many friends confessed to having cried at his death. The spectator, Maradonian or not, has an irrepressible desire to travel to Naples and join the song that he sees towards the end of the film, which is moving and overwhelming in its beauty and simplicity. Ideal for theater lovers, or Maradona lovers, or both.
Daniel Pennac: Ho visto Maradona!
2022
8.2There seems to be no end to the things Paolo can learn from exploring this mountain, which he has chosen as his home for several years now. Sometimes he also feels like a spirit, and Laki, his old dog, becomes his guide. Where will it take him? To paraphrase Suzanne Simard, this film is not about how we can save the mountain. It is about how the mountain could save us.
A Flower of Mine
2024
NRIn crisis-stricken Venezuela, two former schoolmates run into each other years after graduating and face a question that puts their identity to test. Will they rebuild their homeland or be forced to migrate?
Hambre
2024
6.2No synopsis available yet.
C'era una volta il Derby Club
2024
Peer into the day-to-day tasks of those on the frontline working to rescue and provide humanitarian support to migrants fleeing to Italy's shores.
Sea Angels
2018
9.0The one-off documentary tells the story of two women travelling by bike across the United States, from Canada to Mexico along the Great Divide. A unique adventure through the most remote areas of the Rocky Mountains, between pristine nature and wild animals. An epic journey that led them to travel 4,000 km and climb 60,000 meters and that, day after day, forced them to face their own limits, their strength and fragilities, and tested their relationship. Because every journey is always a love story.
Grizzly Tour
2020
Behind the camera
6.3Rehearsals for a play about Maradona in Naples, with Italian actors and an Argentine director. Nothing about Maradona except anecdotes about his figure from the Neapolitans; one of the actors had come to play football. They were all 'touched' by Maradona, as is logical. Pennac is very intelligent, but he has never seen a ball in his life: his fascination comes from the public figure of Maradona, from the totem, from the stupor that invaded him when many friends confessed to having cried at his death. The spectator, Maradonian or not, has an irrepressible desire to travel to Naples and join the song that he sees towards the end of the film, which is moving and overwhelming in its beauty and simplicity. Ideal for theater lovers, or Maradona lovers, or both.
Daniel Pennac: Ho visto Maradona!
2022
8.2There seems to be no end to the things Paolo can learn from exploring this mountain, which he has chosen as his home for several years now. Sometimes he also feels like a spirit, and Laki, his old dog, becomes his guide. Where will it take him? To paraphrase Suzanne Simard, this film is not about how we can save the mountain. It is about how the mountain could save us.
A Flower of Mine
2024
NRIn crisis-stricken Venezuela, two former schoolmates run into each other years after graduating and face a question that puts their identity to test. Will they rebuild their homeland or be forced to migrate?
Hambre
2024
6.2No synopsis available yet.
C'era una volta il Derby Club
2024
Peer into the day-to-day tasks of those on the frontline working to rescue and provide humanitarian support to migrants fleeing to Italy's shores.
Sea Angels
2018
9.0The one-off documentary tells the story of two women travelling by bike across the United States, from Canada to Mexico along the Great Divide. A unique adventure through the most remote areas of the Rocky Mountains, between pristine nature and wild animals. An epic journey that led them to travel 4,000 km and climb 60,000 meters and that, day after day, forced them to face their own limits, their strength and fragilities, and tested their relationship. Because every journey is always a love story.
Grizzly Tour
2020
8.9Writer and filmmaker Paolo Cognetti travels from his native Italy to Alaska, where he visits the landscapes that inspired many of his literary heroes.
Big North
2020
6.6Led by Carlo Verdone, a truly Roman, we explore the social and cultural origins of Roman comedy. A "disillusioned" form of comedy, a bit cynical, a bit resigned, constantly toeing the line between popular spirit and sophisticated writing, between indolence and passion, between laughter and tears, between film, theater, and TV.
La scuola romana delle risate
2025
6.6Led by Carlo Verdone, a truly Roman, we explore the social and cultural origins of Roman comedy. A "disillusioned" form of comedy, a bit cynical, a bit resigned, constantly toeing the line between popular spirit and sophisticated writing, between indolence and passion, between laughter and tears, between film, theater, and TV.
La scuola romana delle risate
2025
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Buon compleanno Massimo
2023
7.3No synopsis available yet.
Buon compleanno Massimo
2023
