with Paolo Ruffini
Boris Sollazzo moderates
next up, screening of the docufilm
UP & Down – Un film normale
di Paolo Ruffini, Francesco Pacini
- Where: Sala Pasolini
- When: 9 December 2018, h 91:30pm meeting – h 10:30pm docufilm
Description
The ex terrible boy has exported his humor with a unique and irreverent format throughout Italy and then continued his run between cinema, TV and theater. Last October the docufilm “Up & Down – un film normale” he co-directed, arrived in theaters. It tells about the tour in the Italian theaters of the show, which Ruffini plays a leading role with six formidable disabled actors.
The Tuscan actor and presenter talks with Boris Sollazzo and tells the audience of Linea d’Ombra Festival about his “heroes”.
Guest Biography
Paolo Ruffini
Actor and tv-host from Tuscany, he made his debut in the entertainment world by participating in numerous commercials. His career as an actor begins with the film “Ovosodo” by Paolo Virzì and was the founder of the film association Nido del Cuculo in 2001. His great ability to entertain the public led him to become famous right away as a conductor of countless television broadcasts, among which we remember the collaborations with Marco Giusti in Matinée and Soirée, where he was a special correspondent around Italy, and Colorado, comic show for five years under his conducting. He also presented the David di Donatello awards in 2014 together with Anna Foglietta. Recently he participated in the theatrical show “Un grande abbraccio” directed by Lamberto Giannini, which has the peculiarity of being partly composed by disabled actors; moreover, in 2017 he directed the film “Super Vacanze di Natale” which celebrates through the most famous scenes 35 years since the birth of the typical Italian Christmas film.
