The mini-cigarette stuck in a vaper, the squared beard and the starched white collar give him the appearance of an 18th century margrave.e century. Moreover, he says “we” when speaking of his roles, and this turn of language reinforces his nobility. Pierfrancesco Favino, in “Nostalgia”, by Mario Martone, walks his tall stature through the streets of the most sordid district of Naples, the Rione Sanità. He comes up against leprous walls, decrepit palaces, early Christian ossuaries, and gives a moving density to his character as a traveler who has returned to his own.
We feel, in this man, the taste for elsewhere, the sadness of a contrary destiny and a velvety melancholy. “That’s the role. said Favino, It is not me. Though… A well-known comedian in Italy, he takes stock, at 53 years old. “I’m late” he summarizes, the fault has a face “which has never been that of a young first. » Nevertheless, today, after the success of “Angels and Demons”, “Romanzo criminale” and “Our most beautiful years”, it no longer goes unnoticed.
This is precisely what complicated the filming of “Nostalgia”. Because, in the Sanità, a populous district under the thumb of the Camorra, we had to turn on the sly: “We made a real documentary, hiding the camera. After three days, we were spotted. We lost our comfort zones…”
Modeled on the tragedy of Ulysses’ return, the film forced the actor to adapt. He who comes from the theater, who respects the tex
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