Nannarella
The Life of Anna Magnani
Why do we still talk about Anna Magnani after so many years? Because she was the actress who symbolized postwar Italian cinema, the cinema of our national reconstruction and redemption, and one of the greatest actresses of all time, capable of frenzied comic heights and anguished dramatic profundity. Every single Italian, for the past fifty years, has a mental image of her, in their hearts and in their eyes, as she runs, desperately, after a German military truck, an act that would spell death for her greatest character (in Roma, Città aperta). They also remember her laughter, sometimes mocking, sometimes joyful — the laughter of Nannarella, as she was nicknamed by her adoring public.This biography —previously published to great acclaim in 1981, now revised and expanded with new documents and interviews — tells the story of her dramatic, jealous, tumultuous love affairs, her anguish and pain, her chaotic happiness, her impulsive sense of fun, and her tragic disillusionment.
Press reviews
Bartolino Leone - Giornale di Sicilia
Anche Rossellini e la Bergman nella storia di Nannarella.Leggi
Carlotta Niccolini - Il Corriere della Sera - ed. Milano
Nannarella, fragile regina del cinema italiano.Leggi
Edoardo Sassi - Il Corriere della Sera - Ed.Roma
I luoghi dove visse, i set dei film:Anna Magnani nei suoi luoghi.Leggi
Lab - Il Socialista
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Gli amori, i sentimenti dirompenti, i dolori laceranti e le gioie sfrenate di Anna Magnani.<br>
Alessandra Magliaro - Messaggero Veneto
L'arrivo di Ingrid Bergman colpo terribile per Nannarella.Leggi