On Wednesday, February 15, the City of Spoleto pays tribute to Gianni Amelio with a series of events: the film director will present his debut novel POLITEAMA and some unpublished sequences of the film LA TENEREZZA followed by the screening of the documentary FELICE CHI È DIVERSO. Singers from Spoleto’s Teatro Lirico Sperimentale will perform musical interludes. These events are organized by the Municipality of Spoleto and the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale.

The City of Spoleto, the Councillor for Culture Camilla Laureti and the Direction of Spoleto Public Library have enthusiastically welcomed the proposal of the Teatro Lirico Sperimentale “A. Belli” to invite and dedicate to Gianni Amelio a day, in order to pay tribute to one of the greatest Italian film directors, Golden Lion in Venice, Oscar nominee and winner of numerous awards (his movies include Open Doors, Lamerica , The keys to the house, The Stolen Children, The way we laughed, The first man, L’intrepido).

Amelio, who is also screenwriter, television director and opera director (he will soon resume his staging of Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples) will present to the public his first novel entitled POLITEAMA  (published by Mondadori) at 4 pm at the Municipal Library of Spoleto.
Giuseppe Leonelli, professor of Italian literature, literary critic of “La Repubblica” will participate in the presentation.

Afterwards – Sala Frau, 6 pm – Gianni Amelio will present his documentary film FELICE CHI È DIVERSO and – special gift for Spoleto – some unpublished sequences from LA TENEREZZA, his new upcoming movie.

Admission is free until full capacity is reached.

The POLITEAMA novel will be on sale during the events or at the Libreria Mondadori di Spoleto.

Municipality of Spoleto Press Office
ufficio.stampa@comunespoleto.gov.it Ph. 0743 218 237/249/276

Teatro Lirico Sperimentale di Spoleto A. Belli
Ph. 0743.221645 cell. 3383200615 – segreteria@tls-belli.it – ​​www.tls-belli.it