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A Noble Revolution
Una nobile rivoluzione
Directed by
Italy
2014
83 min
- Italian
Documentary
The life of Marcella Di Folco, president of the Transsexual Identity Movement, activist and actress for Fellini. The period in Rome, when she was still Marcello, then Bologna and the sex change. A life dedicated to the fight for civil rights and her public role in a city that becomes a mirror of Italian history.
Festivals
Credits
- Cast
- Marcella Di Folco
- Screenplay
- Simone Cangelosi
- Roberto Nisi
- Fulvia Antonelli
- Silvia Silverio
- Cinematography
- Debora Vrizzi
- Editing
- Fabio Bianchini Pepegna
Director's Statement
I met Marcella in 1998. She was a remote person at the time: a political figure in Bologna, president of Transsexual Identity Movement. I never would have imagined that we would become friends. I started to understand who Marcella was as I stood by her side in her dynamic life as an activist; we traveled across Italy, went to pride parades, to interviews and political campaigns, and participated to the committees she was involved in with such unparalleled generosity. Through those experiences, I listened to her life stories and discovered her vulnerability hidden behind her explosive strength, her complexity, her charisma, and her courage. From the very first time we met, I knew that she was a historical figure. That's why, the day after she died, I decided to make this movie.
- Sales
- THE OPEN REEL
- Production
- PIERROT E LA ROSA
- Production
- KINE
Press
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Cangelosi knew Marcella Di Folco well... That is why the different narrative levels have always an intimate, emotional approach.

Simone Cangelosi
Italy
Simone Cangelosi (Pisa, Italy, 1968) majored in film studies at the University of Bologna. He worked for years restoring films for the Cineteca di Bologna. In 2007, he completed DALLA TESTA AI PIEDI, the short documentary he started working on in the late 90's using amateur stock footage. In 2010, he and Luki Massa made FELLINIANA: an interview with Marcella Di Folco on her experience in Federico Fellini's films.