LEONORA ADDIO

By Paolo TAVIANI

FILM EUROPE (CZECH REPUBLIC) - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, CZECH REPUBLIC / FEST / BROAD

Drama - Completed 2021

The journey of Luigi Pirandello's ashes from Rome to Sicily is merged with the adaptation of "The Nail", the last work by the Italian great novelis and playwriter.

Festivals
& Awards

Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2022
Competition
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, Historical, Biography
    • Countries
    • ITALY, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • ITALIAN
    • Director(s)
    • Paolo TAVIANI
    • Producer(s)
    • Donatella PALERMO (STEMAL ENTERTAINMENT SRL)
    • Synopsis
    • Pirandello died leaving precise arrangements: no funeral or celebration. In the end, the funerals were three. The film tells the story of the adventurous journey of Pirandello’s ashes from Rome to Agrigento, among accidents, meetings and visions. A plane didn’t take off because of old superstitions; a train slowly traveled towards the South. At last, Pirandello’s ashes were thrown from a rock overlooking the Sicilian sea, creating the shape of a nail; “The Nail” was Pirandello’s last work, inspired by a murder in Brooklyn and by the character of Bastianeddu, who already appeared in “Chaos