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PORTRAIT OF THE QUEEN

By Fabrizio FERRI

NEXO DIGITAL S.R.L. - as SALES All rights

Documentary - Completed 2022

A documentary about the image of the single most iconic woman of our times. This will be her story spanning through seven decades, seen through the lenses of the world’s greatest photographers as they created an iconographic image that remains unique.

- Year of production
- 2022
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- ITALY
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 80 mn
- Director(s)
- Fabrizio FERRI
- Writer(s)
- Paola CALVETTI
- Cast
- Charles DANSE
- Producer(s)
- Franco DI SARRO (NEXO DIGITAL S.R.L.)
- Synopsis
- A documentary about the image of the single most iconic Woman of our times.
  This will be her story spanning through seven decades, seen through the lenses of the world’s greatest photographers as they created an iconographic image that remains unique, while everything around her, culture, society and politics, changes at the speed of light. It is based on Paola Calvetti’s book “Elisabetta II: Ritratto di Regina" (Elizabeth II: Portrait of the Queen). The documentary is directed by one of the world’s most sought-after photographers, Fabrizio Ferri.
  Among the others, contributions of: David Montgomery, Brian Aris, Chris Levine, John Swannell, Jason Bell, Julian Calder.
  I preferred to shoot their ‘portraits’ in the studio, with a pictorial light, in a black "box", portraying them dressed in black. Their stories, their emotions in recalling them, their experiences with the Queen which they shared with me - Fabrizio Ferri.
  
  Charles Dance will embody the great legends of photography like Cecil Beaton, Bryan Adams, Lord Snowdon, Jousuf Karsch, also through their own words, written in diaries like Cecil Beaton’s memoires. It’s not just a narrative voice, but a real presence that forms the backbone of the film - Fabrizio Ferri.
  The original soundtrack is by Remo Anzovino.
  Contributions by Isabella Rossellini, Susan Sarandon, Pierpaolo Piccioli among the others.
  
  Images of the Queen, and a focus on each of her most intense, intimate, faithful portraits, emblems of the history of the 20th Century, alternate with conversations held with some of the photographers who portrayed Her Majesty, as well as those with Isabella Rossellini (one of the most photographed women in the world, who has graced the most magazine covers in the history of publishing), Pierpaolo Piccioli (one of the most important, internationally acclaimed stylists, a man who has always worked on images and with images) and Susan Sarandon (who met the Queen in person and gives viewers a more private, intimate reflection on the role, obligations and complexities of being a monarch).
  
  Produced by Nexo Digital with RAI Cinema