(ANSA) - ROME, JUL 26 - Mario Martone is a regular at the Venice Film Festival and also his new film Qui Rido io, on the life of the great comedian and playwright from Naples of the early twentieth century Eduardo Scarpetta, has been announced in competition for the Lion d'oro in Venice 78 (1-11 September). And it will be released immediately: on 9 September distributed by 01, produced by IndigoFilm with Rai Cinema. Toni Servillo and Eduardo Scarpetta, in the cast of fantastic Neapolitan names there are Maria Nazionale, Cristiana Dell'Anna, Antonia Truppo, Eduardo Scarpetta (descendant), Roberto De Francesco, Lino Musella, PaoloPierobon with Gianfelice Imparato and with Iaia Forte. "Throughout his life the great Eduardo De Filippo did not want to talk about Scarpetta as a father, but only as a playwright.
When his brother Peppino ruthlessly portrayed him in an autobiographical book, Eduardo - says Mario Martone - greeted him forever. He was interviewed shortly before his death by a writer friend: "We're old now, it's time to talk about it, was Scarpetta a strict father or a bad father?". The answer was still always and only this: "He was a great actor". Here I laugh is the imaginary novel by Eduardo Scarpetta and his tribe ". (ANSA).
