Rome Caput Disco, the Eighties and the people of the night

"The night is more beautiful, you live better For those who do not yawn until 5 am And the city catches its breath and seems to sleep And the darkness transforms it and changes its shape Everything is quieter everything is close And there is no traffic and no there is casino At least the ugly one, the one that stresses. The people of the night are always the same ... ", Lorenzo Cherubini told in music when, little more than a teenager, he made his debut as a DJ with the name

in Rome. Together with

, he is one of the protagonists of '

', the documentary film by

which tells the epic of the nightlife of the capital in the eighties.

A gallery of representative characters of a world that no longer exists: from 

to

, from

to

and

.

A world of cheerful transgression and secrets, far from the intrusiveness of cell phones.

The work, started in 2010, is inspired by the book

by the two Roman DJs

After the death of Marco Trani in 2013, Corrado Rizza left his job in the drawer for a long time to complete it today.

Roma Caput disco, from Fiorello to Jovanotti nightlife in the Eighties

The docufilm tells of the birth of discos in Rome and the evolution of the disc jockey profession

, which today has reached maximum media visibility with the consecration of some of them to real international pop stars.   

Since the mid-60s, in full Fellini's Dolce Vita, after the opening of the legendary

, in Via Tagliamento, Rome has become the undisputed capital of Italian entertainment. In the 1970s, legendary clubs such as

and

opened

. The fabulous 80s were the years of the

and the

, but also of many other unforgettable clubs, such as the

and

. "With the opening of the Piper - recalls Corrado Rizza - in 1965 the figure of the DJ with Giuseppe Farnetti was seen in Rome for the first time". The documentary also narrates that some Italian artists, now famous in various sectors, began their careers by making their own disc jockeys. This is the case of Renzo Arbore, Roberto D'Agostino, Jovanotti and Fiorello.

Through exclusive interviews, vintage films, film clips and very rare photos, the documentary shows

. "Those were the years in which Rome was invaded by the stars of the show, but also by personalities from politics and the international jet set, thus experiencing its second 'Dolce Vita' - explains Corrado Rizza - a Dolce Vita that unfortunately has vanished after the advent of the Mani Pulite judicial investigation which changed the scenario of our country in the early nineties ".

The narrating voice of the film is that of

. The documentary, launched by the Facebook group Ventanni di Roma by Night, will be available from 21 September for rental / streaming on the VIMEO digital platform waiting to land at the cinema.