(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 20 - Giovanna Ralli will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award during the 67th edition of the David diDonatello Awards.
This was announced by Piera Detassis, president and artistic director of the Academy of Italian Cinema - David diDonatello Awards, in agreement with the Governing Council composed of Francesco Rutelli, Carlo Fontana, Nicola Borrelli, FrancescaCima, Edoardo De Angelis, Domenico Dinoia, Valeria Golino, Giancarlo Leone, Luigi Lonigro, Mario Lorini, Francesco Ranieri Martinotti.
The award will be awarded on Tuesday 3 May during the ceremony, live on Rai1 from Cinecittà, conducted by Carlo Conti with Drusilla Foer.
"It was written for her, Roman de core, 'Domenica è sempredomenica', the symbolic song of the musical A pair of wings", explains Piera Detassis.
"But in the course of a multifaceted career,
Giovanna Ralli has put her verve and dramatic impetus into the service of great authors such as Mario Monicelli, Ettore Scola, Roberto Rossellini, Vittorio De Sica, alongside legendary partners such as Tognazzi, Totò, Vittorio Gassman, Mastroianni and Sordi.
The spearheads of her filmography, which began in the sign of Aldo Fabrizi, are La vita agra by Carlo Lizzani, the character of the timeless Elide Catenacci in C'eravamotanto amati, the Hollywood digressions directed by Blake Edwards and the scandalous role of lesbian, alongside AnoukAimée, in the film The Escape by Paolo Spinola, interpreted with concoraggio in 1964. Ralli has been many women and many protagonists, declining refined beauty and traditional trasteverina, vivacity and modern malaise.
This David allaCarriera celebrates his return to cinema in Marcel !, the