Sorrentino, I bring Mattia Torre's 'human' theater to TV

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 08 - In 'his' home, the AmbraJovinelli theater in Rome, Mattia Torre, the playwright who died prematurely on July 19, 2019, would enjoy the moment: his theater, ironic, powerful, funny and tragic at the same time , arrives on TV brought by his actors-friends of all time, with the television pain of the Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino, the production of Lorenzo Mieli his 'brother' for a lifetime.

    "With this project and Boris on the air, a great gift was given for the 50 years he never had, he would be happy", says widow Francesca Rocca.

Six Easy Pieces, from 19 November to 22 on Rai3, proposed by Rai Cultura, are six of Torre's most famous works, interpreted by its actors who have returned to the stage for this staging.

"I approached his theater - underlines Sorrentino today in VialeMazzini - with the utmost respect and with the desire to enhance and amplify his talent, as a director I have limited myself to a few cinematic grips, minimal hybridizations because with texts and interpreters like this, any addition is superfluous ".

    The one around Torre is a kind of community.

There is ValerioMastandrea in Migliore, which opens the series, then Geppi Cucciari inPerfetta, Valerio Aprea, one of his fetish actors, starring with Paolo Calabresi of Qui e ora (December 3), Inmezzo al mare and Gola (December 17), Giordano Agrusta, MassimoDe Lorenzo, Cristina Pellegrino, Carlo De Ruggieri in the choral '456 '(10 December).

    A theater that is also TV and also cinema, "an original project that represents one of the best moments of Rai, as when it involved great artists such as Fellini, Bertolucci, Olmi, Ronconi, a tradition that is repeated today", says AdCarlo Fuortes.

What is so powerful about Torre's contemporary theater?

He replies to ANSA Sorrentino: "Torre is a great investigator of our miseries and above all reminds us that certain miseries can be loved".

    Fremantle production in collaboration with The Apartment (Fremantle group) for Rai Cultura, Six easy pieces brings Paolo Sorrentino back to the television direction of theatrical works after his experiences with Toni Servillo in The voices of the inside and Saturday, Sunday and Monday by Eduardo De Filippo.

(HANDLE).