(by Francesco Gallo) (ANSA) - BERLIN, FEBRUARY 18 - Benedetta Porcaroli, only 24 years old, but already a long career behind her and roles that are difficult to make your wrists tremble, such as Chiara in BABY, a Netflix series freely inspired by the Parioli baby ring girl scandal , and Donatella Colasanti in THE CATHOLIC SCHOOL by Stefano Mordini, who recounts the so-called Circeo massacre.
In short, this actress, born on 11 June 1998, deserved it to be among the ten names selected for Shooting Stars 2023, the launch platform for emerging European actors and actresses organized annually within the Berlinale.
What was it like shooting naked in CATHOLIC SCHOOL?
"If you accept to play a character like Donatella Colasanti - she explains - you can't do without it. The body, dressed and undressed, is a fundamental tool for an actor, especially to tell a story of violence like that".
And he adds: "In Italy many things are sacrificed, this is because there is a form of censorship, of moralism, one cannot talk about anything, show anything. But for me art cannot be hindered, moralism is the antithesis of art".
The actress still says of her work: "I don't feel sure of myself, nor do I think I know myself fully. I am twenty-four years old and have been in analysis for fifteen. The fact is that we are constantly changing and then this job confuses you, it exposes you".
What does it mean to be in Berlin?
"It's wonderful to meet casting directors and producers, a complicated thing to do alone. However, an unmissable opportunity for an actor".
As for our cinema, underlines Porcaroli again: "We in Italy are full of talents. But perhaps we compromise too much, we defend the artistic part and freedom of thought too little. We must all be more correct and then the producers are too subject to the law of platforms".
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