At 6pm the director Paolo Taviani, 92 years old, died in the Villa Pia clinic in Rome after a brief illness.
He passed away close to his wife Lina Nerli Taviani and his children Ermanno and Valentina.
The secular funeral ceremony will be held on Monday 4 March at the Promototeca del Campidoglio from 10am to 1pm.
Born in San Miniato on 8 November 1931, together with his brother Vittorio, who passed away on 15 April 2018, he came to Rome from Tuscany in the 1950s where they became a of the closest couples in cinema.
With 20 films behind them (not counting documentaries, advertisements and even short films like the last episode of "Tu ridi") as many major awards and a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (in 1986), the two brothers have demonstrated that passion, perseverance, rigor and fidelity to reality can be rewarded.
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