“Since I met art…”: Prison experience, theatre and cinema of the 'real' in "Cesare deve morire" by the Taviani brothers

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  • Paolino Nappi Universitat de València

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https://doi.org/10.7203/qf-elit.v19i0.5198

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The Italian film Cesare deve morire, directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, the winners of the Golden Bear at the 2012 Berlinale Competition, will be of interest to scholars of both Film and Theatre Studies. It explores prison theatre which has a thirty year tradition in Italy. Cesare deve morire is representative of the Italian cinéma du réel: it straddles the genres of documentary and feature film, and combines realistic representation with the poetic transfiguration of prison life. This in-betweenness reflects the intricacies of working with offenders and points to the complex status of the ‘incarcerated actor’.

Keywords: theatre; prison; Italian film; Taviani; Shakespeare.

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Paolino Nappi, Universitat de València

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2014-12-20

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Nappi, P. (2014). “Since I met art…”: Prison experience, theatre and cinema of the ’real’ in "Cesare deve morire" by the Taviani brothers. Quaderns De Filologia - Estudis Literaris, 19, 31–54. https://doi.org/10.7203/qf-elit.v19i0.5198
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Vol. 19 (2014): "TEATRO DE EXCEPCIÓN": NON-INSTITUTIONAL STAGE EXPERIENCES IN THE EUROPE OF 20TH AND 21ST CENTURIES

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