Il sogno del maratoneta
| Il sogno del maratoneta | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Leone Pompucci |
| Written by | Roberto Jannone Grazia Giardiello Gualtiero Rosella Pietro Calderoni |
| Produced by | Luca Barbareschi |
| Starring | Luigi Lo Cascio Laura Chiatti Alessandro Haber Fabio Fulco Andy Luotto |
| Cinematography | Marco Pieroni |
| Edited by | Osvaldo Bargero |
| Music by | Carlo Crivelli |
Release date | 2012 |
Running time | 200 min |
| Country | Template:Film Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Il sogno del maratoneta ([The dream of the marathon man] Error: {{Lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is an Italian TV movie produced by RAI television. It is directed by Leone Pompucci and stars Luigi Lo Cascio and Laura Chiatti. It was aired on television as a two-parter. It is an adaptation of the homonym book by Giuseppe Pederiali.[1]
Plot
The movie is about the story of the Italian athlete Dorando Pietri and restitutes the runner's fortunes and misfortunes at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London.
The start of the Pietri's sporting carrier was a hard one. A passionate long-distance runner, like his brother Ulpiano, Dorando Pietri was rebuffed by trainer Barbisio because he was deemed to meager. Still, Pietri takes part to the marathon race at Carpi, his home town, and finishes first, ahead of Pericle Rondinella, the star runner of Barbisio's team. The day later though Rondinella was to beat Pietri in another race. Ottavio, an old but experienced trainers was following both races and, recognizing Pietri's potential, he hires him to train for the Italian championships. Thanks to Ottavio's guidance Pietri soon becomes Italian champion and is selected to represent his country at the marathon event during the Games of the IV Olympiad, in 1908.
On the D-day, Pietri runs a perfect marathon and is far ahead of his followers. But as he enters the London stadium to run the few remaining yards, he is distracted and takes the wrong turn, gets disoriented, staggers and falls, gets up and falls again. The crowd cheers to encourage him standing up, and the referees too encourage him wholeheartedly. Pietri seems just exhausted. But as he sees his competitor, the American Hayes, entering the stadium, he gathers his very last forces, stands up, runs and collapses right after passing the finish line.[2]
The spectators and family who are following the scene are split in mixed feelings between joy and concerns for Pietri's condition. Will he survive, or was it too much? And then the good news comes: Pietri is safe adn sound. But his hour of glory is short. The Americans lodge a complaint arguing that Pietri was supported to stand up. The victory is then assigned to Hayes. Moved by this misfortune, and to express the British people's admiration for him, Queen Alexandra presents to Pietri a cup filled with pounds exactly identical to the one presented to the winner. But can that really be a substitute for a denied victory?
Cast
- Luigi Lo Cascio as Dorando Pietri
- Laura Chiatti as Luciana
- Alessandro Haber as Ottavio Bulgarelli
- Andy Luotto as Johnny Grieco
Notes
External links
- Il sogno del maratoneta at IMDb
- Document published by Rai TV
- Film sheet on casanovamultimedia.it
- Film sheet of the Cinematographic Commission Turin Piedmont
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