Hidden Away (2020 film)

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Hidden Away
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Giorgio Diritti
Screenplay by	Giorgio Diritti Tania Pedroni
Story by	Giorgio Diritti Fredo Valla
Produced by	Carlo Degli Esposti Nicola Serra
Starring	Elio Germano
Cinematography	Matteo Cocco
Edited by	Paolo Cottignola Giorgio Diritti
Music by	Marco Biscarini Daniele Furlati
Production companies	Palomar Rai Cinema
Distributed by	01 Distribution
Release date	21 February 2020 (2020-02-21) (Berlin)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

Hidden Away (Italian: Volevo nascondermi, lit. 'I Wanted to Hide') is a 2020 Italian biographical drama film co-written, directed and co-edited by Giorgio Diritti. It stars Elio Germano as Italian painter Antonio Ligabue, who lived a notoriously reclusive life, troubled with physical problems and mental illness.^[1]

It was selected to compete for the Golden Bear in the main competition section at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]^[3] At Berlin, Elio Germano won the Silver Bear for Best Actor.^[4]

Plot

The story of the painter Antonio Ligabue, with flashbacks showing glimpses of his childhood and his Swiss-Italian origins. Little Antonio is entrusted to adoptive parents and immediately begins to have psychophysical disorders, ill with rickets, and after being expelled from school and attacking his mother, he is hospitalized several times in an asylum.

But at the same time, Antonio finds comfort in painting and sculpture, often depicting exotic animals, such as lions, horses, gorillas, tigers, which he unites with the Emilian landscape, as Antonio will move to Gualtieri in Emilia, where he is derogatively called "El Tudesc" (The German).

However, Ligabue is soon discovered by the critic Renato Marino Mazzacurati, who encourages him to continue with his works, and to participate in art exhibitions and conferences in the province, until Ligabue is slowly discovered and appreciated by critics, although branded by certain academics as a naïve artist.

Cast

Elio Germano as Antonio 'Toni' Ligabue
- Oliver Ewy as young Antonio Ligabue
- Leonardo Carrozzo as Antonio Ligabue as a child
Pietro Traldi as Renato Marino Mazzacurati
Orietta Notari as Mazzacurati's mother
Andrea Gherpelli as Andrea Mozzali
Denis Campitelli as Nerone
Filippo Marchi as Vandino
Maurizio Pagliari as Sassi
Francesca Manfredini as Cesarina
Daniela Rossi as Cesarina's mother
Mario Perrotta as Raffaele Andreassi
Paolo Dallasta as Erminio Canova
Gianni Fantoni as Antonini
Paola Lavini as Pina

Release

The film premiered in competition at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival on 21 February 2020.^[2]^[3]^[5] The film was scheduled to be released in Italy on 27 February 2020, by 01 Distribution, but it was indefinitely postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak in the country.^[6]

Reception

Critical response

The film received critical acclaim at the Berlin Film Festival. Hidden Away has an approval rating of 67% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 9 reviews, and an average rating of 5.7/10.^[7]

The Upcoming gave it five stars out of five.^[8]

Awards and nominations

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70th Berlin International Film Festival (2020)
- Silver Bear for Best Actor to Elio Germano
- Nomination for Golden Bear
33rd European Film Awards (2020)
- European Film Award for Best Cinematographer to Matteo Cocco
- European Film Award for Best Costume Designer to Ursula Patzak
- Nomination for European Film Award for Best Actor to Elio Germano
David di Donatello (2021)
- David di Donatello for Best Film
- David di Donatello for Best Director to Giorgio Diritti
- David di Donatello for Best Actor to Elio Germano
- David di Donatello for Best Cinematography to Matteo Cocco
- David di Donatello for Best Sets and Decorations to Ludovica Ferrario, Alessandra Mura and Paolo Zamagni
- David di Donatello for Best Hair Design to Aldo Signoretti
- David di Donatello for Best Sound to Carlo Missidenti, Filippo Toso, Luca Leprotti, Marco Biscarini and Francesco Tumminello
- Nomination for David di Donatello for Best Producer to Carla Degli Esposti
- Nomination for David di Donatello for Best Original Screenplay to Giorgio Diritti, Tania Pedroni and Fredo Valla
- Nomination for David di Donatello for Best Costumes to Ursula Patzak
- Nomination for David di Donatello for Best Makeup to Giuseppe Desiato and Lorenzo Tamburini
- Nomination for David di Donatello for Best Visual Effects to Rodolfo Migliari
- Nomination for David di Donatello for Best Editing to Paolo Cottignola and Giorgio Diritti
- Nomination for David di Donatello for Best Score to Marco Biscarini and Daniele Furlati
- Nomination for David di Donatello for Best Original Song to Invisible by Marco Biscarini

References

^ "'Volevo nascondermi', Elio Germano è Ligabue, il pittore che parlava agli animali". La Repubblica (in Italian). 21 January 2020. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b "The 70th Berlinale Competition and Further Films to Complete the Berlinale Special". Berlinale. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Berlin Competition Lineup Revealed: Sally Potter, Kelly Reichardt, Eliza Hittman, Abel Ferrara". Variety. 29 January 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ "Berlin Film Festival 2020: There Is No Evil Wins Golden Bear". Variety. 29 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^ "Volevo nascondermi". Berlinale. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
^ Berni, Andrea Francesco (23 February 2020). "Emergenza Coronavirus: rinviata l'uscita di Volevo nascondermi e Si vive una volta sola". BadTaste (in Italian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
^ "Hidden Away (Volevo nascondermi) (2020)" – via Rotten Tomatoes.
^ Johnston, Oliver (21 February 2020). "Berlin Film Festival 2020: Hidden Away (Volevo Nascondermi) | Review".

External links

Hidden Away at IMDb

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