Mario Martone takes a personal journey into the cinema of Massimo Troisi by editing clips from his films to show his greatness as a director and a comedian. Martone draws the actor's artistic curve from beginning to end, framing him within the climate of the time and Naples, the city they both belong to. Intertwined with this collection of memorable scenes are conversations with artists whose careers were influenced by their admiration for Troisi and industry insiders who wrote extensively about him. The list includes Francesco Piccolo, Paolo Sorrentino, Ficarra & Picone, cinema critics such as Goffredo Fofi, Sentieri Selvaggi magazine, and some of the makers of his posthumous work The Postman: Michael Radford and Roberto Perpignani. Among this array of celebrities who never personally met Troisi, the writer Anna Pavignano is a most notable exception. As his partner in life and career, she is a first-hand observer of his creative process and an invaluable collaborator to this movie, enriched by the precious unpublished material she disclosed for the occasion.
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