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Tonight on Sky Arte: ‘Bene! The Life of Carmelo, the Actor Machine’ directed by Samuele Rossi

16 March 2024

Premiered at the 2023 Festival dei Popoli, the new docufilm directed by Samuele Rossi, Bene! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale, arrives exclusively on Sky Arte! A journey into the life and artistic legacy of Carmelo Bene, a giant of 20th-century thought and culture, undisputed protagonist of the Italian and European theatrical scene, masterfully portrayed by Filippo Timi.

Produced by Echivisivi and Minerva Pictures, Bene! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale will air exclusively on Sky Arte on Saturday, March 16, at 9:15 PM, also available for streaming on NOW and on demand.

The documentary film is produced with the sponsorship of the Archivio Carmelo Bene, in collaboration with the Fondazione Teatro Toscano – Centro studi La Pergola Firenze.

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“BENE! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale” in Premiere at the Festival dei Popoli

15 November 2023

Iconoclastic, brilliant, provocateur. Carmelo Bene was many things: an actor, a philosopher, a playwright, a director, a writer, a poet, among the founders of the new Italian theater.

Produced by Minerva Pictures and Echivisivi, the new documentary film by Samuele Rossi, BENE! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale, tells the most significant milestones in the life and career of Carmelo Bene, played by the extraordinary Filippo Timi. A journey into the life and artistic legacy of one of the greatest cultural figures of the 20th century in the Italian and European theater scene.

BENE! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale had its premiere on November 11th at the Festival dei Popoli in Florence, the most important International Documentary Film Festival in Italy and the oldest in Europe.

In attendance at the screening were the director and producer Samuele Rossi, the musician and producer Giuseppe Cassaro, the journalist Pietrangelo Buttafuoco (freshly appointed to the Presidency of the Venice Biennale), and the Director of the Teatro della Toscana Foundation, Marco Giorgetti.

BENE! Vita di Carmelo, la macchina attoriale will soon be broadcast on Sky Arte!