For Lucio

Name: For Lucio
Genre: Biography, Music, Documentary
Released: February 15, 2022
Duration: 79 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Lucio Dalla, Stefano Bonaga, Umberto Righi

2022

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MUBI | Release Date (Streaming): February 15, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Lucio Dalla, Stefano Bonaga, Umberto Righi

Summary: This is a tribute to an artist whose songs told the story of Italy at a time of rapid social and cultural change. Thanks to the testimony of the singer's manager and friend Tobia Righi, and an effective and original use of archive material, Pietro Marcello retraces the life of Lucio Dalla, making him a spotlight through which Marcello shedsThis is a tribute to an artist whose songs told the story of Italy at a time of rapid social and cultural change. Thanks to the testimony of the singer's manager and friend Tobia Righi, and an effective and original use of archive material, Pietro Marcello retraces the life of Lucio Dalla, making him a spotlight through which Marcello sheds light on a country that rose from the ruins of the Second World War to sever its roots with peasant culture and move towards a future of factories, consumerism and mass car production. Not handsome or dashing like the other singers of his generation, Lucio Dalla embodied a different role model that was closer to ordinary people. For here was an artist capable of transposing the poetry of Roversi, who provided the lyrics for some of Dalla's most beautiful songs, into a musical arrangement that spoke to everyone. The director of Martin Eden returns to the documentary form with a film that pays tribute not only to a great singer but also to a notion of a people that has vanished with him.… Expand

Director: Pietro Marcello

Genre(s): Biography, Music, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 79 min

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The Film Stage Ed Frankl

Feb 17, 2022

The archival footage gives a time capsule—not just of the sound and styles of the ’60s and ’70s, but a whole society dragged out of Italy’s countryside and into the rapidly industrialized cities. Read full review

A.O. Scott

Feb 17, 2022

This isn’t “Lucio for Beginners” by any means. Nor is it a greatest-hits anthology or a “behind the music” tell-all. It’s a tribute and an invitation to further research. Read full review

The Playlist Christian Gallichio

Feb 25, 2022

Even with the notable gaps in Dalla’s story and slight storytelling, For Lucio works as a professional, if not precisely personal, introduction to the renowned musician, showcasing how his songs reflected a country that was grappling with class struggles and an identity crisis during the 1970s. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Feb 17, 2022

Perhaps it’s more for insiders and specialists, but this film is a taste of Italian life. Read full review

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