“I’m a little crazy, and you?” , the film that tells the madness of ordinary people is the bet that Dario d’Ambrosi and the pathological theater won

The cast is excellent: it includes heroes of Italian cinema such as Raoul Bova, Stefano Frizzi, Claudia Gerini, Eduardo Leo, Vinicio Marchionne, Claudio Santamaria, Marco Pucci, Stefania Rocca and Domenico Iannaconi, 7 Nastri di Argento, 4 David di Donatello and 3 Golden Globes in all around. With them are actors of various abilities at the Compagnia Stabile of the Pathological Theater in Via Cassia, a form of theater the whole world envies in the capital: a place where people with mental illness have found a way since 1992 with theatrical therapy. To connect and get out of isolation. This is the bet won by Dario d’Ambrosi, a 64-year-old actor and director considered one of the great Italian avant-garde artists (directed by Sergio Castellitto, Alex Infaschelli and even Mel Gibson: in 2004 he played Scourge in “The Passion of the Christ”), founder and director of the same Teatro Patologico , along with “I’m a Little Crazy, and You?” , which aroused great interest even before its release.

out by the end of the year

The film, currently being edited, presented this evening on Tg1 by Dario d’Ambrosi himself, Claudia Gerini and Men from the Teatro Pathologico (Claudio Santamaria will be connected instead), will be released by the end of the year: “In the film, which I also wrote, ‘Mad Men’ will try “, as I call the boys of the pathological theatre, resolving the anxieties and fears of well-known characters. There are moments dramatic, but there are others more ironic,” predicts d’Ambrosi. To decorate the film, a soundtrack, in which Maneskin also participated. How do you create a project like this? “I am associated with each of the actors by friendships, some of which were born on the set. With Vinicio Marchioni, Marco Bocci and Edoardo Leo, for example, I starred in Romanzo criminale. They embraced the project – says the director – I asked the actors to interpret their tics and weaknesses The heroes of the film, who turn to psychological teachers, are played by the boys of the pathological theater.

It shouldn’t be easy to bring behavioral disorders to the big screen, avoiding any kind of rhetoric: “sarcasm helps us.” Claudia Gerini plays a gambling addict: she goes to the tobacconist to pay the bills, but then spends everything on charge cards. Character Marco Pucci “Addicted to sex. Vinicio Marchionne, on the other hand, stutters. And Claudio Santamaria, an imaginary patient who claims he can no longer walk: the scene in which his tutor helps him up is one of the most exciting.” The film was shot entirely in Rome: “It is precisely the pathological theater – D’Ambrosi asserts – the place around which the action takes place”. “I hope that I will be able to convey this film to as many people as possible: the pathological theater project deserves attention,” says the director. Claudio Santamaria took care of contacting Maneskin: “He knows the band’s manager, Fabrizio Ferragozo – explains D’Ambrosi – we liked the idea of ​​including Shut up and good in the soundtrack, the hymn to diversity that made Damiano, Victoria, Thomas and Ethan idols for young people all over the world. It was time to ask for the appropriate authorizations, and then the manager sent Claudio a letter making their presence official. They let us use Shut Up and Good for free. I already knew that besides being great artists, they were above all great people. I had an affirmation. I’m from the heart.” D’Ambrosi confirms. “Shut up and good” accompany the end credits: “In the scene, close-ups of the boys from the pathological theater are shown. It is their statement: “We are out of our minds, but we are different from them” – the director predicts – I would like to invite them to spend a few hours with the children in the pathological theater. Their music will help them to Get rid of psychiatric medications for at least a month.”

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