Franca la prima

Written and directed by Sabina Guzzanti

With Franca Valeri

Produced by Ambra Group

Distribution Feltrinelli

SYNOPSIS

It all started when Franca Valeri was asked who was her natural heir and she responded: “Sabina Guzzanti.” Thus began a great friendship that inspired Guzzanti to better get to know the work and grandeur of the first satirical Italian author-actress and to capture her life, personality, art and craft in a documentary. Writer-actress-director Guzzanti – a satirical and comical genius like Valeri – reinterprets and plays out the latter’s life story before an audience of fans and enthusiasts. The power of the film lies in the exceptional exchange between two artists who can convey the great contradictions of their country through the sharp intelligence of comic reason.