![]() ![]() In 1954 she graduated and the following year was called to join the corps de ballet of La Scala. However, thanks to the meeting with this great dancer made her realise that sacrifices, study and discipline can produce poetry, and she began to experience the theatre as a second home. "At the beginning, I did not understand the meaning of the repeated exercises, of the sacrifice, of the mental and physical commitment up to the little finger", said Carla Fracci in an interview about her beginnings, referring to the day when, fascinated by Margot Fonteyn's dance, she had seen the choreographer approach her during a break and correct the position of her little finger. During her years of study at La Scala, she was taught by Vera Valkova, Edda Martignoni and Paola Giussiani, who struck by her talent, chose her as an extra in La bella addormentata (The Sleeping Beauty) with Margot Fonteyn when she was only 12 years old. For this reason, in 1946, at the age of 10, Fracci took part in auditions for La Scala in Milan, where the director, impressed by her face and her lightness of movement, decided to let her take part in the lessons. She took her first steps in the world of dance thanks to the advice of some family friends, who suggested to her parents that she enrolled in a dance school after seeing her dance at home. This is definitely a convincing biopic about one of the greatest ballet dancers of all time.Carla Fracci was born in 1936 in Milan into a family of humble origins, her father was a tram driver and her mother was a factory worker. The beginning and the end of this film follow a perfect circle: great impact the image of the little Carla followed by the one of woman Carla trying to catch a dragonfly, the bird that inspired her in her whole carrer. The soundtrack is appropriate and functional to all the characters' emotions. Her milanese accent was accurate and gives us back an even more authentic Fracci. Carla asked her to emphasize determination, fatigue, strenght and sacrifices during her ballerina carreer. ![]() However, Mastronardi, during the months preceding the shoot, followed a training with a dance coach to prepare herself for the role. During the ballet's film shoots, Alessandra was helped by Susanna Salvi, her stand-in, who is ètoile at Rome Opera Theatre. The actress who plays Carla, Alessandra Mastronardi, was directly chosen by Carla Fracci. These aspects make the protagonist Carla a contemporary heroine, who shows us the exceptionalism of a well-lived life, where talent just represents a springboard that makes room for hard work and fatigue, that seem to remain behind the scenes but that permeates in every single performance and every single step. A woman who worked hard to not accept easy compromises, who researched for love as well as carreer, without giving up either of them. The non-linear narration choice allows to emphasize a very precast aspect of Carla: her being a modern woman. ![]() When using cinematography to tell the story of a famous person, the danger is to being bombastic, but director Imbucci was aware of this and he avoided that narration style with stereotypes that does nothing but tell in a simple and predictable way the life of a celebrity. ![]() In the biopic we can also see her getting back to ballet after the pregnancy thanks to his friend Rudolph Nureyev who encouraged her to come back to La Scala's stage with Nutcracker. She didn't want to give up on something that was part of her life. Much emphasis is also put on the ballerina's choice to become a mother, an unusual choice for an ètoile like her. The story narrated see the rise of her carreer on multiple timescales, not following a chronological timeline. The film is close enough to her life, however, Imbucci wanted to underline certain aspects of her life. The screenplay is original and it boasted the consulence of the same Fracci together with his husband Beppe Menegatti. Emanuele Imbucci's biopic film brings to the screen the life of Carla Fracci, defined by the New York Times "Prima Ballerina Assoluta" and it is freely inspired by biography "Passo dopo passo" released by Mondadori. ![]()
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