Corrado Barazzutti, Paolo Bertolucci, Adriano Panatta, Antonio Zugarelli on the pitch, Nicola Pietrangeli captain non-player. They are the heroes of the only Italian triumph in Davis Cupin 1976. They are the protagonists with their testimonies and their memories of A teamthe docufilm that traces the golden years of Italy in tennis, including the victory in the final a Santiago de Chilecapital of the country for three years under the regime of Augusto Pinochet.
The Italian team was the team to beat in the late seventies and early eighties, but the final in Santiago was a political fact rather than a sporting one. The country was divided: show up in Chile or desert the Davis Cup final in opposition to the Chilean regime.
A pass from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was needed to go and win the salad bowl in December of 1976. Almost 46 years after the blue triumph in film, the producer’s directorial debut Domenico Procaccitells a sporting, political and human journey of a team that could not have had more different men, sometimes even in contrast, but capable of winning together.
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In five years they reached the Davis Cup final four times, winning in 1976 against the dictator Pinochet’s Chile. The finals followed in 1977 against Australia, in 1979 against the USA and in 1980 against Czechoslovakia. Sports thinking goes to the Italy of current tennis with champions like Matteo Berrettini, Jannik Sinner, Lorenzo Sonego, Lorenzo Musetti and Fabio Fognini that «could succeed in the enterprise», in the words of Adriano Panatta. The appointment for Italy is in September in Bologna. Argentina, Croatia and Sweden will be Italy’s opponents in group A which will be played at the Unipol Arena in Casalecchio di Reno from 14 to 18 September.
The docufilm is in theaters on May 2nd, 3rd and 4th and on Sky starting May 14 in series form in 6 episodes.
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