Champagne, the biopic on Peppino di Capri. Cinzia Th Torrini: “A reckless, kind and pure innovator”

After the biopics dedicated to Nada, Mia Martini and Califano, on Monday 24 March he lands on Rai 1 in the early evening Champagnea film by Cinzia Th Torrini (You are in the soul) on one other singer who marked the history of Italian music, Peppino di Capri. It took two years of gestation to tell the first part of Giuseppe Faiella’s career (Francesco del Gaudio): Since 1943, when as a child prodigy he played the piano for American soldiers, to 1973, the year of victory a Sanremo with the song A great love and nothing more.

In the middle there are the successes, the difficult relationship with the father, the formation of the band “Peppino di Capri and his rockers” with his childhood friend Bebè, and two loves: one toxic and passionate with Roberta (Arianna Di Claudio), to whom he dedicates the homonymous song, and a sentimental with his second wife Giuliana (Gaja Masciale), who made him rise as an artist after a critical period.

“In Capri I met Peppino, we talked about his ups and downs and I immediately found a certain empathy,” says the director. «Then I looked for the taste actor, and when I saw Francesco who started playing and singing I had in front of the eyes Peppino. Even when he felt it the same as Capri asked me: “But am I what singing?” ».

His interpretation is the “result of a construction that began by the auditions”, explains the Pompeii actor, “I was guided by Cinzia, I recovered all the possible materials and when I needed I felt the children of Peppino. I vocally tried to create a certain similarity with the help of Vocal Coach who also worked on Gianna Nannini’s film You are in the soul. Fortunately, Peppino’s songs were not foreign to me, “continues Gaudio. «My father is a musician and I met them thanks to him. The most interesting aspect was to tell the singer’s shadeshis tenderness and his fragility ».

“We do not tell a cursed and arrogant rock star, but a special man,” adds Cinzia Th Torrini, “A reckless, kind and pure innovator which makes it what it is today. An artist with a smile».

Arianna Di Claudio He plays Roberta, the glamorous model that represents toxic and overwhelming love. “If you think you exaggerate, do double, Roberta advised me,” says the actress, “She was a woman attracted to luxury and excessit was ludopathic and illiterate, but built and revolutionized the image of Peppino. He wanted the best for him and for herself. “

Then came the Julian biology student, more quiet and similar to Peppino’s temperament. “With her the singer begins to keep her feet on the ground, to reconnect with himself and his music,” he says Gaja Masciale. Thanks to that meeting is born Champagne. In the cast there are also Antonia Truppo And Pio Stellaccio, in the role of the singer’s parents who sold 35 million records.