Farewell to Mirko Locatelli, the director of the foreign bodies and the memory of the world dies at 50 years old

The director, screenwriter and producer passed away at the age of 50, after a short illness Mirko Locatelli. Born in Milan on October 22, 1974, Locatelli had long since moved to Casorzo Monferrato, in the province of Asti, where he died yesterday and where he was starting to shoot his new film.

Tetraplegic from adolescence, due to a car accident, Locatelli had founded together with the screenwriter Giuditta Tarantellihis life partner, the film production house Film workshopa sort of factory with actors and directors, and with which in 2008 he had written and created his first feature film The first day in winterpresented in competition in the Orizzonti section of the 65 Venice International Film Festival.

Sensitivity, commitment and social analysis permeate all his films. In 2013, with the strange film film production house, he had produced his second feature film The foreign bodiesinterpreted by Filippo Timi and presented in competition at the International Film Festival in Rome.

Mirko Locatelli and Filippo Timi in 2013, at the Roma Film Festival, with The foreign bodies

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With strange films, in 2016 he also took care of the executive production of The cormorantsFabio Bobbio’s debut film, presented in competition at Vision Du Réel.
In 2018 his third film, Isabellewith Ariane Ascaride protagonist and co -produced with the French Agat Films & Cie and Rai Cinema, is presented in competition at the Montreal World Film Festival, where he obtains the prize for the best screenplay.
His latest work dates back to 2022, when he wrote, directed and produced The memory of the worldpresented in a world premiere at the Turin Film Festival and played by Fabrizio Falco, Maurizio Soldà and Fabrizio Calfapietra.