Ornella Vanoni: “In men, tenderness is a rarity”

Ornella Vanoni with her dog Ondina, while drinking a strawberry juice or swimming in the thermal waters of a timeless hotel. Timeless and Endless, like his songs and the title of the documentary by Elisa Fuksas, in cinemas from February 24th (and premiered on 21-22-23 in some selected cinemas). One more reason, I only want you for an hour And Tomorrow is another day these are some passages mentioned by Vanoni herself or which we listen to again in the film through the archive images of the Istituto Luce.

Between those walls singer she is chased by the troupe to try to tell it in all its facets: in hers vicesin his attitudes from diva and elusive, unscrupulous woman, as they loved to label her, deepcynical and ironic. It is told together with his friends Vinicio Capossela, Paolo Fresu, Samuel Bersani and Elisa Fuksasspeaks of his own loves (“I was very loved by men and hated by women, now the opposite happens,” she laughs), della old age (“Not at all distressing”, although he confessed to us that he was very afraid), of how much he enjoyed himself with Gaber And Jannacci and a great regret: that of not having looked after her son Cristiano and of having immediately thrown herself into work after his birth. “We both suffered seriously», The singer confesses via Zoom.

“La Vanoni” still defines itself today “unscrupulouseven at 87 years old “, yes, and on his greatest fear he confesses that he could not bear”a serious illness that would force me to the hospital or stop in a bed. But I am more afraid for Europe at the moment ”, the speech deviates,“ the situation is difficult ”.