Dead Libero De Rienzo, from Bart of Santa Maradona to Giancarlo Siani of Fortapasc: portrait of the emblem of a generation of engagé

“Rocco (Siffredi) never dies!”. Libero De Rienzo, found dead at home at the age of 44, he had touched it very softly since his debut. Immediately him, immediately character, immediately impatient comedian, frightened warrior. The “Bart” / De Rienzo of Santa Maradona (2001) was almost more impressive than his colleague, indeed we are equal, otherwise Stefano Accorsi (very shaved hair still under the effect of Ignorant Fairies) if it is bad.

Instant supercazzole (the one in the bookstore is fantastic), funny and intricate tricks to survive but remaining a stylish strand, this perpetually ruffled air. Almost the emblem of a committed generation, the forties of today, at the time just in their twenties, but unable to go beyond the philia of cinema, football and literature. And De Rienzo had entered that part so much, almost perhaps that he never got out of it anymore. Among other things, Roger Moore awarded him during the David di Donatello evening. Telegatti model of Canale5. A 007 who “never dies” rewarded a Libero trembling and light as a feather, excited and agitated, as perhaps only Bart could breathe. It seems a long time ago and instead the euro was already there.

Jumps of almost twenty years and still the gimmicks to survive, generations of graduates and experts lost, geniuses in every field forced to turn to crime. I stop when I want, with attached Masterclass and Ad Honorem, he saw Libero De Rienzo interpreting another Bart: a super graduate in economics and not very athletic performative (let’s remember when he comically misses the assault on the train). An extended time for the actor of Neapolitan origin by his father – assistant director of Citto Maselli and column of the tv broadcast Who has seen? – who in 2005 made his directorial debut in the controversial Blood, there is incest in between and a convulsive Elio Germano, a film that also ends in the prestigious Locarno film festival, but which, given the warm welcome, pushes Di Rienzo not to proceed further

Become a Giancarlo Siani shy and fragile in Marco Risi’s film, Fortapasc; then again in Miele by Valeria Golino is like a pusher of souls tired of living for the “friend” Jasmine Trinca; brother knife, but always a bit hesitant and alienating, robber by chance in In Tor Bella monaca it never rains of Marco Bocci.

Libero De Rienzo gets lost a bit on the street, slips into the dropout loop, consumes himself and consumes acting and performing talent, ending up a bit on the sidelines from the big titles. Marco Ponti, however, the director of Santa Maradona (and A / R) wants it again Bartolomeo Vanzetti, inspector, in A reckless life where there is one Matilde De Angelis in blue that still no one smokes even askew. We will see it for the last time in A relationship, the directorial debut of the screenwriter Stefano Sardo, who knows maybe at the Venice Film Festival, who knows maybe again on a big screen. Cinema face, Libero De Rienzo.

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