Alessandro Rossellini he is the grandson of the unforgettable director Roberto Rossellini. The documentary The Rossellinis was born from his idea.
The documentary tells the story of the director’s children and grandchildren. People who grew up and lived in the shadow of genius.
A life apparently comfortable but which hides secrets and difficulties. Being the son or grandson of one of the greatest in the history of cinema can be more complicated than you imagine.
Who is Alessandro Rossellini
Alessandro Rossellini he was the first of the director’s nephews who, feeling the weight of his surname, wanted to turn the spotlight on his family.
The documentary, with ironic and amused tones, tells everything that is not known about the family Rossellini.
The relatives found themselves protagonists of a documentary film that aims to make clear what had not been disclosed before and which can be considered an excellent family therapy.
Children, grandchildren and family members face each other to talk about how much the director’s name has affected their lives.
Alessandro Rossellini, in an interview, he told how he managed to convince his family to lend themselves to the documentary.
A gesture, according to him, to reward his willpower for having overcome the danger of drugs.
“For years I have been the family member to help and reward, for my past as a drug addict and for being out of it, so from the family a gesture of affection but also a mutual spirit“.
Alessandro tells how the presence of the grandfather has affected the lives of all family members.
“First of all, I had the confirmation of my hypothesis, we have all been influenced by the Roberto Rossellini values. We are all very free people, in life choices I mean, we change partners, jobs, nations, cultures and religions, like shirts, but we remain imprisoned in the Grandfather model. Perhaps I was the only one in the family to show defects and weaknesses “.
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