Qui Je Suis – D’après Pier Paolo Pasolini
Who I Am - According to Pier Paolo Pasolini | Chi sono io - Secondo Pier Paolo Pasolini
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MOVIE CATEGORY
In 1966, hit by a sever ulcer, Pier Paolo Pasolini rethinks about his life and his work: a long autobiographical poem in a prose form comes out of it, a poem that – reworked several times – he finally abandons. In 1996, thirty years after Pasolini’s death, Bonello explores that text and decides to make a film out of it. Qui Je Suis – D’après Pier Paolo Pasolini, debut medium-length film of the French director, is a homage that celebrates the expression of intimacy and abstraction.
DIRECTORY
Bertrand Bonello was born in 1968. His first feature-length film, Quelque chose d’organique (1998), was presented at the Berlinale (Panorama section). Le pornographe (2001) was presented at the Cannes Critics’ Week and won the FIPRESCI award. Tiresia (2003) was in competition in Cannes. Quinzaine des Réalisateurs presented De la guerre in 2008. L’Apollonide – Souvenirs de la maison close (2011) was part of the main competition in Cannes and was nominated to eight César awards. Saint Laurent (2014), in competition in Cannes as well, represented France at the Oscars and received ten nominations to César awards. After Nocturama (2016), Zombi Child (2019) was screened at the Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, and Coma premiered in Berlinale 2022 where it received the FIPRESCI award.