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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 1978 - 29 July.6 August

Sections & Films

SPORT SUPERSTAR

Category: Edition 1978

Synopsis
The film tells the story of Italian sport with appropriate references to world sport, moving from spectacular objectives and documentation, but it is also significant for the contents, the aspects of sport and its implications, not excluding the political ones, especially in the past.

Original Title SPORT SUPERSTAR
Italian Title SPORT SUPERSTAR
Category Official Competition
Section Official Competition
Tipology Documentary, Feature Film
Duration 105'
Production Year 1978
Nationality Italy
Directed by Vittorio Sala
Screenplay Vittorio Sala, Maurizio Barendson

face manVITTORIO SALA

Vittorio Sala (Palermo, 1 July 1918) is an Italian director and screenwriter.
After earning a degree in law, he enrolled in the direction course at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, in Rome, continuing his work as a journalist and critic in the pages of the shows of the daily Il Popolo.
Since the mid-30s he has made a large number of documentaries to make his feature film directorial debut with the 1956 Women Sole film.