Franco Zeffirelli: Directing from Life

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2018 / 58min.

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Documentary

Synopsis

Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience and how his life inspired his productions. Chris Hunt interviewed him and other famous actors, friends and associates, had a camera at Zeffirelli's 94th birthday and during the opening of his foundation in Florence. This documentary, including clips from operas, films and plays aims to be the definitive portrait of a Renaissance man larger than life.

Directors

Actors

Plácido Domingo

Robert Powell

Joan Plowright

Peter Sellars

Joan Sutherland

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