Claudia Cardinale
"Girl and Already Woman"
© Unknown (Mondadori Publishers)
Claudia Cardinale “Girl and Already Woman”
Born in Tunis in 1938 to Sicilian parents, Claudia Cardinale (1938-2025) spanned sixty years of cinema, becoming the most beloved Italian icon in the world alongside Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida. In this documentary, the actress retraces her extraordinary journey with Donatella Baglivo: from her timid debut in Monicelli’s Big Deal on Madonna Street, where she slept with the script under her pillow, to international acclaim with Fellini’s 8½ and Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West. Through personal memories and exclusive testimonies from Mauro Bolognini, Mario Monicelli, Suso Cecchi D’Amico and Giuseppe Rotunno, an intimate portrait emerges of a woman who transformed herself from actress to diva without ever ceasing to dig deep within herself. “Cinema cannot die,” she confesses, “because it is the dream.
(Restored and re-edited in 2025 with previously unreleased materials)
Written, scripted, edited and directed by: Donatella Baglivo. Executive producer: Maurizio Baglivo. Directors of photography: Edmondo Pisani, Roberto Romei. Camera operators: Gianni Maitan, Alfonso Feliziani. Camera assistant: Antonio Lalli. Sound engineers: Françoise Mazzonna, Paolo Panno, Stefano Provenzani, Roberto Vairano. Sound mixing: Gerardo Calabretta. Research and documentation: Domenico Vitucci. Assistant director: Walter Martyn Cabell. Opening theme: Pietro Grignani. Original music: Massimo Nunzi. Head of film archive: Jonathan Eugenio Zonin. Head of historical archive: Kemal Tugal. Post-production: CIAK 2000. Music publishing: CIAK 88.
With the participation of:
- Mauro Bolognini
- Suso Cecchi D’Amico
- Mario Monicelli
- Giuseppe Rotunno
A CIAK 2000 production © 1997. Restored and re-edited in 2025 with previously unreleased materials and images.