Viterbo, little Maria Chiara protagonist of cinema at the Venice Film Festival – Corriere di Viterbo
Maria Chiara Goretti on the red carpet in Venice for the finalist film for the Golden Lion entitled “The immensity”. The mother Eleonora Gentili tells the extraordinary story that led Maria Chiara to just six and a half years on the set together with Penolepe Cruz as a real star to tread the red carpet between shots of photographers and applause of 13 minutes after the vision of the premiere. At her first cinematic experience Chiara conquered her scenes in Venice for her genuineness and simplicity, astonished that her photographers, as soon as she landed with the motorboat in Venice, called her by name and photographed her. Chiara’s extraordinary story began in the middle of a pandemic.
“Maria Chiara does dance – says her mother Eleonora Gentili – but during the pandemic the only way was to perform online. She took part in a race and won it. After a few days she contacted us via messenger an agency in Rome, the Baby set, asking us if we were interested in letting her do some auditions. We inquired and verified the seriousness of the agency “. This is where the adventure begins. “In full pandemic it was February 2021, the agency contacts us again for an audition for the cast of a film: – continues Eleonora Gentili – They didn’t tell us which film it was, but they explained that they were looking for three children aged 6 to 8 years and then to send a video of the girl “.
“In March they invite us to the Euclide theater telling us that the director Emanuele Crialese wanted to audition her for a film produced by Wilside. Crialese had been looking for these three children for his film for three years, so they also told us not to create expectations, but to take it as an opportunity. We were then told that the director was very impressed by Maria Chiara. After another proven fact on a scene of the film with the extraordinary coach Carlo Gallo, the news that Maria Chiara had been chosen for the role “.
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