00:00I don't know what day it is or what world we're in anymore, but this morning the press
00:06was able to see a preview of Pietro Marcello's new film, Deuce, which is in competition at
00:11the exhibition.
00:17The film, as the title suggests, is a story of the last years in the life of the great,
00:22divine Eleonora Deuce, who is played in Marcello's film by Valerio Brun Tedeschi.
00:30One of the most interesting aspects of the film is that since there are no video recordings
00:35of Deuce, Marcello and Brun Tedeschi were able to work quite freely.
00:44This gave the actress and the director the opportunity to write their own version of this
00:48character without resorting to imitations or caricatures.
00:51The result is partly interesting because the entire first part of the film tells the story
01:02of this woman who wants to return to the stage on her own terms.
01:05She is already the divine, but she has been off the stage for a few years, about 10 years,
01:17and her attempt to get back in the game clashes not only with age and illness, and therefore
01:21also with the generation that has passed, but also with a desire for innovation that does
01:25not correspond to the sensibilities of the time and, above all, with a great history, namely
01:30the advance of fascism in Italy after the First World War.
01:40Important for the narrative is the relationship with Donuncio which, more than a relationship
01:45for Valerio Bruni Tedeschi's Deuce, is a lack, the story of a lack, the story of a cumbersome
01:50relationship that she tries to distance herself from for part of her life until she finally
01:54reunites with him.
02:00As usual, Marcello does a great job of visual research.
02:05He manages to combine his fictional images with historical or fake historical footage.
02:11The result is not only a fairly standard biography, but also a story that is suspended.
02:17Here, what could be called the magical realism of Pietro Marcello's cinema emerges in this
02:23film and takes on a new form.
02:25However, the film is not without its flaws, particularly its length, so much so that in
02:34the last part of the story, both the events and Bruni Tedeschi's acting become more tired.
02:38And here comes an overacting that up until that point the actress had avoided with great
02:48effectiveness.
02:52In fact, her portrayal of Deuce is measured.
02:54It is almost that of a nun in the service of the divinity of the theater and this makes
02:58the film a very interesting portrait, but one that could also have been a little drier.
03:02Within the Venice competition, this title is probably not able to change the balance, except
03:11perhaps for the interpretation of Bruni Tedeschi who, having the breadth of a much-loved and
03:16highly-appreciated European and international actress, could enter the jury's good graces.
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