“Massimo Troisi for me represents the animation of the comedyone of those legendary figures, already since I was a child I admired him with carefree, I imitated him, had a great ability of authorial, ideological-political, sardonic, irreverent and provocative writing, the maximum lightness and entertainment “. Alessandro Preziosi immortalizes the great actor and directorNeapolitan countryman, On the occasion of the delivery of the Troisi career prize in the suggestive scenario of Salina, during the XIV edition of the Marefestivaldirected by the journalist Massimiliano Cavaleri. “I remember very well when he died … that enchantment broke, as if a chapter had closed and opened another, I suffered with him, I felt like a neighbor, as if I were the son of the doctor who went to visit him, who listened to him in his stories and whispered ‘how are you Massimo?’; Troisi with ‘The postman’ opened the boundaries of Italian cinema, he enlarged the scissor of the Comèdien, of the Italian looter “.
“For me it’s all natural. I have a lot of fun, especially with the parodies of the most absurd characters we see on TV or on social media. I carry them on the scene exasperating them, but always with affection and irony. And then I love to tell reality through laughter, which is a very powerful tool to reflect ». To say it Barbara Foria Actress awarded the Marefestival in Salina with the Troisi Prize. «I would like – continues a comic film here but with the soul, perhaps a story of rebirth, set between the vineyards and the sea. Why Salina is pure poetry, it is a natural set. And I, who feel a little volcano, would gladly return, even if just to get inspired. Keep laughing, to believe in dreams and remain curious. Comedy is a key, and an entire world can hide behind each joke ».