The actress died today in February Monica Vitti in Rome at the age of 90. The Italian actress is known for being the muse of great directors such as michelangelo antonioni Y Mario Monicelliand especially for his comic roles with which he became one of the great stars of the italian cinema.
Politician Walter Veltroni has confirmed Vitti’s death from his own Twitter account, where he explained that he was making the statement as a spokesman for Roberto Russo, the actress’s partner.
“Roberto Russo, his partner of all these years, asks me to inform you that Monica Vitti is no longer here. I do it with pain, affection and regret,” Veltroni wrote.
Vitti was one of the great talents of Italian cinema as an actress with a very varied register and a lot of expressiveness. Maria Luisa Ceciarellias she was called before adopting the name by which she would later be known, began acting on stage at the age of fourteen, soon moving on to work in front of cameras.
a legendary muse
Some of his most remembered works are the ‘Trilogy of solitary confinement’ by Antonioni, with ‘The adventure’, ‘The night’ and ‘The Eclipse’, although he also won the love of the public with his comedic roles in ‘The ragazza with the gun’‘Dramma della gelosa’ or ‘The waist of castità’.
Vitti showed all her talent as an actress, sharing the screen without letting her pulse tremble and on many occasions stealing scenes from the great actors of Italian cinema such as Marcello Mastroianni or Vittorio Gassman. Thanks to her extensive record and her figure as an independent and empowered Italian womanVitti also became an example and a reference for subsequent generations of actresses.
She was also highly valued among her regular collaborators, since when Antonioni won the Golden Lion for ‘The Red Desert’ she recognized before the public how important Vitti’s influence had been for her work.
Vitti made her debut as a film director in 1990 with her ‘secret scandal’, where she also appeared for the last time as an actress. In 1995 she received the honorary Golden Lion at the Venice Festival in recognition of her career, although by then Vitti had given up acting to focus on teaching future performers at the Rome Academy.
In the last two decades, the actress had stayed away from the spotlight due to a degenerative disease. The world of cinema has also not forgotten one of her most influential stars, as last November she celebrated her 90th birthday with photographic exhibitions dedicated to her career.