Ornella Muti: A Journey Through Cinema, Anecdotes, and Career Achievements

Kicked off with great success at Villa Domi the series of meetings with Italian protagonists of cinema, theater, TV, and culture: the guest of honor of the first appointment was a true diva of Italian and international cinema like Ornella Muti. Through her 'Cinema Stories', Muti retraced her long and prestigious career at Villa Domi that has made her a true icon of the entertainment world. She shared episodes, secrets, and anecdotes of these years, offering valuable advice to young people who want to act and enter the entertainment world, and spending a long time with journalists and the audience answering their questions. She recounted her debut on the set, at only 14 years old, and many episodes that occurred over the years working in intense and dramatic roles, as well as lighter ones, with the most important Italian and foreign directors. A career that has led her to win numerous awards such as the Golden Plaque at the David di Donatello Awards, two Golden Grolles as best actress and for her career, three Ciak d'Oro, three Golden Globes, two Silver Ribbons and many other recognitions at the Venice Film Festival and in other important international events, just to name a few. 'I carry within me, though with great harmony, two very different cultures: the living day by day typical of the Neapolitans as well as that subtle melancholy typical of cold countries where you live for months indoors and go out little' said Ornella Muti, also recalling the courageous choice to carry on with her pregnancy at 18 while continuing with determination and commitment, rewarded by great international success. Ornella Muti also dwelled on the great pleasure of being with family in her private dimension, and on the differences in making movies in space and time, today and at the beginning of her career, and in the many different countries around the world where she has filmed. Among the guests present at the evening were Silvio Smeraglia, the plastic surgeon who has always been a great friend of Ornella Muti and author of volumes such as 'Beautiful without pain', 'The scalpel of beauty', and 'Tailor-made beauty', the singer M'barka Ben Taleb, the young actress Federica Vecchione ('Who kidnapped Jerry Calà'), Francesco Della Calce (film critic and director of the Enrico Appetito Photographic Archive, who gifted Muti two very rare original scene photos of the actress taken in 1978 on the set of 'Portrait of a Bourgeois in Black' and owned by the Appetito Archive), and many others.