Velvet Magazine
By Stefania
Fiorucci
1/17/2020
The film just presented in the capital city of Rome is entitled Oro
& Piombo, a tribute to Sergio Leone thirty years after his death by the
director Emiliano Ferrera, a scholar and expert on
"Spaghetti-westerns". An "authentic" film, which has
brought back to its former glory a genre that, in Italy and in the world, still
boasts a huge number of fans. In the cast, in addition to the protagonist
Yassmin Pucci, also, in a delicious cameo, Claudio Gregori, better known as the
"Greg" of the comic and musical duo "Lillo & Greg".
The motto of the producer, director and all the
professionals who took part in this project was, for the entire duration of
filming, "they are all good at making big budget films". Because
actually, especially from overseas, films arrive essentially based on
"special effects" or spectacular actions that make up for a story low
in content.
Oro & Piombo instead, a film just presented in
Rome, has shown that it knows how to compete, despite the reduced budget, with
major international projects, so much so that it has already won the prize for
Best First Opera 2019 at the Terra di Siena Film Festival, while the leading
actress, Yassmin Pucci, won the "Vincenzo Crocitti" award for best
"International Actress in Her Career".
Oro & Piombo tells a true story, that is the story of an expedition that actually took place in the 1800s, between 1870 and 1889, in the wild lands of the west in search of a mythical gold mine called "The Lost Dutchman Mine". A place hidden in the "The Superstition Mountains", of Arizona, where adventurers, treasure hunters and soldiers have lost their lives over the years, all animated by the hope of finding this rich deposit.
Oro & Piombo tells a true story, that is the story of an expedition that actually took place in the 1800s, between 1870 and 1889, in the wild lands of the west in search of a mythical gold mine called "The Lost Dutchman Mine". A place hidden in the "The Superstition Mountains", of Arizona, where adventurers, treasure hunters and soldiers have lost their lives over the years, all animated by the hope of finding this rich deposit.
The roughness of the territory is not the only
difficulty to overcome to reach the coveted vein: the fierce and bloodthirsty
Apaches are guarding the mine, ready to annihilate the enemy with their arrows
and ambushes. If many, gradually, give up what seems like an impossible
undertaking, there is a woman instead, descendant of the first discoverers of
the location and in possession of a map to the mine, which gives her a reason
for living.
Her name is Clare Peralta, her aim is not to find gold but to get revenge for what some men did to her family when she was a child. To succeed, she needs an armed escort, for her safety, and an expert guide, capable of leading her along the path revealed by the map.
Her name is Clare Peralta, her aim is not to find gold but to get revenge for what some men did to her family when she was a child. To succeed, she needs an armed escort, for her safety, and an expert guide, capable of leading her along the path revealed by the map.
With her a group of men, each with their own
intentions, not all good. Will beautiful Clare, but above all motivated by the
desire for redemption, get her hands on the gold of the mine and get rid of
those who hurt her family?
Emiliano Ferrera with Oro & Piombo has not only tried to retrace the lyricism and style of Sergo Leone, but also that typical language that the American cinema of the past has given to fans of the Western genre with films such as "Little Big Man", directed by Arthur Penn, "Valdez is Coming", a masterpiece with Burt Lancaster, "The Searchers", a film directed by the immortal John Ford.
Emiliano Ferrera with Oro & Piombo has not only tried to retrace the lyricism and style of Sergo Leone, but also that typical language that the American cinema of the past has given to fans of the Western genre with films such as "Little Big Man", directed by Arthur Penn, "Valdez is Coming", a masterpiece with Burt Lancaster, "The Searchers", a film directed by the immortal John Ford.
In the cast, in addition to Yassmin Pucci are
Tiziano Carnevale, Sebastiano Vento Piero Olivieri, Benny Lo Monaco, Alessandro
Ostili and, in a very enjoyable cameo, Claudio Gregori, actor, singer, musician
and part of the comic duo "Lillo & Greg".
Oro & Piombo could also kick off a television series different from all those proposed at the moment such as legal, medical drama, fantasy: a spaghetti-western has long been missing on the small screen but not for the reason viewers have "fallen out of love". Just think of the success of the infinite replicas of all the Bud Spencer's films, seen and reviewed by the families in full, with the grandparents having fun at the umpteenth television passage together with their grandchildren, for which instead it is the first time.
Oro & Piombo could also kick off a television series different from all those proposed at the moment such as legal, medical drama, fantasy: a spaghetti-western has long been missing on the small screen but not for the reason viewers have "fallen out of love". Just think of the success of the infinite replicas of all the Bud Spencer's films, seen and reviewed by the families in full, with the grandparents having fun at the umpteenth television passage together with their grandchildren, for which instead it is the first time.
Do not overlook the fact that Oro & Piombo is
also aimed at a female audience: apart from the historical "Calamity Jane",
the first female gunslinger in history, how long it has not been seen on the
screen, large or small, a character like the one played by Jassmin Pucci, or a
sort of Clint Eastwood in a skirt?
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