Qhen she learned that you had been assigned The David di Donatello Special 2020, Franca Valeri took a long break and ... "What a luxury!" he commented, with his inimitable irony.
«I am happy to receive this award, and I thank those who thought of giving it to me: the awards are pleasing, it is useless to deny it "he now explains to iO Woman. "But the only confirmation that I've always found reassuring in my life is the laughter of the audience: there is nothing more exciting».
Franca Valeri in 2014 at the Sanremo Festival. (Handle)
The new book
And from that laugh la Miss Snob, Sora Cecioni, is long gone: a fall, in 2017, forced her to wheelchair and has practically eliminated her public outings. In his Roman apartment, with boredom as enemy number 1, today he spends his days mostly listening to music: no TV, and so the news about the pandemic reached her muffled, without frightening her. "I wrote (indeed: I dictated, I don't see well enough) almost half of a new book, unfortunately I got a bit stranded, it tires me… The title is The grandfather's chair. I often think of my family, my parents, my grandparents. Who knows why ... Will I be getting old? " jokes Franca, a giant of Italian entertainment and culture.
Other awards: Franca Valeri and Alberto Sordi "best comic actors" in 1963. (LaPresse)
Franca Valeri and the family party
On July 31 he will be one hundred years old. How will it celebrate? “My mother was reluctant to celebrate her birthdays and mine too. Certainly she would not have imagined that her daughter's would have been the center of attention ... I would like to spend the day quietly at home with the people I love, with my goddaughter (soprano Stefania Bonfadelli, editor's note) and my granddaughter ».
Franca Valeri awarded in the sixties with Monica Vitti, Michelangelo Antonioni, Lydia Alfonsi. (photo LaPresse).
What gift would you like most? “Let my plays be performed. This summer my friend Lella Costa should stage my monologue The widow Socrates in Syracuse. That's much, much better than a nice little package or a bouquet of flowers! "
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