Vittorio De Sica: Staging Life
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A documentary feature film about Vittorio De Sica, one of the greatest masters of world cinema. Through a new access to his family, rare archives and testimonies of contemporary artists and filmmakers from the entire world, the ilm retraces his life, his work and legacy. An intimate portrait of an author able to transform the observation of the real in an universal emotion and reveals the modernity of a gaze which keeps on illuminating cinema and our way of seeing the world.
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Cast
26 people
Vittorio De Sica
Self (Archive Footage)
Known for
Bread, Love and Dreams
General Della Rovere
Christian De Sica
Self
Known for
The Tourist
Natale sul Nilo
Isabella Rossellini
Self
Known for
Blue Velvet
The Odyssey
Eleonora Baldwin
Self
Ruben Östlund
Self
Also in
Room 1112
An Extraordinary Study in Human Degradation
Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Self
Also in
The Eden of La Ciotat
Luc Dardenne
Self
Also in
Une vie contre l'oubli
The Eden of La Ciotat
Brando De Sica
Self
Known for
A Walk in Time
Maria Teresa De Sica
Self
Andrei Zvyagintsev
Self
Also in
The Little Cat
Kamenskaya
Andrea De Sica
Self
Wes Anderson
Self
Known for
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Francesco Zippel Director · Marco Tomaselli Cinematographer Michele Castelli Editor
First release May 16, 2026 · Produced in Italy · Languages English, French, Italian, Persian
Production
Quoiat Films
Production
Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Production
Movimenti Production
Production
Sky
Production
Italy
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Original title
Vittorio De Sica - La vita in scena
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
English · French · Italian · Persian
Release dates
France · May 16, 2026
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Italy · June 22, 2026
Limited theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
South Korea
September 11, 2026 · Premiere · DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
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