‘Virna Lisi Award’ to Micaela Ramazzotti: “I take her gaze and her voice with me”

Micaela Ramazzotti was awarded the ‘Virna Lisi Award’ as the best Italian actress, who will receive it during the ceremony scheduled for Saturday evening at the ‘Parco della Musica’ Auditorium, on the occasion of which the director Liliana Cavani will instead receive the award. to the career that will be given to her by Francesco Rutelli president of ANICA. “Virna Lisi’s name sounds like that of a rare, strong and precious flower – underlines with emotion Micaela Ramazzotti – Once I met her in a corridor of the Fonoroma, I widened my eyes as when we are faced with a myth: magnificent , with that clear, regal gaze, that bitter smile that seemed to make fun of her own beauty, her elegant melancholy, crossed by the energy of a rebellion “. And turning ideally to Virna Lisi, she adds:” it was mine too. I have always carried in my heart that gaze of yours of profound very human understanding of people and life. And in my ears I have your voice, warm, intimate, empathic. That time I met the wonder of your eyes, for a very short time instant, I felt looked at, understood and forgiven. Thank you for this beautiful award that bears your name “. Now in its 6th edition, the ‘Virna Lisi Award’ returns after the forced break of Covid, announced by the Virna Li Foundation yes in collaboration with Fondazione Musica per Roma and CityFest, the program of cultural events of the Fondazione Cinema per Roma chaired by Laura Delli Colli.The Award was born six years ago by the will of the son of the great actress, Corrado Pesci, and his wife Veronica , “to nurture and honor her memory in the hearts of the people who loved and followed her throughout her career”. On the podium the sculpture of Maestro Ferdinando Codognotto was collected by female excellences of Italian cinema, actresses such as Margherita Buy, Paola Cortellesi, Monica Bellucci, Claudia Gerini and Elena Sofia Ricci. The Saturday evening, in the Petrassi room of the Roman Auditorium, will be conducted by Pino Strabioli and will see Patty Pravo among the guests who will perform some iconic pieces that are part of Italian musical history; as well as a tribute from the corps de ballet dedicated to Raffaella Carrà. (by Enzo Bonaiuto)