Carrà, Leone (Apa): “A TV series about Raffaella? Soon they will also ask for it from abroad”

A TV series about Raffaella Carrà? “Now is the time for pain but certainly in the near future the Italian producers will try to tell the great professional and human story of Raffaella: I believe that soon also foreign partners from Spain and Argentina will ask us for it, where, as is well known, Raffaella she is very much loved “. Speaking like this, on the sidelines of the world summit of audiovisual producers underway in Matera until Saturday, is Giancarlo Leone, president of Apa (the Italian association of audiovisual producers) and former long-time Rai executive. “I believe that Rai – explains Leone interviewed by Adnkronos – will have all the desire to tell the story of Raffaella because it has been the emblem of the best public service production for several decades. The most difficult thing, in such a hypothesis, will be to find someone capable of interpreting Raffaella. The easiest will be the soundtrack, ensured by Raffaella’s many hits, many of which were born just as the theme song for Rai programs “. Among other things, Raffaella’s songs have already inspired in 2020 the Italian-Spanish musical comedy ‘Ballo ballo’ (original title ‘Explota explota’) by Nacho Álvarez. A film not praised by critics but which helps to understand the influence of the figure and the repertoire of Carrà in Spanish and Latin society in general. Raffaella becomes a model for the protagonist to strive for in order to claim a place in the world that is not subjugated to patriarchy: Carrà crosses the film without ever hearing her voice (all the songs are sung by the performers with less sumptuous arrangements) but , in the end, he indulges in an amused epiphany which remains his last public appearance.