The first documentary on the life of Riccardo Cocciante, entitled ‘Il mio nome è Riccardo Cocciante’, will be screened this evening, Saturday 18 July, at 9.30pm, in the presence of the artist and director Stefano Salvati, as part of the Ischia Global Film & Music Festival, at an event held in Piazza Marina, Casamicciola Terme.
The film traces the life of Cocciante, an artist whose existence has always been inseparable from music, from his birth to the projects of the past year, blending the personal and the professional. Archive footage and previously unseen personal photographs paint a portrait of the artist as a young man and of his family background. For the first time, the graphics will also be enhanced with AI-generated content, enriching the archive material from Cocciante’s early years alongside the many testimonies gathered.
From Laura Pausini to Gianna Nannini, from Elodie to Achille Lauro, from Mogol to Fiorella Mannoia: the voices and memories of fellow artists and people whose paths have crossed with the Maestro’s complete this all-round portrait of an internationally acclaimed artist and timeless composer. The documentary reveals the many facets of this versatile artist through his own first-person account, never told before, of memories, hardships, doubts and an extraordinarily rich career.
