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Luca Marinelli
Fabian Jung
Una relazione per un'accademia
After the cinematic successes of Don't Be Bad, Jeeg Robot, Martin Eden and The Eight Mountains, winner of the Jury Prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival and the David di Donatello 2023, in which he stars alongside Alessandro Borghi, Luca Marinelli arrives to Spoleto signing his first directorial venture with An Affair for an Academy, a theatrical adaptation of Franz Kafka's short story, a co-production of Festival dei Due Mondi and the Teatro Stabile dell'Umbria. to playing Rot Peter, the protagonist of the story, is Fabian Jung.
His name is Rot Peter the monkey to to whom Kafka gives voice in a short story in 1917. Peter is captured while with his pack; two bullets wound him. While in captivity, Peter realizes: he can imitate humans very well and secure his freedom. After five years, anthropologists find themselves listening to a monkey turned academic speaker. The text deals in grotesque terms with the plight of those who are forced to to live an existence that does not belong to them in order to conform to the dictates of society and derive a form of freedom from it: as the monkey himself recounts during the talk, it was not the sole pursuit of freedom to that suggested the solution but necessity.
Born in 1984, Fabian Jung originally from Münster, grew up to Leipzig and then studied acting at the Ernst Busch Academy of the Arts in Berlin. In 2012, his first meeting with Luca Marinelli lays the groundwork for the Kafka project. The careers of the two artists proceed and the idea remains on hold. Jung will take part to in various theatrical collaborations, from the Chemnitz ensemble to the Berlin Schaubühne, from the Staatstheater Saarbrücken to the Schauspielhaus Hamburg, to name a few. Jung thus returns to working with Luca Marinelli on Kafka's Italian-language text to premiere it at Festival dei Due Mondi.
Based on the novel of the same name by Franz Kafka
directed by Luca Marinelli
with Fabian Jung
assistant director Danilo Capezzani
stage director Irene Lepore
lighting designer Fabiana Piccioli
chief electrician Gerardo Buzzanca
lighting consollist Filippo Di Dio
chief engineer Alessandro Gobbi
Spoleto co-production Festival dei Due Mondi, Teatro Stabile dell'Umbria
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This text is a look. I was struck from this gaze, as from a profound and disruptive slogan of denunciation written, shouted on a wall. I stopped to observe it and tried to return my, our emotions. But absolutely I will not tell you what I think about this performance. I do not want to impose on you starting points of reflection, which it would be nice if it could be generated in you, as much of adherence as of rejection. What is important is that it makes noise, like a sound from decipher.
But this I can tell you: I hope we can to put a Hamletian mirror in front of you. Are you willing and disposed to to mirror yourselves? Are we willing and disposed to to mirror ourselves? I found in Kafka an ally, a friend, an ethical militant with whom I would gladly share a walk, an evening. We can only listen to him, but it would be nice to respond to him, to thank him. Perhaps a staging can compensate for this silence.
The first approach to a study of this play was to two years ago, to Berlin, when we started rehearsals with Fabian Jung, the actor you will see on stage. There it began, and it also ended. In this month spent to Spoleto, until today, we have reopened the work. We have put it again in doubt, and finally on stage. I would like to to thank the professional figures and souls I met during these days, who helped us and became fundamental companions and comrades. Enjoy the vision. And thank you.
Luca Marinelli
Born to Rome in 1984, he graduated from the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art in 2009 with the play Sogno di una notte d'estate directed by Carlo Cecchi. In the next two years after graduation, the closing essay would become a full-fledged show that toured Italy for as many as two theater seasons. Precisely during a performance of this show, Marinelli is noticed and chosen to be the co-star in the film La solitudine dei numeri primi, directed from Saverio Costanzo and based on the novel of the same name by Paolo Giordano, which will be presented in competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. In 2011 the actor plays the role of Roberta in the sci-fi film L'ultimo terrestre, directed from GIPI and in competition at the Venice Film Festival. She then takes part in the feature film Waves, directed from Corrado Maria Sassi, and to Nina, a film directed from Elisa Fuksas. Also in the same year, she is in the international cast of the TV-film Maria of Nazareth directed from Giacomo Campiotti.
It was in 2012 that, directed from Paolo Virzì, for his role in the film Tutti i santi giorni, he received his first nomination as best leading actor at the David di Donatello Awards. The same year he took part in the Oscar-winning film La grande bellezza by Paolo Sorrentino. In 2013, within the framework of the Berlin Film Festival, he receives from the European Film Promotion the Shooting Star Award, an award intended for the ten best talents in European cinema.
In the same year, he co-starred in Alessandro Lunardelli'sopera premiere, Il mondo fino in fondo, presented at the Rome Film Festival. It is in 2014 his performance within the film Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot, directed from Gabriele Mainetti, which earned him important awards and recognitions such as the Ciak d'oro, the Nastro d'argento and the David di Donatello as best supporting actor. His TV journey continued in 2014 with to dangerous fortunes, a TV film for the German market directed from Christian Schwochow. In 2015 he co-starred in director Claudio Caligari's film Non essere cattivo, which was presented out of competition at the 72nd Venice Film Festival and earned him his second David di Donatello nomination.
In 2015 he took part in the film Slam-Tutto per una ragazza, directed from Andrea Molaioli, and the film Lasciati andare, directed from Francesco Amato for which he won the Golden Ciak as best supporting actor. In 2016 he co-starred in Fabio Mollo's film Il padre d'Italia, which landed him nominations for the Golden Globe and Silver Ribbons. Directed by the Taviani brothers, he then stars in the film Una questione privata, based on Beppe Fenoglio's novel of the same name, which earned him the Golden Globe for best actor. In 2017 Luca Marinelli tries his hand at reading the audiobook Lamento di Portnoy for Emons audiolibri. In 2018 he co-starred in the film Ricordi, directed from Valerio Mieli and presented at Venice Days, and played Fabrizio de Andrè in the miniseries Fabrizio De Andrè - Principe libero, earning, thus, another David di Donatello nomination. International collaborations also begin for Marinelli: he takes part in the TV series Trust, directed by Oscar winner Danny Boyle, and in 2020 he stars alongside Charlize Theron in the action movie The Old Guard, directed from Gina Prince-Bythewood.
In 2019, the actor stars in the film Martin Eden, based on Jack London's novel of the same name and directed from Pietro Marcello. The film is presented at the 76th Venice Film Festival, where Luca Marinelli receives the prestigious Coppa Volpi for best male performance and is nominated for the EFA for best leading actor. In 2020, during the 70th Berlinale he is part of the international jury chaired from Jeremy Irons. In 2021 he is Diabolik in the film of the same name, directed by Manetti Bros. In 2022 he co-starred, along with Alessandro Borghi, in the film The Eight Mountains directed from Felix Van Groeningen and Charlotte Vandermeersch based on Paolo Cognetti's novel of the same name, which won the Strega Prize in 2018. The film won the jury prize at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, as well as the David di Donatello for best film. In addition, for the same film, Luca Marinelli is the winner of the 2023 Silver Ribbon for Lead Actor, sharing the award with Alessandro Borghi. In 2023 he will return in the sequel to The Old Guard directed from Victoria Mahoney.He is currently engaged in the Sky production Original M - The Child of the Century directed from Joe Wright in which he will play the character of Benito Mussolini.
He was born in 1984 and grew up to Leipzig. In 2009 he studied acting at the "Ernst Busch" art academy in Berlin. In 2012 he was invited to a theater festival to St. Petersburg where he discovered his interest in international theater productions. At that time he met Luca Marinelli and the idea of performing Kafka's play An Affair for an Academy was first born. Jung joined to be part of a theater ensemble to Chemnitz, and then worked at theaters such as the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz, Staatstheater Saarbrücken, Schauspielhaus Hamburg, to name a few. In 2018 he taught a theater course for students at the German school in Barranquilla, Colombia. Upon his return he returns to working with Luca Marinelli on Kafka's text, to present it at the 66th edition of Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto.
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