Oscar-winning Italian director
Giuseppe Tornatore was among the first of many acclaimed Italian
filmmakers to arrive at the memorial service and day-long
viewing of the body of Italian director Francesco Rosi on
Monday.
Rosi, 92, directed award-winning films tackling corruption
in postwar Italy and died at his home in Rome on Saturday.
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, Rosi's friend and
former classmate, sent white roses to the public viewing held at
Rome's Casa del Cinema, where a large screen projected black and
white images of the director's films.
Italian director Giuseppe Piccioni was also among the first
to arrive for the service, and said Rosi's work gave Italy
"identity and dignity".
"Rosi was one of those artists who lived his work like a
mission," Piccioni said.
Rosi's film "Hands over the City," about political
corruption, took the Golden Lion at Venice in 1963, and "The
Mattei Affair", an investigation into the death of prominent
Italian businessman Enrico Mattei, won the Golden Palm at Cannes
in 1972.
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