In the second half of the 1950s, a young Italian woman, not yet thirty, challenged the completely male-dominated world of journalism, stubbornly trying to break free from the fashion and gossip topics reserved for female editors or correspondents: Oriana Fallaci, a writer and journalist who would later become famous worldwide, worked for L’Europeo, covered Rome’s dolce vita, and turned her assignment in the United States into an opportunity to craft portraits of extraordinary personalities. Produced by Minerva Pictures, Paramount Television International Studios, in co-production with Redstring.
Born from an idea by Alessandra Gonnella and Diego Loreggian, created by Viola Rispoli and Tom Grieves, directed by Luca Ribuoli, Giacomo Martelli, and Alessandra Gonnella, it stars Miriam Leone as Oriana Fallaci. Cinematography was handled by Ivan Casalgrandi AIC (first and second episodes) and Stefano Palombi CCS (third and fourth episodes).
Stefano Palombi CCS tells us: “Miss Fallaci was an extremely stimulating ‘photographic journey’ that I was fortunate to share with Ivan Casalgrandi AIC. We retraced Oriana’s life, from experiencing war as a teenager to the late 1950s, at the height of her professional rise. This temporal and emotional arc, told by three different directors (Luca Ribuoli, Giacomo Martelli, and Alessandra Gonnella), required an enormous effort in scenic (Paolo Bonfini) and photographic reconstruction. New York, Florence, London, and Milan came to life on the soundstages of Boyana in Sofia and De Paolis in Rome. The photographic goal was primarily to achieve a high level of realism and historical coherence while also fulfilling the need to convey the emotional depth of such a complex and multifaceted character as Oriana Fallaci. The series was shot on ALEXA LF with Canon K35/FD lenses, frame line 2.39 (opengate 4.5K).”
