Thanks to the Ferrari movie, Modena’s image will spread around the world and, in addition to updating the myth of Drake, it will be a great promotional opportunity for the city and territory. For these reasons, Mayor Gian Carlo Muzzarelli today, Sunday, September 3, in the Representative Hall of the Town Hall, presented director Michael Mann with the recognition of “Bonissima”, a ceramic statue that reproduces one of the symbols of the city, which watches over Piazza Great. Mann was accompanied by his wife Summer.
The mayor, along with regional cultural adviser Mauro Felicori, emphasized that the film conveys “the sounds of our territory, the sound of the heart and engines.” And Muzzarelli recalled how the story, set in 1957, is about “the desire to redeem a land that wanted to conquer again: I rediscovered that passion in the film.”
Thanking the help received from the institutions and cities involved in the filming, Michael Mann, a director known for such works as The Heat Challenge, The Last of the Mohicans and The Pledge, traced the experience gained in Modena: “A beautiful city , I understood why people don’t leave it like a Ferrari, or when they leave, they come back.” And he said he was touched and moved by the spirit of the people who, during filming, expressed their appreciation for the decision to dedicate the film to Enzo Ferrari.
The film, presented in recent days in Venice at the 80th Venice Film Festival, will hit theaters around the end of the year and has starred Adam Driver, Patrick Dempsey, Penélope Cruz, Hugh Jackman, among others. Shailene Woodley. The action takes place in 1957 and was filmed last summer with the cooperation of the Emilia-Romagna Film Commission, as well as in Modena, Maranello and other local realities.
The meeting with Mann was attended, among others, by the President of the Municipal Council, Fabio Poggi, the Municipal Councilor for Culture, Andrea Bortolamasi and other members of Giunta, the mayor of Maranello, Luigi Zironi, the deputy of Fiorano, Morena Silingardi, the mayor of Novellara, Elena Carletti, the mayor of Imola, Marco Panieri, and representatives of Reggio Emilia. , the Province of Ferrara, the Film Commission of Emilia-Romagna and other organizations involved in the production.
Here is the text of the motives set out on parchment, also in English, which accompanied the veneration of the statue: design, speed. The film will renew and revive the myth of Enzo Ferrari and his Scuderia and the beauty of our city, providing an excellent opportunity to promote the whole area of Modena, known and loved all over the world for its “slow food”. and “fast cars”. With sincere and deep gratitude.