Monica Vitti died. The great actress had been very ill for years and she had retired to private life for a long time.
The announcement of his disappearance was given by Walter Veltroni on Twitter:
”Roberto Russo, her partner of these years, asks me to communicate that Monica Vitti is no longer here. I do it with great pain, affection, regret”. She was born Maria Luisa Ceciarelli in Rome, on November 3, 1931, she had turned 90 a few months ago. Iconic actress of Italian cinema, she was absent from the scenes since 2001, when she was received at the Quirinale for the David di Donatello. She was Michelangelo Antonioni's muse, queen of Italian comedy alongside Alberto Sordi.
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His unmistakable hoarse voice, expressive ability, the modernity of his image have made him an icon of Italian cinema of the twentieth century. You have worked with the greatest directors – from Antonioni who made her his Muse in “L'Avventura” launching her internationally to Mario Monicelli who chose her to play “The girl with the gun”. And then again Luigi Magni, Ettore Scola, Franco Giraldi. Her versatility and ability to move from drama to comedy has allowed Monica Vitti to work with Ugo Tognazzi, Alberto Sordi, Vittorio Gassman and Marcello Mastroianni, becoming par excellence the most iconic interpreter of Italian comedy.
Monica Vitti was one of those actresses who made Italian cinema immortal in the world. And it is no exaggeration to say so. She had just turned 90.
