Rome, Italy:
CINECITTA STUDIOS HONORS 20th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEATH OF FEDERICO FELLINI WITH NAMING STUDIO 5 AFTER THE GRANDE ITALIAN MASTER IN THE PRESENCE OF YOUNGEST FELLINI MUSE ANTONELLA PONZIANI.
The dedication ceremony is taking place today, December 20, 2013, in the presence of the youngest Fellini star still in her forties Bella Antonella Ponziani, the unforgettable Claudia Cardinal who mesmerized us all in 8 1/2, the Minister of Heritage and Cultural Activities Maximum Bray and the Mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino. The most famous Italian director from Rimini shot his masterpieces at Studio 5 including Amarcord(1975) that won an Oscar nomination over Jaws(1987) by Steven Spielberg, the Nights of Cabiria ( 1958), the exquisite 8 1/2 with the benchmark setter actor Marcello Mastroianni and his stunning co-star, Claudia Cardinal(1964) and Intervista(1987) his good-bye autobiographical second to last film with Antonella Ponziani playing his young love opposite the Sergio Rubini who played the young Federico the journalist going to the studio to write about a famous actress when he meets and hangs out with The Girl, with a character name of Antonella.
Sergio Rubini and Antonella Ponziani in Intervista(1987)
Marcello Mastrioanni and Claudia Cardinale in 8 1/2(1963)
