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PARISINA - Punishment without Forgiveness
Romantic Drama based on historical facts dated back to the XV Century. The beautiful Laura Malatesta (14yo), orphan of mother since her birth and later of his father, lives her teenage at the court of her uncles Elisabetta Gonzaga and Carlo Malatesta. They give her the best possibile education, reason for her second name “PARISINA” (meaning in the local language “a lady from Paris”). To strenghten their power over their borders they decide to marry Laura with Niccolò III D’Este (Lord of Ferrara). He, diplomatic figure, has recently become widow and is famous for his libertine lifestyle with many mistresses and illegitimate sons. Parisina at Court find benevolence from everyone, except Ugo (14yo), the oldest of Niccolo’s illegitimate sons, and Stella de Tolomei, his mother, that see her as an obstacle to his succession to Niccolò. During the plague, the two young are sent away from Ferrara. They go to Elisabetta’s at the Fortress of Gradara where Cupid throws his arrow. Between Parisina and Ugo begin a secret love story, with the complicity of her educator Giselle. Once back in Ferrara the two, more and more involved in their clandestine passion, get caught in love by a damsel who informs Niccolò of the betrayal. He catch them in action looking into a hole in the ceiling. The two get arrested and after a quick trial, throw them in the castle prisons. The next day they are behaded.
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Giampietro ManzaliniWriter
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Project Title (Original Language):PARISINA - Castigo senza Perdono
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Project Type:Screenplay
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Genres:Romance, drama, historical drama
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Number of Pages:90
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Language:English, Italian
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First-time Screenwriter:No
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Student Project:No
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Digital Cinema Package:Unavailable
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International INDIE Folm&Screenplay FestivalParis
May 2, 2025
Finalist -
Cannes World Film FestivalCannes
May 7, 2025
Semi-finalist -
Manhattan Film FestivalManhattan
May 7, 2025
selected
“You are donkey… you’ll not get anywhere”. That’s how my teacher called me back to school. I’ll get a BA in Mechanical Engeneering.
Born in Ferrara in a middle-status family, the progenitor, grandfather Giovanni, started in 1924 the business of agricultural mediator and my father and I carried on the tradition. For two years I worked as projectist then moved to the family business. Once my wife passed, I spent a few months volonteering at MONDO X, a life community founded by Father Eligio Gelmini.
I’m 70 years old, I don’t plan things. I realized everything I put myself into. I’d like to pass to my grandchildren the same values of “good/bad”, “on/off”, “yes/no” that lead every choice of my life.
Sports and Hobbies
At the age of 20 I learned the photography tecnique. At 25yo. In Reggio Emilia in 1997 at the Italian Marathon Championship I arrived 411th out of 1,500 participants; I was part of the Ferrara Triathlon competitive team that in 1997 and 1998 won the Italian Championship.
Always passionate about motorcycles, after the experience as a rider in 1978, hindered by my father, I resumed racing with vintage motorbikes between 2009 and 2014. I won the Italian Endurance Classic Bike 500 title in 2010. The following year, I finished 32nd out of 80 at the 4Hrs BIKER CLASSICS at Spa Francorchamps (all former world circuit titled riders). I never excelled, but I always performed well.
I collect antique books of FERRARA, I’m not an historian but a keen observer.
The Pilgrimages.
In 2021, during the pandemic, I did the Camino de Santiago up to Finisterre (925km). In 2022 I walked all the way through the Via Francigena from the Hospice of Gr. St. Bernardo (CH) to St. Maria di Leuca “de Finibus Terrae" (2050 km).
Vittorio Alfieri’s phrase: “Volli! E volli sempre! E fortissimamente volli” has always been my leitmotiv.
This is me!
