Overview

• The autobiographical mockumentary screened in competition at Venice 82 with the director absent, continuing his pattern of skipping Lido premieres.
• Occhipinti said he expected Maresco to attend before the director stopped responding and decided not to come, calling him "una Cassandra molto lucida."
• The film centers on an unfinished project about Carmelo Bene and portrays production tensions that culminate in the producer suspending the shoot.
• Distributor Lucky Red launched the film in Italian cinemas to coincide with its Venice screenings.
• The festival's final program featured out‑of‑competition music documentaries on Francesco De Gregori, Nino D'Angelo, and Piero Pelù, and Antonio Capuano's L'isola di Andrea received the Premio Bianchi.