‘Live and let live’, Pappi Corsicato: “A tenacious woman who is reborn cooking sartù”

Pappi Corsicato he likes to tell women, he did it with his cinema (from free for Another’s face) And now in the series Live and let live interpreted by Elena Sofia Ricci, broadcast on Thursday April 23 on Rai 1. “Female tenacity is beautiful,” explains the Neapolitan director, “but also fragility, and Laura, the protagonist of this story, is a woman who knows how to start again.” Born from an idea of ​​Corsicato e Monica Rametta, the series, set in Naples, tells the story of a mother of three children, cook in a canteen, with a mysterious past, married for twenty years to Renato (Antonio Gerardi) musician on board cruise ships. Returning from a secret trip to Tenerife, Laura summons her children (Silvia Mazzieri, Carlotta Antonelli, Giampiero De Consilio), to communicate that the father is gone. He died in a fire. In all six episodes, the comedy turns yellow, full of twists, because nothing is what it seems; but in the meantime, Laura, who has lost her job, reinvents an activity: thanks to the help of her former suitor Massimo Ghini, it goes without saying that he is not as good as he seems, he becomes an entrepreneur. Together with his friends he travels around the city selling sartù.

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“This is my first series,” says Corsicato, “the idea of ​​working with Rai terrified me, but it was the best experience of my life, it gave me energy. The challenge was to maintain the content of a family and contribute a little to my vision: colors, music, a livelier Naples in aesthetics. I have never been presumptuous, since the series was made, I asked to do an episode of A place in the sun Or the equipment because I always thought it could be a different way of approaching work. Now we have realized this project with Rai with the awareness of wanting to do something different, getting involved was a challenge. “

Live and let live – produced by Bibi Film and RaiFiction – tells the world of women (in the cast Iaia Forte, Bianca Nappi, Teresa Saponangelo, Orsetta De Rossi, Alessandra Acciai, Cristina Donadio, Irene Casagrande, Giulia Elettra Gorietti), the ability of women to regain their lives. “I love to say those qualities that all women have, determination, but also fragility”, explains Corsicato “my model is Filumena Marturano, the most multifaceted creature: for me that is the ideal woman, they all have those components”. Live and let live The characters have moments of mistrust but find a common energy, a strength to be able to change even in small things. That is why the series gives a message of hope, even in this difficult moment, of crisis: finding one’s talent. Sometimes we think it’s a hobby, but it’s talent. “

Laura, played by Elena Sofía Ricci, is not discouraged, she is reborn with the kitchen, highlighting her personality. “The series talks about change” continues the director “and how through a moment of pain we can rise again: the human being is always on the move, for better or for worse. Female characters offer more possibilities. Men – by for education and culture: they are more restricted, less willing to open up. ” The other protagonist of Live and let live It is Naples with its beauty. “While you love Gomorrah and The bastards of pizzofalconeI wanted to tell a sunny city with the views. Posillipo, the neighborhood with the most beautiful houses, is also a popular area, I shot in the tuff quarries and then I couldn’t go to Bagnoli, I couldn’t put the Centro Direzionale “. Corsicato has his home in Naples, where his mother lives, but in this period of isolation she is in Rome “with the hope of being able to return to my city. Beyond the fear, the pain we are experiencing, waiting for the transmission of the series gives me energy. I consider myself very lucky to be able to make public company with a story that will accompany him towards the summer. It consoles me to offer a little lightness. All we need “.