Renato Nicolini is travelling along the Grande Raccordo Anulare. The traffic flows behind him like thoughts that have been triggered in a logic of free association. His story consists of memories and connections that span esoteric suggestions, city-planning considerations, and metropolitan legends.
Direction
Rosi transforms asphalt into philosophy.
Cinematography
The GRA has never looked this haunted.
Writing
Nicolini's free-associative monologue is pure gold.
Director
Gianfranco Rosi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The GRA is Europe's longest orbital motorway; Rosi's later feature 'Sacro GRA' (2013) won the Golden Lion, making this short its spiritual ancestor.
Nicolini was Rome's theatrical culture chief; his monologue performance here is essentially autobiography disguised as documentary.
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