Borsalino City
The Borsalino hat became an icon thanks to cinema. During Hollywood’s golden age, everyone wore one. What is less well known is that this legend was born in a provincial Italian city, and that for more than 125 years a single family stood at the helm of the empire founded by Giuseppe Borsalino.
Evoking the atmosphere of classic film noir, the film tells the story of the extraordinary encounter between the dream of a self-made entrepreneur and the great dream factory of 20th-century cinema, tracing the history of one of the world’s most famous hats.
Image Archive Credits:
The posters are from the I Grafismi Boccassi Collection, owned by the Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Alessandria.
The photographs are provided courtesy of the City of Alessandria, Department of Culture, in collaboration with the Fototeca Civica di Alessandria.
Year: 2016
Genre: Creative documentary
Website: www.borsalinocity.it
Regia di: Enrica Viola
Autori: Enrica Viola, Paola Rota, Erica Liffredoaa
Author narrator: Paola Rota
Editing: Enrico Giovannone
Photography: Luciano Federici
Music: Giorgio Li Calzi
Cast: Robert Redford, Vittorio Vaccarino, Paolo Vaccarino, Elena Vitelli, Massimo Arlotta, Maria Vaccarino, Jacopo Gardella, Giancarlo Subbrero, Marie-Laure Gutton, Piero Tosi, Massimo Pieroni, Ugo Boccassi, Giovanna Raisini Usuelli, Jean-Claude Carrière, Deborah Nadoolman Landis, Eddie Muller, Marilyn Vance, Alberto Barbera, Dante Spinotti, Mariella Vaccarino. Voice over (Italian): Dario Penne. Voice over (French): Richard Bohringer.
Producer: Enrica Viola
Produttori associati: Virginie Guibbaud, Simone Bachini
Production: UNA Film
In collaboration with: Apapaja, Les Films d’Ici 2, Arte France, Istituto Luce Cinecittà, Rai Cinema Sviluppato con: ARCHIDOC, a documentary workshop sponsored by MEDIA EU Programme
