Director: Ettore Scola
Englisht title: How Strange to be Named Federico: Scola narrates Fellini
Original title: Che strano chiamarsi Federico -Sscola racconta Fellini
2011/ Italy/ 93’/ Colour

CREDITS
Script: Ettore Scola, Paola Scola, Silvia Scola; Photography:  Luciano Tovoli; Editing:  Raimondo Crociani; Sound: Alessandro Salvatori;  Leading actors:  Tommaso Lazotti, Maurizio De Santis, Giacomo Lazotti, Giulio Forges Davanzati, Ernesto D'Argenio, Emiliano De Martino, Fabio Morici, Carlo Luca De Ruggieri, Andrea Salerno, Sergio Rubini, Sergio Pierattini, Antonella Attili, Vittorio Marsiglia,  Vittorio Viviani.

SYNOPSIS
The film is a reminiscence/portrait of Federico Fellini, put together by Ettore Scola on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the director’s death. In addition to the richness of the movies made by a peerless master—now the common heritage of audiences all over the world—a devoted admirer recalls the privilege of having known him and the emotions that he stirred in those who listened to him, with his irony and his reflections on “life being a party.

FIMOGRAPHY
He entered the film industry as a screenwriter in 1953, and directed his first film, Let's Talk About Women, in 1964. In 1974 Scola enjoyed international success with We All Loved Each Other So Much (C'eravamo tanto amati), a wide fresco of post-World War II Italy life and politics, dedicated to fellow director Vittorio De Sica. The film won the Golden Prize at the 9th Moscow International Film Festival.[1] In 1976 he won the Prix de la mise en scène at 1976 Cannes Film Festival for Brutti, sporchi e cattivi. Since then Ettore Scola has made several successful films, including A Special Day (1977), That Night In Varennes (1982), What Time Is It? (1989) and Captain Fracassa's Journey (1990). Ettore Scola has directed close to 40 films in some 40 years, and he is still active. His film Passione d'amore, adapted from a nineteenth-century novel, was adapted by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine into the award-winning musical Passion. He was a member of the jury at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.