A 94-year-old Renaissance man throws his own funeral party—and it's spectacular.
Franco Zeffirelli passed away on 15th June 2019. Chris Hunt's biography explores how Zeffirelli's sense of drama was born out of his own experience and how his life inspired his productions. Chris Hunt interviewed him and other famous actors, friends and associates, had a camera at Zeffirelli's 94th birthday and during the opening of his foundation in Florence. This documentary, including clips from operas, films and plays aims to be the definitive portrait of a Renaissance man larger than life.
Direction
Hunt's access is obscene—94th birthday, foundation opening, deathbed practically.
Production
Clips spanning six decades of opera, film, theatre—pure visual opulence.
Acting
Joan Plowright's stories hit different when you know she lived them.
Director
Chris Hunt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Zeffirelli was Elizabeth Taylor's personal guest at her wedding to Richard Burton—he'd directed them in 'Taming of the Shrew.'
His 1968 'Romeo and Juliet' defined teen romance onscreen for generations; its nudity controversy nearly got it banned.
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