(May 5, 2017) "In the darkness of human destiny: Pirandello and self-knowledge": this is the title of the event dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Nobel Prize winner, which will feature prominent actor and director Sergio Rubini. The initiative is scheduled for Thursday May 11 at 6.30 pm at the Italian Cultural Institute of Lisbon, which organizes the event together with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and the De Sanctis Foundation. Rubini will give Pirandello a voice in a sequence of texts carefully selected from the literary works of the writer, especially the novels "The Late Mattia Pascal" and "One, No one and One Hundred Thousand" and the short story "The Train Whistled". The reading of Rubini will be preceded by a critical intervention by Professor Sebastiana Fadda, a scholar of literature, culture and theater and researcher at the Center for theatrical studies at the faculty of Arts at the University of Lisbon. (Red)

ABOUT / SERGIO RUBINI

Sergio Rubini, born in Apulia, moved to Rome to attend the National Academy of Dramatic Art Silvio D'Amico. He is one of the most complete artists of Italian cinema, he has worked in Italy and internationally as an actor, but also as a screenwriter and director, with performances glorified by critics. An extraordinary interpreter, an icon of Italian cinema, inevitable and significant in every film he took part, was discovered by Federico Fellini, who in 1987 wanted him as the protagonist of "L'intervista". In 1990 he directed and interpreted "La Stazione", his first directing work, winning the David di Donatello, the Silver Ribbon and the Fipresci Prize at the Venice Film Festival. With a huge film production from the 1990s to the present day, among his most recent works as director, we remember "Fuori Sede" (2016), realized with the students of Acting and Direction of the National Academy of Dramatic Art "Silvio d 'Amico' in which he has been teaching acting for several years. As an actor, his extraordinary interpretation of the theater company leader Oreste Campese in "La Fabbrica Dei Sogni" by Gianfranco Cabiddu (2016) presented last April at the 10th Italian Film Festival in Portugal, freely drawn from the piece "The Art of Comedy" By Eduardo De Filippo and his Neapolitan translation of "The Storm" by William Shakespeare, which brought him the nomination for Best Actor at the 2017 David di Donatello.