Directed by Giuseppe Tornatore

Produced by Gianni Russo and Gabriele Costa

With Bernardo Bertolucci, Dario Argento, Quentin Tarantino, Hans Zimmer, Bruce Springsteen, Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone

Ennio is the full-fledged portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific musician of the twentieth century, the most loved by the international audience, two-time Academy Award® winner, author of over 500 unforgettable soundtracks. The documentary tells it through a long interview by Tornatore with the Maestro, testimonies of artists and directors, such as Bertolucci, Montaldo, Bellocchio, Argento, the Taviani, Verdone, Barry Levinson, Roland Joffè, Oliver Stone, Quentin Tarantino - fictional scenes, music and archival images. Ennio is also an investigation aimed at revealing what little is known about Morricone. Like his passion for chess, which perhaps has mysterious ties to his music. But also the realistic origin of some of his musical intuitions as happens for the scream of the coyote that suggests the theme of The good, the ugly, the bad, or the rhythmic clapping of the hands on some tin cans by the strikers in the head to a protest procession through the streets of Rome that inspired him with the beautiful theme of Sosenga Pereira. An aptitude for invention that is confirmed by his constant love for absolute music, and his vocation for persistent experimentation.

ITALY, BELGIUM, NETHERLANDS, JAPAN | 2021 | 156 minutes | Italian and other languages with English subtitles