Raffa (2023)

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Raffa is a 2023 Italian documentary television series directed by Daniele Luchetti for Disney+, based on the life of Italian singer, dancer, actress, television presenter and model Raffaella Carrà.

Production

Carrà died of lung cancer on 5 July 2021. On 8 November 2022, Disney+ announced the development of Raffa, a documentary series that would pay tribute to Carrà. Produced by Fremantle, the series was directed by Daniele Luchetti, and written by Cristiana Farina, with the participation of Carlo Altinier, Barbara Boncompagni, Salvatore Coppolino and Salvo Guercio. Filming began in November 2022.

Part one covers Carrà's youth in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, as Raffaella Pelloni, the daughter of an absent father and a strong mother; her starring role in the 1965 American film Von Ryan's Express opposite Frank Sinatra; her 1970 guest appearance on the short-lived Italian variety show Io, Agata e tu which led to her success as presenter, actress and dancer on the Saturday night show Canzonissima from 1970 to 1971; and the scandal of Carrà being th…

The documentary collects over 1500 clips of archival footage, most of them from RAI, and numerous testimonies from Carrà's collaborators and friends, including Renzo Arbore, Marco Bellocchio, Giovanni Benincasa, Barbara Boncompagni, Emanuele Crialese, Tiziano Ferro, Fiorello, Loretta Goggi, Sergio Japino, Loles León, Caterina Rita, Luca Sabatelli, Bob Sinclar and Enzo Paolo Turchi.

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