Film Talk with Davide Ferrario, Director of UMBERTO ECO – A LIBRARY OF THE WORLD

Moderation: Malte Borgmann


UMBERTO ECO – A LIBRARY OF THE WORLD, IT 2022, Davide Ferrario


“Without a memory it’s impossible to build a future.” The writer
and philosopher Umberto Eco opens the doors to his private
library – a memory bank. With interviews and tracking shots
through libraries, the film approaches the fascination for the
collection and collation of knowledge. The portrait shows Eco as
an intelligent and self-deprecating man whose encyclopaedic
hunger is infectious. Michael Kohl


 Biography


At a young age, Davide Ferrario worked as a film critic
and wrote his first screenplay in 1986. He then began directing
himself, alternating between documentaries and feature films. He
received a David di Donatello for the film DOPO MEZZANOTTE.