Il Pirata: Marco Pantani Explained

Director:	Claudio Bonivento
Starring:	Rolando Ravello
Composer:	Giancarlo Bigazzi Marco Falagiani
Language:	Italian
Editor:	Antonio Siciliano
Cinematography:	Emilio Loffredo
Runtime:	100 min.
Network:	Rai 1

Il Pirata: Marco Pantani is a 2007 Italian television film written and directed by Claudio Bonivento.

The film is loosely based on the book Pantani: eroe tragico by Pier Bergonzi, Davide Cassani and Ivan Zazzaroni and it depicts real life events of road racing cyclist Marco Pantani.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Cast

• Rolando Ravello as Marco Pantani, aka Il Pirata
• Nicoletta Romanoff as Christina
• Ivano Marescotti as Beltrame
• Gianfelice Facchetti as Francesco
• Franco Mescolini as Grandpa Sotero
• Solveig D'Assunta as Marco's mother
• Maurizio Tafani as Marco's father
• Massimiliano Franciosa as Giordano
• Marco Rossi as Pantani as a child
• Omero Antonutti as Ridolfi
• Gianni Minà as Himself
• Felice Gimondi as Himself

Notes and References

1. News: Alessandra Vitali . La vita fragile del Pirata in una fiction tv "Ferito nell'orgoglio, lo hanno massacrato". 25 September 2015. La Repubblica. 1 February 2007.
2. News: Emilia Costantini. C' è anche Gimondi nella fiction "Il pirata" sul dramma di Pantani . 25 September 2015. Corriere della Sera. 2 February 2007.
3. News: Roberto Levi. Ma dov'è finito il Pantani ciclista?. 25 September 2015. Il Giornale. 7 February 2007.