For actor Michel Ferracci, “Corsica is a real land of filming, an immense natural studio”

For actor Michel Ferracci, “Corsica is a real land of filming, an immense natural studio”
For actor Michel Ferracci, “Corsica is a real land of filming, an immense natural studio”

Ask almost any Porto-Vecchiais about Michel Ferracciand repeat the operation with the entertainment worldand you will always get the same answers: “A real nice guy”, “always in a good mood”, “faithful and generous”, “a good friend”, “very sociable”…And you only need to spend an hour with him to realize that the guy’s reputation is not overrated.

Michel Ferracci, actor and producer, has a gift for words, a cheerful smile, a frank look. And the telephone “still grafted to the ear”said his wife, actress Emilie Dequennewho likes to say that it is a “extension of himself: the phone in one hand, and the other holding the leash of Bozo, our dog”. That’s it for the image.

Previews at the Portivechju Film Festival

But in fact, the telephone is used – a lot – to ensure that the cinema industry develops in Corsica: “He works from dawn to dusk. He never stops.”underlines Émilie Dequenne. “We have incredible potential, a real land for filming, a huge natural studio. And if the world of culture as a whole plays the game on the island, we can make Corsica work all year round. That’s what I’ve been trying to do for a few years: I sell Corsica to my network, and it’s starting to work.”he says.

An idea that inspires him so much that he wanted, with his nephew Fabien Santoni and the Cinéma Paradisu association, to create the Portivechju Film Festival, which began this Friday with the regional preview of Mohican by Frédéric Farrucci, “very great film and very great director”and continues all weekend. “We’ve been thinking about it for three or four years. Jean-Christophe Angelini agreed to follow us, the municipality, the intercommunal tourist office too, and for a first, I think we have a very good poster.”

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