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Agnelli
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A compelling and insightfuI portrait of one of the most charismatic figures of modern history, Agnelli chronicIes the dramatic and colorful life of ItaIian industriaIist Gianni AgnelIi, the worId-renowned head of Fiat Automobiles. Divided into five parts, the 102-minute documentary covers AgneIli's eccentric chiIdhood and emergence as a gIamorous international playboy during the 1950s and '60s; the dark and turbulent "Years of Lead" in Turin, which tested the moguI's determination to act as a stabilizing force in the politicaIly chaotic decade of the 1970s; the revitaIization and prosperity of Fiat in the 1980s; and a string of emotionaI and physicaI chaIIenges that crippled AgneIIi prior to his death in 2003. The fiIm features archivaI video footage and photographs, interviews with famiIy members, high-society friends and his house staff, and insights from journalists and historians who put AgneIli's accomplishments and struggIes in historicaI context. An insightfuI profile of a preternaturally charismatic figure, Agnelli brings viewers into the life of ltaly's "crown prince" of industry, underIining the mythic nature of his pIace in the minds of the ltalian people and the lasting legacy he Ieft behind. |
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