Carla Cucchiarelli signs a story in which love for cinema is mixed with wisdom and creativity with the painful and obvious theme of gender violence and femicide

I am Nannarella. Intrigue in Florence is a novel written by Carla Cucchiarelli and published on June 1st 2023 from Viola editrice-pages 230-euro 17,00

Synopsis: In the post covid era, A young woman who claims to be Anna Magnani was emergency admitted to a hospital in Florence.

It resembles her like a drop of water, he talks and laughs like her.

Under the empathetic gaze of doctors, nurses and residents who passionately follow the stories of the icon of neorealist cinema, the woman soon becomes the undisputed protagonist of the hospital: She calls herself Nannarella and hypotheses and beliefs that border on "unreality" quickly arise around her., but… the shocking truth is well hidden behind those dark eyes…

Review: “Everyone lies” claimed the cynical yet brilliant Dr House of the famous television series.

It is also true that our mind engages self-defense mechanisms in the face of serious dangers and traumas.

Cinema is the world of imagination and escape into which we often escape so as not to think about the ugliness and sorrows of everyday life..

When a person shows signs of “madness” and is consequently hospitalized, It is a priority for every good psychiatrist to distinguish true from false in the words spoken by the patient.

But what to do if a patient claims to be the late actress Anna Magnani as well as having an incredible physical resemblance?

Francesco asks himself this, head doctor of the hospital in Florence where a woman who claims to be called Nannarella or Anna Magnani is admitted.

The incredible physical resemblance between the woman and the Oscar-winning actress and the former's ability to precisely list dates and details of the latter's private life put the doctor in difficulty in finding the solution to the case.

This Nannarella is truly the reincarnation of Anna Magnani?

Rumors and hypotheses take shape in the corridors of the hospital and in the city, tending to confirm this thesis.

The media itself, sensing the news, became interested in the woman, giving it long-awaited visibility

Io sono Nannarella is a novel within a novel presenting two formally distinct story lines, but which will then mix in a harmonious and enveloping way.

The first line of the story is characterized by the woman's hospitalization and how her presence soon turns into a puzzle for the head doctor and his staff.

Nannarella appears struck by amnesia except for the claim of being Anna Magnani, showing a personality and charm worthy of the well-known actress.

Francesco knows well that the woman is lying, but he understands that behind this lie lies pain, fear, a trauma to heal.

Nannarella is a confident woman or hides a secret to be kept at any cost?

The mystery unravels in the second part, when Nannarella decides to open up to the sweet young Polish nurse Anka.

The mystery becomes drama. The reader discovers a truth of violence and abuse that Silvia, This is the woman's real name, she had to suffer and face at the hands of her husband Giovanni.

Carla Cucchiarelli signs a story in which love for cinema is mixed with wisdom and creativity with the painful and obvious theme of gender violence and femicide.

The result is a never banal read, pressing, capable of creating an intense connection between the reader and the protagonist.

I am Nannarella is a story of suffering, courage and rebirth with a happy ending that every male reader should read and adopt as a warning for real life.

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Ed: Carla Cucchiarelli graduated in Political Science, counselor diplomat, lives and works in Rome. Deputy editor-in-chief of Tgr Lazio, deals in particular with social and cultural issues.

She has published alone and also together with other authors:

Paola and Chiara BastogiLibri, 2004

The girls' merry-go-round Re.bus, 2009

Because mothers suffer. Stories lived in the world of saving mothers AAVV Armando Editore, 2009

I killed Bambi 0111editions, 2012

Witches of Italy or presumed such, of yesterday and today. Vol. 2 AAVV Fefe, 2014

Thus spoke the Mona Lisa. Unauthorized autobiography of Lisa Gherardini, the most painted and revised woman in history Iacobelli editors, 2019

The pink telephone. A thirty-year history Castelvecchi, 2019

What the walls say. Reasoned guide to the street art of the capital Iacobelli editors, 2018

That night in Rome. Biography of Luigi Di Sarro Iacobelli editors, 2019

Before and after. Roman street art and Coronavirus Iacobelli editors, 2020