When Nuvolari Runs: The Flying Mantuan

2018
1h 40m

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Alessandro Haber, Tonino Zangardi, Mauro Venditti, Linda Messerklinger, Edoardo Purgatori, Francesca Della Ragione, and Brutius Selby in When Nuvolari Runs: The Flying Mantuan (2018)

Tazio Giorgio Nuvolari (16 November 1892 - 11 August 1953) was an Italian racing driver. First he raced motorcycles and then he concentrated on sports cars and single-seaters. Resident in Ma... Read allTazio Giorgio Nuvolari (16 November 1892 - 11 August 1953) was an Italian racing driver. First he raced motorcycles and then he concentrated on sports cars and single-seaters. Resident in Mantua, he was known as 'Il Mantovano Volante' (The Flying Mantuan) and nicknamed 'Nivola'. ... Read allTazio Giorgio Nuvolari (16 November 1892 - 11 August 1953) was an Italian racing driver. First he raced motorcycles and then he concentrated on sports cars and single-seaters. Resident in Mantua, he was known as 'Il Mantovano Volante' (The Flying Mantuan) and nicknamed 'Nivola'. Ferdinand Porsche called him "the greatest driver of the past, the present, and the future... Read all

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7/10

A movie about motor racing without any motor racing

I liked this movie. I really did. The cinematography was excellent so the whole movie was just beautiful to look at. It was well written and well acted all around. So, I have no complaints there at all.

But, here's the thing. This movie was about Tazio Nuvolari, the racing driver. So why then was there absolutely no attempt to show any actual racing apart from old footage of the real Nuvolari in races in the 30s, 40s and 50s? I compare this to other recent movies like "Rush" (excellent) and "Ford vs Ferrari" (really and truly excellent) which were just full of scenes involving actual racing.

Is it really too much to ask for some presentation of motor racing in a film about a famous motor car racer? In that regard, this movie failed miserably but, it was enjoyable nonetheless.

7/10 from me.

JMV.