Overview
- Virzì says tensions with Ramazzotti have cooled after the widely reported restaurant dispute and that they are working toward a collaborative arrangement for their two children.
- He reflects on the breakup as rooted in personal differences and describes himself at times as a nagging “maestrino,” invoking Carlo Verdone’s Furio.
- The director says he is now with writer and screenwriter Susanna Paratore, portraying the relationship as tender and cheerful after both faced difficult personal moments.
- He recounts choosing Sabrina Ferilli for Caterina va in città over producers’ preference for Nancy Brilli, citing a search for a more “plebeian” beauty.
- Virzì adds that Ferilli once “made his head spin,” stresses they never dated, and recalls becoming close friends, including visits to her family home in Fiano Romano.