Production: Fondazione Sistema Toscana
Written and Directed by: Edoardo Zucchetti
With: Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Jay Dee Daugherty, Luca Sofri, Gino Castaldo, Ernesto Assante, Maso Notarianni, Cecilia Strada and many friends
Editing: Daniele Drovandi
Cinematography: Edoardo Zucchetti, Simone Cariello
Executive Producer: Tobia Pescia
Premiere: Festival dei Popoli

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Patti in Florence portrays, through music and words, the special relationship between Patti Smith and the city of Florence, which began with her legendary concert at the Artemio Franchi Stadium on 10 September 1979, attended by 60,000 people.

A cultural bridge connecting the United States and Italy, New York and Tuscany, this relationship was celebrated by Patti Smith herself thirty years later through the project I Was in Florence, comprising performances and improvisations through the city’s streets, museums, theatres and squares.

During her time in Florence, Edoardo Zucchetti followed her movements with an old camera and a handful of film reels, seeking to capture her wanderings and portray the affection shared between the artist and the city.

Initially conceived in 2009, the project was revived in 2015 during the fortieth-anniversary tour of Horses. Through a collaboration with Fondazione Sistema Toscana and extensive research in the archives of the Biblioteca Nazionale, Rai, New Press Photo and Radio Cento Fiori, the film gradually expanded through new footage, memories and personal accounts.

Musicians, journalists, concert promoters, photographers and friends retrace forty years of encounters and collaborations, culminating in Patti Smith’s relationship with Emergency and the Tuscan band Casa del Vento.