
Alessio Rigo de Righi
Directing
Biography
The Italian-American filmmaker Alessio RIGO DE RIGHI (1986, USA) studied Literature in Rome and Directing in New York. He made several short films and documentaries before collaborating with Matteo Zoppis for Il solengo (2015). His filmography includes Henry's Love (2008, short), Catedral (2009, short doc), La gracia del mar (2010, short), Black Beast (2013, short doc co-dir), Il solengo (2015, doc, co-dir) and Re Granchio (2021)
Known For

When cowboy Billi and his sweetheart Rosa run away together, he is accused of her husband's death and becomes the symbol of a local uprising. Everyone wants his head and only Rosa knows the secret that could finally set them free.
Heads or Tails?

A documentary about the story of Mario de Marcella, a hermit that lived in the woods near Rome. He was called by hunters "Il Solengo" because that's how they call the lone boar that is cut off from the rest of the pack.
Il solengo

Several actresses get caught up in a web of romantic intrigue while performing in a production of Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."
Viola

Small town in Italy, end of the 19th century. Luciano, a drunk, doesn't fit in the town. Rebelion against authority and a forbidden love makes him to commit a crime accidentally. To pay for his crime, he is forced into exile on the most remote island in the world, Argentina’s Tierra del Fuego. The hunt for the shipwreck treasure hidden on the island becomes his opportunity for redemption.
The Tale of King Crab

Twenty years ago, three friends in the flower of their youth met to take up a challenge: to build on the beach of a small Uruguayan village a beach restaurant like the ones that used to exist in the 50s. Pure simplicity and honesty. A wood and straw ranch on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, where tales of Argentina, Uruguay, sea bass, silverside, the great artist Pedro Figari, fishermen, good wines, Francis Mallmann and the omnipresent fire, toasts and friendship as their starting and finishing point interweave.
La Huella. The Story of a Beach Bar/Resto
Almost 50 years ago, Justo Gallego Martínez promised himself that he would dedicate the rest of his life to the construction of a cathedral. He is now 84 years old and still building.
The Madman and The Cathedral

Hercules, an old cowboy and quick shooter, says he's seen a black panther near his small hunting lodge. Some of his friends agree with him, others believe it's only a legend. Until Tony Scarf, actor and panther specialist, catches one...