With ‘Agon,’ Giulio Bertelli Deconstructs the Mythology of the Sports Hero
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With ‘Agon,’ Giulio Bertelli Deconstructs the Mythology of the Sports Hero
The first-time filmmaker—and son of Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli—on his hard-to-categorize debut: “Some people will love it; some will dislike it. Indifference would be the worst response.”
The filmmaker Giulio Bertelli debuts in the direction with Agon , a film that breaks categories and is presented at the Venice Festival on August 29, 2025. Son of Miuccia Prada and Patrizio Bertelli, Giulio has followed his own creative path away from the world of fashion. Agon, his prima opera, is a mixture of documentary and fiction that explores identity and competition from a surrealist perspective, positions it as an intriguing promise of c…
He dreamed of making a film from high school and now presents Agon at the Venice Festival. A story about the sport that is, in fact, about life.
Giulio Bertelli tells us about the genesis of his first feature film, Agon, which will be presented as a preview in Venice on Friday.
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