Migliore

NUOVO TEATRO diretta da Marco Balsamo
presents

Valerio Mastandrea

in

MIGLIORE

written and directed by

Mattia Torre

Migliore is the comic and terrible story of Alfredo Beaumont, an ordinary man who, after an accident (which he causes, for which he feels responsible and of which he will be acquitted), falls into a deep crisis and becomes a bad man. Suddenly society opens all its doors to him: Alfredo grows professionally, women desire him, and he is cured of his ailments and his fears.

Migliore is a story about our times, about people who build their success on ruthlessness, cynicism and contempt for others. And about the paradox of the despised, who before such people bow their heads and – fascinated – let them pass.

Mattia Torre – Biografia

Mattia Torre was born in Rome on 10 June 1972. He attended the Lycée Chateaubriand, where he met Giacomo Ciarrapico, Pietro Sermonti and Andrea Sartoretti. He graduated in France in 1991 and enrolled in sociology in Rome. In 1994, with Giacomo Ciarrapico, he wrote his first show, “Io non c'entro”, which opened at the Teatro Tordinona. The Compagnia del Cianti was born, and in the following years they wrote and staged “Tutto a posto” (1996), “Piccole anime” (1998) and “L'Ufficio” (2001). In 1998 he acted in Giacomo Ciarrapico's film “Piccole anime”, a kind of making-of of the show, presented at that year's Torino Film Festival.

In 1999, shortly after his civilian service with Arci, he went to Albania as a volunteer in a Kosovar refugee camp. He then wrote “Faleminderit” (“Thank you” in Albanian), a kind of diary and notes on the experience.

In 1999, with Giacomo Ciarrapico, he co-wrote the series “Baldini e Simoni”, broadcast on Raidue.

In 2000, with Luca Vendruscolo and Massimo De Lorenzo, he rewrote the film “Piovono mucche”, whose earlier version had won the Solinas Prize in 1996. The film was shot in 2001, directed by Luca Vendruscolo, with Mattia playing one of the leads.

In 2003 he wrote “In mezzo al mare” and won the “Attori in cerca d'autore” festival created by Ennio Coltorti; the monologue was performed by Valerio Aprea. In 2004, for the same festival, he wrote “Sopra di noi” with Cristina Pellegrino and Carlo De Ruggieri. That same year he wrote “Infernetto” with Giorgio Tirabassi and Daniele Costantini, later staged at the Teatro Brancaccio.

Between 2003 and 2004 he wrote the TV series “Cuori rubati” (with Luca Vendruscolo) and “Love Bugs”. In 2004, as part of the festival “LET – Liberi esperimenti teatrali”, Mattia presented a long version of “In mezzo al mare”, again with Valerio Aprea, and the two short monologues “Il topo” and “Il figurante” with Carlo De Ruggieri and Massimo De Lorenzo.

Between 2004 and 2005 he wrote the monologue “Migliore” for Valerio Mastandrea, which opened at the Teatro Piccolo Jovinelli.

From 2004 he joined the writing team of Serena Dandini's programme “Parla con me” on Raitre.

In 2006, with Luca Vendruscolo and Giacomo Ciarrapico, he wrote the series “Buttafuori” with Marco Giallini and Valerio Mastandrea for Raitre.

From 2007 to 2009 came the first three seasons of Boris, produced by Lorenzo Mieli. Mattia also directed the second season.

In 2010, with Giacomo and Luca, he wrote and directed “Boris – il film”, released in cinemas on 1 April that year, produced by Lorenzo Mieli and Mario Gianani.

In 2011 he wrote “456”, staged at the Teatro Piccolo Eliseo with Cristina Pellegrino, Carlo De Ruggieri, Massimo De Lorenzo and Franco Ravera. The show was produced by Pietro Sermonti and Ninni Bruschetta, and in later years by Velia Papa for Marche Teatro. Drawing on this show, Mattia wrote and directed a TV sequel broadcast within Serena Dandini's programme “The Show Must Go Off” on LA7.

In 2012 Dalai editore published the collection of all his stage monologues in the book “In mezzo al mare”, and the book “456”, containing the play and the scripts of the TV sequel.

In 2013 he wrote and directed “Qui e ora”. It opened with Valerio Aprea and Valerio Mastandrea; in 2017 Paolo Calabresi took over from the latter.

Nel 2014, with Giacomo Ciarrapico e Luca Vendruscolo scrivono e dirigono “Ogni maledetto Natale”, prodotto da Lorenzo Mieli. 

In 2015, with Corrado Guzzanti, he wrote the Sky series “Dov'è Mario?”, broadcast in 2016. That same year he wrote and directed “La linea verticale”, the story of his experience in hospital after major surgery. The series was broadcast on Raitre in 2018, produced by Lorenzo Mieli. The novel “La linea verticale”, published by Baldini&Castoldi that same year, was drawn from the series.

In 2017 he wrote and directed the monologue “Perfetta” with Geppi Cucciari.

In January 2017 the Teatro Ambra Jovinelli hosted a season dedicated to Mattia's theatre, staging Qui e ora, 456 and Migliore.

In 2018 he wrote the screenplay for “Figli”. In 2019 preparation of the film began, but it was eventually directed by Giuseppe Bonito and released in 2020.

In 2019 Mondadori published a new edition of the collection “In mezzo al mare”, with the addition of the monologue “Perfetta”.

Mattia muore a Roma on 19 July 2019. 

In 2021 Mondadori published “A questo poi ci pensiamo”, a collection of unpublished stories and monologues.

October 2022 esce Boris 4 su Disneyplus, scritta senza Mattia ma dedicata a lui. 

In 2022 Lorenzo Mieli produced for Raitre “Sei pezzi facili – tutto il teatro di Mattia Torre”, directed for television by Paolo Sorrentino. The shows were filmed at the Teatro Ambra Jovinelli and broadcast between November and December 2022 on Raitre and RaiPlay.

Teatro della Pergola di Firenze, 10–12 Jan 2025
Teatro Ambra Jovinelli di Roma, 15 Jan – 4 Feb 2025
Teatro Stignani di Imola, 17–18 Feb 2025
Teatro Asioli di Correggio, 19 Feb 2025
Teatro Era di Pontedera, 22–23 Feb 2025
Teatro Piccinni di Bari, 25–26 Feb 2025
Teatro Verdi di Brindisi, 27 Feb 2025
Teatro Comunale Costantino Parravano di Caserta 1 e, 2 Mar 2025

VALERIO MASTANDREA

in

MIGLIORE

original music

GIULIANO TAVIANI

 assistant director

ANNAGAIA MARCHIORO

written and directed by

MATTIA TORRE. Migliore is the comic and terrible story of Alfredo Beaumont, an ordinary man who, after an accident (which he causes, for which he feels responsible and of which he will be acquitted), falls into a deep crisis and becomes a bad man. Suddenly society opens all its doors to him: Alfredo grows professionally, women desire him, and he is cured of his ailments and his fears. Migliore is a story about our times, about people who build their success on ruthlessness, cynicism and contempt for others. And about the paradox of the despised, who before such people bow their heads and – fascinated – let them pass.

Mattia Torre, Italian screenwriter, playwright and director. With Giacomo Ciarrapico he wrote, in the 1990s, his first stage comedies, Io non c'entro, Tutto a posto, Piccole anime and L'ufficio. In 2000 he published the book Faleminderit – April '99 in Albania during the war. He co-wrote Luca Vendruscolo's film Piovono mucche. In 2003 his monologue In mezzo al mare, with Valerio Aprea, won the Attori in cerca d'autore festival at the Teatro Valle in Rome. In 2005 he wrote and directed the stage monologue Migliore, with Valerio Mastandrea. He is the author of the short monologue Gola and the short plays Il figurante and Sopra di noi. He was one of the writers of Serena Dandini's programme Parla con me. With Ciarrapico and Vendruscolo he wrote the TV series Buttafuori and, from 2007, the first, second and third seasons of Boris for Fox Italia, co-directing the second. With the same authors he wrote and directed Boris – il film. In 2011 he wrote and staged the play 456, also creating its TV sequel for La7. Dalai editore published his collection of monologues In mezzo al mare (2012). He wrote and directed the play Qui e ora with Valerio Mastandrea and Valerio Aprea. In 2014, with Ciarrapico and Vendruscolo, he wrote and directed the feature film Ogni maledetto Natale. In 2015, with Corrado Guzzanti, he wrote the TV series Dov'è Mario? for Sky. Articles: Corriere della Sera, Milan

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