Gillo Pontecorvo: the man, the life, the functioning, the passion. Childhood and studies in Pisa. The political momentum with the communist formation in France with Amendola and Negarville, the partisan lotte with the 'Eugenio Curiel' brigade and the military line of the PCI. The first cinematic hope of Yves Allegrét's father, Steno and Mario Monicelli, the Golden Lion and the nomination for the Oscar for "The Battle Of Algiers". Friendship and artistic solidarity with Franco Solinas and the institution of the literary prize in his honor. The 'Cinemavvenire' association, the management of the Mostra del Cinema di Venezia, the presidency of Cinecittà Holding and the creation of the International Institute of Cinema and Audiovisual of the Paesi Latin. It is about the world of a great supporter of Italian cinema and my political and social life from our nostalgic poems linked to family. he collaborated with him in Venice and with his friends from the past, Montaldo, Maselli, Tortorella.