There is also a small, but large, piece of Italy in the historic triumph of P at the 2020 Oscars. In the soundtrack of the South Korean film by Bong Joon-ho there is the song by Gianni Morandi 'Kneeling by you'. And we can only be proud of it!
“On your knees from you” in the film Parasite: why the piece by Morandi?
In a scene from P, awarded 4 Oscars, the song of Morandi, 'Kneeling by you'. As for the choice of the song, director Bong Joon-ho said that his father had Italian records at home. Apparently, by the time he chose the song, he didn't even know the lyrics. During the Cannes film festival, the director then claimed to have chosen the song for the title. Indeed, the protagonists of the film are on their knees in the literal sense of the term.
Morandi's announcement on social media before the night of the 2020 Oscars
A few days before the 2020 Oscars awards ceremony, which took place at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, California, and which consecrated P best film, Morandi had written a post about his Facebook page .. “On the night of February 9-10, the Oscars will be presented at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. In the nomination for best film there is also Parasite, a Korean film, which has an Italian song in its soundtrack. Look at some pictures and listen to the song that I know well ". The post was accompanied by a video that alternated images of Parasite with the film 'In knee da te', inspired by the homonymous song by Morandi.
Morandi's reaction after Parasite's victory
"Today everyone calls me as if I had won the Oscar" - he said in a video posted on his Facebook page. “But the great thing is that in this Oscar-winning film there is 'on my knees to you', a song I recorded when I was not even 20 years old. I'm happy, the film is beautiful and there is something Italian inside " - he concluded. The fans, delighted, went wild on social networks with several comments, all of appreciation for the artist.
“In knee da te”, the record piece that Morandi consecrated
In the film, as we have already said, there is also the song of the eternal boy from Monghidoro. The song won Gianni Morandi the Cantagiro of 1964, giving him a huge success and thus becoming the symbol of his rise in the music scene. Thanks to this song, written by Franco Migliacci and Bruno Zambrini, Morandi (who was not even twenty years old) remains at the top of the Italian charts for 17 weeks. A real record!
“In knee da te”, the film that sparked the love between Gianni Morandi and Laura Efrikian
From the song, in 1964, the homonymous film was made, starring Gianni Morandi and Laura Efrikian, the woman he would marry only two years later. This is the first title of a trilogy which then continued with 'I'm not worthy of you' and 'If I didn't have you anymore'. The film, which at the time had cost 50 million of the old lire, grossed a full billion. The director, Ettore Maria Fizzarotti, specialized in musicarelli, has also worked with Al Bano, Bobby Solo and Caterina Caselli, other famous names in Italian music.
