Ascanio Celestini

The Profile

Ascanio Celestini (Rome, 1972) is an Italian storyteller, actor, writer and director associated with narrative theatre. His film debut La pecora nera was followed by Viva la sposa, and he has released the spoken album Parole Sante.

Italian theatre narrator and filmmaker born in 1972 in Rome; focuses on social and political themes tied to the working class. Debut film: La pecora nera; second film: Viva la sposa; album: Parole Sante.

Three DeBaser reviews chart Ascanio Celestini’s sharp social gaze: the bruising debut film La pecora nera, the bitter, meandering Viva la sposa, and the politically charged spoken album Parole Sante. Reviewers praise his narrative theatre roots, monotone-but-hammering voiceovers, and focus on the proletariat and contemporary Italy. Overall sentiment is clearly favorable, highlighting intensity, originality, and conscience-pricking writing.