Venice International Film Festival \u2013 La Biennale di Venezia<\/span><\/h2>\nHugo Pratt returns to the Venice Film Festival. On 12 September, a special screening of \u201cIl desiderio di essere inutile \u2013 Hugo a Venezia<\/strong><\/em>\u201d, Stefano Knuchel\u2019s documentary, co-produced by CONG SA. A tribute presented by La Biennale di Venezia together with the International Critics\u2019 Week and the Giornate degli Autori.<\/h1>\nTo tell Hugo Pratt\u2019s story, Stefano Knuchel has spent almost twenty years travelling. After Hugo in Africa<\/em> (2009) and Hugo in Argentina<\/em> (2021), the director returns to Venice with Il desiderio di essere inutile \u2013 Hugo a Venezia<\/em>, the final chapter of the trilogy.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\nMoving between Venice, the Pacific and Switzerland, the film seeks the origins of Pratt\u2019s way of seeing<\/strong>, tracing the connections between the places he travelled through and those he imagined. Knuchel has gathered and restored scattered materials, explored archives and followed clues across several countries, creating a narrative in which meticulous research leaves room for the mystery running through Pratt\u2019s stories. The film\u2019s official page<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\u201cI didn\u2019t want to make a biography, but to seek the origins of his way of seeing,\u201d Knuchel explains, following a life in which it is sometimes difficult to tell where a memory ends and a story begins. Indeed, a question also emerges in the film\u2019s synopsis: what if Pratt\u2019s life had been a dream of Corto Maltese\u2019s? The film and the director\u2019s statement on La Biennale\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\nPratt himself also tells his story<\/strong>, through recordings of his conversations with biographer Dominique Petitfaux<\/strong>. His voice intertwines with photographs, archive materials and previously unpublished documents, alongside contributions from Patrizia Zanotti,<\/strong> Dominique Petitfaux<\/strong>, Thierry Thomas<\/strong> and Marco Steiner<\/strong>. The title pays tribute to the book that grew out of those conversations, Il desiderio di essere inutile<\/em>, and to an idea of freedom that gives imagination and the unexpected all the room they need.<\/p>\nAhead of the centenary of Pratt\u2019s birth in 2027, La Biennale di Venezia, together with the International Critics\u2019 Week and the Giornate degli Autori, presents the film in a special out-of-competition screening. The tribute to Hugo Pratt<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![\"Hugo](\"https:\/\/cortomaltese.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1\/hugoavenezia-affiche-300x429.jpg\" "\\"HugoaVenezia_affiche\\"")
<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>The poster for the film presented at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (La Biennale di Venezia) is available by contacting Bottega Corto Maltese in Venice.<\/span><\/h4>\nbottegacortomaltese@operalaboratori.com<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Information<\/strong><\/span>
\nIl desiderio di essere inutile \u2013 Hugo a Venezia
\nDirected by Stefano Knuchel
\nProduction: Fiumi Film, RSI, CONG SA
\nSwitzerland \u00b7 100 minutes
\nSaturday 12 September 2026, 2 pm
\nSala Casin\u00f2, Palazzo del Casin\u00f2, Lido di Venezia
\nTicket required
\nProgramme and tickets on La Biennale\u2019s website<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span>Trailer<\/h3><\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
To tell Hugo Pratt\u2019s story, Stefano Knuchel has spent almost twenty years travelling. After Hugo in Africa<\/em> (2009) and Hugo in Argentina<\/em> (2021), the director returns to Venice with Il desiderio di essere inutile \u2013 Hugo a Venezia<\/em>, the final chapter of the trilogy.<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\nMoving between Venice, the Pacific and Switzerland, the film seeks the origins of Pratt\u2019s way of seeing<\/strong>, tracing the connections between the places he travelled through and those he imagined. Knuchel has gathered and restored scattered materials, explored archives and followed clues across several countries, creating a narrative in which meticulous research leaves room for the mystery running through Pratt\u2019s stories. The film\u2019s official page<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n\u201cI didn\u2019t want to make a biography, but to seek the origins of his way of seeing,\u201d Knuchel explains, following a life in which it is sometimes difficult to tell where a memory ends and a story begins. Indeed, a question also emerges in the film\u2019s synopsis: what if Pratt\u2019s life had been a dream of Corto Maltese\u2019s? The film and the director\u2019s statement on La Biennale\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\nPratt himself also tells his story<\/strong>, through recordings of his conversations with biographer Dominique Petitfaux<\/strong>. His voice intertwines with photographs, archive materials and previously unpublished documents, alongside contributions from Patrizia Zanotti,<\/strong> Dominique Petitfaux<\/strong>, Thierry Thomas<\/strong> and Marco Steiner<\/strong>. The title pays tribute to the book that grew out of those conversations, Il desiderio di essere inutile<\/em>, and to an idea of freedom that gives imagination and the unexpected all the room they need.<\/p>\nAhead of the centenary of Pratt\u2019s birth in 2027, La Biennale di Venezia, together with the International Critics\u2019 Week and the Giornate degli Autori, presents the film in a special out-of-competition screening. The tribute to Hugo Pratt<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div>The poster for the film presented at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (La Biennale di Venezia) is available by contacting Bottega Corto Maltese in Venice.<\/span><\/h4>\nbottegacortomaltese@operalaboratori.com<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/h4>\n<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>Information<\/strong><\/span>
\nIl desiderio di essere inutile \u2013 Hugo a Venezia
\nDirected by Stefano Knuchel
\nProduction: Fiumi Film, RSI, CONG SA
\nSwitzerland \u00b7 100 minutes
\nSaturday 12 September 2026, 2 pm
\nSala Casin\u00f2, Palazzo del Casin\u00f2, Lido di Venezia
\nTicket required
\nProgramme and tickets on La Biennale\u2019s website<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span>Trailer<\/h3><\/h1><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
Moving between Venice, the Pacific and Switzerland, the film seeks the origins of Pratt\u2019s way of seeing<\/strong>, tracing the connections between the places he travelled through and those he imagined. Knuchel has gathered and restored scattered materials, explored archives and followed clues across several countries, creating a narrative in which meticulous research leaves room for the mystery running through Pratt\u2019s stories. The film\u2019s official page<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n \u201cI didn\u2019t want to make a biography, but to seek the origins of his way of seeing,\u201d Knuchel explains, following a life in which it is sometimes difficult to tell where a memory ends and a story begins. Indeed, a question also emerges in the film\u2019s synopsis: what if Pratt\u2019s life had been a dream of Corto Maltese\u2019s? The film and the director\u2019s statement on La Biennale\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Pratt himself also tells his story<\/strong>, through recordings of his conversations with biographer Dominique Petitfaux<\/strong>. His voice intertwines with photographs, archive materials and previously unpublished documents, alongside contributions from Patrizia Zanotti,<\/strong> Dominique Petitfaux<\/strong>, Thierry Thomas<\/strong> and Marco Steiner<\/strong>. The title pays tribute to the book that grew out of those conversations, Il desiderio di essere inutile<\/em>, and to an idea of freedom that gives imagination and the unexpected all the room they need.<\/p>\n Ahead of the centenary of Pratt\u2019s birth in 2027, La Biennale di Venezia, together with the International Critics\u2019 Week and the Giornate degli Autori, presents the film in a special out-of-competition screening. The tribute to Hugo Pratt<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/span><\/div>The poster for the film presented at the 83rd Venice International Film Festival (La Biennale di Venezia) is available by contacting Bottega Corto Maltese in Venice.<\/span><\/h4>\n
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\nIl desiderio di essere inutile \u2013 Hugo a Venezia
\nDirected by Stefano Knuchel
\nProduction: Fiumi Film, RSI, CONG SA
\nSwitzerland \u00b7 100 minutes
\nSaturday 12 September 2026, 2 pm
\nSala Casin\u00f2, Palazzo del Casin\u00f2, Lido di Venezia
\nTicket required
\nProgramme and tickets on La Biennale\u2019s website<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Trailer<\/h3><\/h1><\/span>