Enzo Ferrari hits the big screen in epic new movie
Upcoming film focuses on turbulent 1957 and recreates the tragic final Mille Miglia
Anew movie about Enzo Ferrari and his ‘terrible joys’ is finally set for release around Christmas after more than 30 years in gestation.
Titled simply ‘Ferrari’, the film is centred around four months in 1957 and the ill-fated final running of the Mille Miglia. Racked by grief for his dead son Dino, Il Commendatore is juggling nearfinancial ruin and the wrath of his wife Laura, who has discovered the existence of his mistress Lina Lardi and illegitimate son Piero. The climax surrounds the race in which Alfonso de Portago and co-driver Ed Nelson crash to their deaths in an accident that also kills nine spectators, five of whom are children.