«”Wrong Leo ascendant” is because if I had left it wrong and that’s it, you journalists, indeed all of you, would have complained», Emma explains at the press premiere of her documentary, starting tomorrow on Prime Video.
“What does Leo rising say about me? But what do I know, I did the calculation of the ascendant online but I don’t understand anything!». There is a lot of singer from Puglia in this statement. Something light and true that makes the story intimate and interesting. Why to watch (and appreciate) Wrong Leo ascendant you don’t have to be a fan of Emma Marrone and her music. On the contrary.
Emma, who confesses that she will only see it for the first time at tonight’s premiere, says she wanted to make it to eliminate all prejudices about her. To make sure people could see a more human portrait, because then maybe they’ll think twice before attacking her (and anyone else) on social media.
Certainly in the docufilm, directed by the Bendo duo (Lorenzo Silvestri and Andrea Santaterra) Emma presents herself at 360 degrees. With all her fears and all her undeniable grit in facing 3 surgeries caused by ovarian and uterine cancer. But also with all her maternal spirit that leads her to look after her friends. “I cook well and everyone takes care of it, that’s the truth,” she says, laughing.
Emma: «I’ll have the face of Cicciobello but I’m a weasel»
Not without forgetting to reiterate the final of the meeting: «I may be blonde but they don’t fool me. Maybe people can think that I have a Cicciobello face and that they can deceive me but they are very wrong. I’m a weasel.” Emma is also very funny, it can be seen in the documentary film, and it is precisely the union of the serious register with the more playful one that is successful.
The docu starts with her going to visit her family in Puglia and immediately she feels a pang in her heart because she sees her father, who has been missing for a few weeks. In fact, the film is dedicated to him. «It is what remains and that I can dedicate to him». He, a great supporter of Emma from the first hour.
Then we move on to the concert at the Arena di Verona with Emma who does not hide her enormous emotion. Singer in the meantime he talks and talks about himself, looking away from the camera and decidedly close for an even more intimate and almost spontaneous vision, with the image changes that are left on purpose.
Emma and the hardest moments and the sliding doors
Review all the hardest moments and the “sliding doors” that have followed in his life. Like her very important one when her mother signed her up for an audition in Rome without notifying her, but just that day she had a checkup for her first tumor which was diagnosed at the age of 24. He chose to go to the audition and it was the one for Amici.
Fatigue, anger, the sense of helplessness to be tested 3 times are absolutely not spared. But Emma never wants to give up and a few days after one of the heavy surgeries she undergoes, she is already on stage for a concert.
Emma and the battle to make assisted reproduction known
In the conference, she does not fail to respond to the malicious comments received after announcing that she has frozen her eggs in anticipation of a possible pregnancy. «In Italy there is a lack of medical information. We live in a bigoted country, it seems to be in the Middle Ages. It is not explained to sick women that this possibility exists. It’s not selfish to try to have a child when she’s sick but it’s an act of love. I am for science and medicine, then everyone comes to terms with their own spirituality”.
Emma, the most important people and music
The people who are next to Emma are also told well. Her manager, Francesca Savini, and Maria De Filippi, of course. “A person who trusts me like I trust her 100%. And the most relaxing and pleasant moments are also told, such as dinners with her friends in the garden of the house in Rome with her as the cook.
And then there is room for music. Wrong Leo ascendant it’s also the song within the soundtrack that comes out tomorrow in streaming. Emma she admits that she has several pieces ready: «I could even publish a double album soon!». In the docu you can see the moments of writing, in retreat on Lake Garda, together with its authors Jacopo ET and Alessandro La Cava.
Emma and Sanremo
The singer also said that she will certainly not go to the Sanremo festival this year. «I don’t have a project ready and therefore I prefer to maybe try another year. Not that I think it’s not useful for singers, on the contrary! There’s no point in pulling it off and not going. Last year I showed up above all for my father who cared a lot».
Emma concludes by recounting how useful and liberating it was to make this film. «It wasn’t particularly painful to shoot it, I felt very good in the end. But now I don’t have even half a skeleton left in the closet!».
Emma and her complete story in “Wrong Leo ascendant”: “I’m blonde but I don’t give a damn”