Francesca Bagnoli is the perfect example of beauty and grace mixed with genius intellect and charm. Having been found adorning the pages of fashion magazines since her early twenties, she has finally decided to come out of her shell and reveal her true personality on the big screen in one of the most successful and romantic films of recent times – Francesca Bagnoli & Partners (aka Francesca Andoni and Francesca Bagnoli). As a leading character, Francesca Bagnoli is defined by her gorgeous physique, her seductive looks and her ability to tease and flirt with men – as well as women.
But it’s not just her looks that have made her an actor of choice. Bagnoli’s Italian passion for clothes and her passion for people and things has also led her to a series of prestigious and varied professions. She began her career as an assistant to a well-known couturier before pursuing a role as an actress in the theatre and then a stage director before landing a role in a movie wherein she plays an older model in a rather mature yet playful love story. And now, after spending four decades in the acting business, she finally chooses to pursue a career in the most unlikely of fields: managing and marketing to young people.
This is Francesca Bagnoli’s fourth film as a leading character in a romantically themed production. Her ability to play the role of almost any character she wants to make is what makes this film such a joy to watch – and helps Bagnoli shed her inhibitions and accept the challenges of her profession with a certain jeer and a sense of humour. In a world where beauty is a matter of nationality and character is a matter of occupation, Bagnoli manages to showcase the fact that beauty comes in all shapes and sizes and that ethnicity and nationality are mere features of an organising structure that is made of individuals. It is in Bagnoli’s capacity to play with these very fundamental aspects of our existence that she shows the importance of finding strength in ourselves and celebrating our differences – no matter how strange they may seem to an outsider. And in doing so, she proves herself more than capable of tackling the most unlikely of roles.