Riccardo Schicchi
Riccardo Schicchi | |
|---|---|
| Born | Riccardo Schicchi 12 March 1953 |
| Died | 9 December 2012 (aged 59) |
| Occupations | director, photographer, entrepreneur, producer and talent scout |
| Political party | Love Party |
| Spouse | |
| Children | Mercédesz Henger Riccardo Schicchi Jr. |
Riccardo Schicchi (Italian pronunciation: [rikˈkardo ˈskikki]; 12 March 1953 – 9 December 2012) was an Italian pornographer.
Biography
Riccardo Schicchi was born in Augusta, Sicily in 1953.
He graduated from art school with a specialization in photography,[1] and began working as a photographer for Epoca magazine, travelling to several parts of the world, including war zones.[2][3]
He began co-hosting, with Ilona Staller, the radio show Voulez-vous coucher avec moi?, featuring discussions about sex, with live calls from the audience. In 1983, Schicchi and Staller (nicknamed "Cicciolina") founded the model agency Diva Futura.[2]
Schicchi established a political party, Partito dell'Amore (The Love Party), fronted by his associate Moana Pozzi, which parodied other Italian political parties. It was later identified as a counterculture movement by exponents Mauro Biuzzi and Marcella Zingarini.[4] The party supported the legalisation of brothels and improved sex education.[5]. In the 1992 general election, the Love Party, led by Pozzi, received over 16,000 votes, but did not surpass the minimum threshold for admission into the lower Chamber.[2]
Schicchi also discovered Éva Henger, who later became his wife in 1994. The couple had two children, Mercédesz (1991) and Riccardo Jr. (1994), before separating, though they never officially divorced.[2]
Schicchi suffered from diabetes mellitus type 2, which led to his hospitalization in 2012 due to a diabetic coma, assisted by Henger. The disease also impaired his vision and caused chronic kidney disease.[6] Schicchi died in San Pietro Hospital, Rome, on 9 December 2012.[2]
Legacy
Diva Futura is a 2024 film written and directed by Giulia Louise Steigerwalt about Schicchi's pornographic film studio of the same name, starring Pietro Castellitto as studio founder Riccardo Schicchi.[7][8] The film premiered at the 81st Venice International Film Festival.[9]
References
- ^ "Morto Riccardo Schicchi il re del porno italiano". Corriere della Sera. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ a b c d e Katia Riccardi (9 December 2012). "Morto Schicchi, re dell'hard italiano: portò al successo Moana e la Staller". La Repubblica. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "E' morto il re del porno Riccardo Schicchi". Tiscali Notizie. 9 December 2012. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
- ^ "L'ellisse dell'amore" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ Moana Si Butta In Politica E S'Allea Al ' Potere Grigio', La Repubblica, 28 December 1991
- ^ Riccardo Schicchi è uscito dal coma. Il re del porno soffre di diabete (in Italian)
- ^ "Diva Futura". Film Italia. Retrieved 23 July 2024.
- ^ Finos, Arianna (6 August 2024). "'Diva futura', Moana Pozzi e le altre: alla Mostra di Venezia il ritorno del sesso. Barbera: "Superati gli anni del perbenismo, gli autori non si censurano più"". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 6 August 2024.
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (23 August 2024). "Maria Callas, Lady Gaga and divas of a different stripe: Peter Bradshaw's picks of the Venice film festival". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 August 2024.