Film in curva: rappresentazioni del tifoso calcistico nel cinema italiano

Abstract

Football has found ample space in Italian cinema, where the figure of the football fan has been represented in various forms and nuances. Supporters, in fact, are often used as a narrative tool to investigate issues of collective identity, social belonging and conflict, embodying class and territoriality stereotypes, becoming a symbol of the social and cultural tensions present in the Italian context, alternating a folkloristic and comic vision of the supporter with darker and more complex portraits, especially in films dealing with ultras violence. The paper aims to analyse how the fan has been represented in the history of Italian cinema, with particular attention to its evolution over the decades. Through an analysis of iconic films it will investigate how the representation of the fan has changed over time, passing from a stereotyped model to more complex and stratified figures, capable of embodying the tensions and transformations of contemporary society. The aim is to provide a complete overview of the complexity of this figure, not only as an individual, but as part of a broader social phenomenon that finds a fundamental resonance in media representations, highlighting its importance as a symbolic and cultural figure in contemporary Italian cinema.