The "beautiful life" of Marcella Di Folco, born Marcello, begins in a neighborhood of Rome in 1943 and continues in a long search that will lead her to become fully a woman in 1980, after surgery in Casablanca.
Marcella crosses the history of Italy in its contradictions: from the complicated childhood to the explosion of '68 seen through the "youth revolution" of Piper, from the Dolce Vita to Via Veneto, to Cinecittà and the great directors, Fellini, Rossellini, Zeffirelli, Petri, who wanted her in their films. Then the Roman nights, up to the much-desired gender reassignment surgery, the arrival in Bologna, prostitution, political militancy, and civil battles at the head of MIT, the Italian Transsexual Movement. The story of Marcella who was Marcello is the confession that Marcella Di Folco entrusted to Bianca Berlinguer who faithfully reported it. It is the first-person account of a passionate and difficult life – full of hardships and discoveries, of sufferings and conquests – a long and generous search for happiness.
Marcella was a trailblazer, being the first openly transgender woman to hold a political public office in the world. She appeared in several films during the 1970s, working with renowned directors such as Federico Fellini, Roberto Rossellini, Dino Risi, Alberto Sordi, and Bruno Corbucci. Notable films she acted in include “Fellini Satyricon”, “Roma”, and "La città delle donne". Marcella underwent gender corrective surgery in 1987. Her legacy continues to inspire and pave the way for transgender rights and representation.
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