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Illuminate is a docu-series of 4 episodes produced by Anele in collaboration with Rai Cultura. Aired by Rai 3 in the late night from January 2. Directed by Marco Spagnoli, Matteo Raffaelli, Margherita Ferri and Maria Iovine.

The docu-series talks about outstanding women of the 20th century, who have distinguished themselves in various fields, achieving important results and becoming an example for generations of women, and narrated by famous actresses. In this season, the exemplary stories of four great protagonists: the director Lina Wertmüller, the opera singer Maria Callas, the entrepreneur Wanda Ferragamo and the actress Franca Valeri. In the first episode Michela Andreozzi, through the use of a narrative trick, plays a director who explores the life and career of Lina Wertmüller. Subsequently Silvia D'Amico, preparing to stage a theatrical monologue inspired by Maria Callas, retraces the experience of the great artist and the continuous struggle between her two souls: the woman and the diva. Anna Valle, on the other hand, plays the exemplary figure of Wanda Ferragamo in the docu-film that brings to the screen her talent as an exceptional entrepreneur, her humility and her moral rigour, while Emanuela Fanelli, passionate about comedy theatre, recounts the life of Franca Valeri and, as she prepares to stage one of her sketches, she traces the career of the woman who revolutionized the world of entertainment and broke the taboo on female comedy.