He also had an important collaboration with director Lina Wertmüller, commencing with her third film Rita the Mosquito (1966). Fraticelli edited nine more of her films through A Joke of Destiny (1983). In particular, Fraticelli edited Seven Beauties (1976). This film, which has been called her masterpiece,[4] was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. It was the first nomination of a woman for the award.
Fraticelli was nominated for the David di Donatello award for editing Boys on the Outside (directed by Marco Risi - 1990); Fraticelli subsequently edited two more films with Risi, Nel Continente Nero (1993) and Kaputt Mundi. In 2006 his career was honored by a Kineo Award.
^Maltin, Leonard (2014). "Seven Beauties". Leonard Maltin's 2015 Film Guide. Penguin. ISBN9780698183612. Director-writer Wertmuller's masterpiece follows a small town Casanova through the horrors of WW2 battle and imprisonment in a concentration camp, where he learns to survive - at any cost. Giannini is superb in this harrowing, unforgettable film.
Further reading
Cooper, L. Andrew (2012). Dario Argento. University of Illinois Press. pp. 151–152. ISBN9780252094385. SD: How did you work with the editor, Franco Fraticelli? Did you have all the cuts in mind at the beginning? DA: We had already made four films together. He was well acquainted with the way I work. I gave him the script and the storyboards; he knew exactly what I wanted. This book includes some interviews with Argento, who discusses his relationship with Fraticelli in one of them.
