24 november 1966 Dear Ziffirilli, maybe only in our Bargellini family you are still called like this, in memory of the times when you studied Architecture and a southern professor used to mistake your name.
In those days, according to my nephew and your pal Enrico Freyrie, your were the “clever Ziffirilli”.
Now, according to me, you are the “most clever Zeffirelli”!
Even if the items on the agenda were terrible, yesterday night I wrapped the Council’s meeting at 8 pm to allow everybody to see your documentary.
You have perfectly pictured the Florentines’ deep fierceness, the river’s onslaught, the humilation of the mud.
The actor is excellent.
Do thank him in the name of the city; and thanks also to you, in haste, but with plenty of gratitude.
Piero Bargellini
