Cinema Guild, which has acquired U.S. rights to Umberto Eco: A Library of the World, a documentary about the Italian author, has released a trailer that "takes viewers inside Eco's extraordinary personal library," Deadline reported. Directed by Davide Ferrario, the doc will be released beginning June 30 at Film Forum in New York City, followed by an expansion across the country.
"A documentary immersion into all things Eco, Davide Ferrario's film takes us on a tour of Umberto Eco's private library, guided by the author himself," according to a description of the film. "Combining new footage with material he shot with Eco in 2015 for a video installation for the Venice Biennale, Ferrario documents this incredible collection and the man who amassed it. As Eco leads us among the more than 50,000 volumes, we also gain insight into the library of the mind of this vastly prolific and original thinker."
In the trailer, Eco observes: "A library is both symbol and reality of universal memory. Libraries are the common memory of humanity."