Italy pins hopes on local directors for 2005

While the run-up to Christmas has once again been boosted by the releaseof blockbuster Italian comedies, only a handful of homegrown films have managedto gross more than Euros 1m - which is considered the benchmark for a strongrun at the box office - since September. Nevertheless, the local industry isconfident that box office results for local arthouse fare will see better timesin 2005, when Italy's handful of hit-making established ...