ITALIAN LISTINGS -January 9 2005
PRE-PRODUCTION
ADIUS, LA FESTA E'FINITA
(Verdecchi Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Word gets out in high-flying Romansociety that a well-known Italian singer-songwriter is to make his comeback -despite the fact that his death was officially announced in 1980. Prod:Alessandro Verdecchi. Dir: Ezio Alovisi. Scr: Ezio Alovisi.
Contact: Verdecchi Film, (39) 06 39 388 751.
ALL'OMBRA DEL PADRE
(Tea Nova) Drama about an oppressive father and his repressed son who undertakea road trip across Europe together, to try to sort out their problems. Execprod(s): Rean Mazzone. Prod(s): Rean Mazzone. Dir: Rean Mazzone. Scr: DenisJacobs. Main cast: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Volter, Stefania Sandrelli.
Contact: Tea Nova, (39) 06 625 9260
LE ALTRE STELLE
(Movie Factory) Backer: Medusa. Dist: Medusa. Drama about three women who havefamily links which are a source of conflict rather than protection. Prod:Francesco Paolo Moontini. Dir: Laura Muscardin. Scr: Laura Muscardin, Massimo DePascale, Monica Rametta. Main cast: Claudio Pistilli.
Contact, Movie Factory, (39) 06 32 32937
ANNI RAPACI
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Budget: $3m. Backer: Telepiu. Dist: Sharada.Inspired from a novel by Luca Fazzo and Piero Colaprico which traces 20 yearsin the life of a major southern Italian organized crime family who live inMilan. Prod: Andrea de Liberato. Dir: Claudio Caligari. Scr: Claudio Caligari.Ed: Mauro Bonanni. Prod des: Marta Maffucci. Cost des: Angela Buscemi. Maincast: Fabrizio Gifuni, Valerio Mastandrea, Toni Bertorelli, Claudia Coli, MarcoGiallini.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 6880 9752
L'ANGELO DELLADIMENTICANZA
(Classic Film) Budget: Euros 3m. Prod: Amedeo Pagani. Traces the birth of theMafia in the Salento region of southern Italy. Dir: Fluid Video Crewcollective. Scr: Fluid Video Crew. Expected to shoot from beginning of 2005.
Contact, Classic, (39) 06 85 53439
L'AQUILONE BLUE
(Progetto Visivo) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. The love story between an Italiantextile businessman, who is married with children, who buys textiles inMorocco, and a young Moroccan worker. Prod: Roberto De Laurentiis. Dir: AntonioBaiocco. Sc: Franco Cardi', Antonio Baiocco. DoP; Ugo Menegatti. Set des:Franco Vanorio. Cos des: Luigi Bonanno. Main Cast: Franco Nero, Marta Bifano,Nourchene Cherif, Rachid Benhadi.
Contact: Progetto Visivo, (39) 06 37 50 0694
ARRIVEDERCI AMORE CIAO
(StudioCanal Urania) Int'l sales: StudioCanal. Adapted from Massimo Carlotto'seponymous novel, the film tells the story of Giorgio Pellegrini, a subversiveex-politician on the run, who discovers the pleasure of killing people toachieve his political goal. Prod: Conchita Airoldi. Dir: Michele Soavi. Scr:Michele Soavi, Lorenzo Favella.
Contact: StudioCanal Urania, (39) 06 32 65 12 78
ANASTASZI
(Sintra Film, Mate Productions [Sp]) Co-prod: F&ME (UK). Budget: Euros 5m.Prods: Rosanna Seregni, Mate Cantero. Gothic, psychological thriller about afamous musician who conducts a seminar in his retreat in the south of Italy forEurope's most talented musicians. Dir: Miguel Alcantud. Scr: Fiorenzo Senese,Salvatore De Molo, Martin Casariego. Starts shooting at the end of August 2004in Puglia, Italy.
Contact, Sintra Film: (39) 06 44 51 256
AZUR ET ASMARD
(Nord Ouest Productions [Fr], Lucky Red) Prods: Christophe Rossignon, AndreaOcchipinti. Animation feature exploring the theme of tolerance as seen throughthe eyes of a Western boy who travels to the Middle East to find his old nanny.There, he meets another Westerner who tells him that he must pretend to beblind because he will scare the locals away with his blue eyes.
Contact: Lucky Red, (39) 06 37 35 2296
BAD BLOOD
(Pequod) Debut feature. A vampire story set in Budapest, in the not-too-distantfuture. Prod: Rosario Rinaldo. Dir: Edo Tagliavini. Scr: Tagliavini.
Contact: Pequod, (39) 06 88 40 121
BASTA UN NIENTE
(Movie Factory) Drama about three friends whose lives are turned upside down bywhen they discover that a Mafia boss, whom everyone thought was dead, exhumescorpses in the local cemetary. Prod: Francesco Paolo Montini. Dir: IvanPolidoro. Scr: Ivan Polidoro.
Contact: Movie Factory, (39) 06 32 32937
BIRD WATCHERS
(Classic Film) Budget: Euros 4-5m. Prod: Amedeo Pagani. Drama focusing on thesearch for identity and the relationship between the Argentinian and Italiancultures. Dir: Marco Bechis. Scr: Bechis. Set to shoot in Spring 2005 in Italyand the Amazon.
Contact, Classic Film, (39) 06 85 53 439
L CAIMANO
(Sacher Film) Prod: Angelo Barbagallo. Drama inspired by Italian premier SilvioBerlusconi. Dir: Nanni Moretti.Scr: Moretti, Francesco Piccolo, FedericaPontremoli, Heidrun Schleef. Expected to shoot in April 2005.
Contact: Sacher Film, (39) 06 57 45 353
CANE BLU
(Dharma 3) A group of friends decides to live in the country, in a smallvillage where other young people have already moved to. Over a two day period,the two groups confront one another. Prod: Massimo Ciavarro. Dir: Andrea DeCarlo. Scr: Andrea De Carlo.
Contact: Dharma 3, (39) 06 32 36 421.
CARAVAGGIO
(Pacific Pictures) Budget: $15m. Biopic of the troubled but revolutionaryItalian Renaissance artist. Prod: Mario Cotone.
Contact: Pacific Pictures, (39) 06 32 20200
CENTO COLPI DISPAZZOLA PRIMA DI ANDARE A DORMIRE
(Francesca Neri) Prods: Francesca Neri, Claudio Amendola. Adaptation of Italy'sliterary sensation of 2003, an erotic diary penned by a 17-year-old Sicilianschoolgirl known as Melissa P.
Contact: Francesca Neri, Studio Legale G.Cau, (39) 06 36 109 78
CHANT D'AMOUR
(Revolver) Backer: Commission Fonds Sud Cinema (Fr). Budget: Euros 1m. Blackcomedy set in the Balkans. Prod: Paolo Spina. Dir: Yliet Alicka, SpartakPapadhimitri.
Contact: Revolver, (39) 06 58 13106
CIECO COME UNA TALPA
(Dodici Dicembre) Backer: Rai Cinema. Prod: Giorgio Magliulo. Drama about ayoung South American man who works for a wealthy Italian family and falls inlove with the lady of the house. Dir: Maurizio Zaccaro. Scr: Sabrina Cusano.
Contact: Dodici Dicembre, (39) 06 47 826 313
CIELO DEI VIOLENTI
(Orango Film, Axion Film [UK], Tarantula Film [Lux]) Drama set in Rome in teh1970s. A young boy decides to create a gang to control Roman criminality. Prod:Alessandro Verdecchi. Dir: Ivan Carlei. Scr: Claudio Lizza, Ivan Carlei.
Contact: Orango Film, (39) 06 39 388 751
COMBIEN TU GAGNES'
(Fidelite [Fr], Bim Film) Dist: Bim. A solitary 50 year-old man who, everynight, passes in front of a night club where beautiful prostitutes work. Havingwon the lottery, he goes into the club one night and asks one prostitute to behis wife for five years. Dir: Bertrand Blier. Scr: Blier. Cast: MonicaBellucci. Shooting in Paris from February 2005.
Contact, Bim, (39) 06 3231057
ECCESSO D'AMORE
(Bell Film) Prod: Pierfrancesco Campanella. Psychological thriller inspired bythe scandalous story of the Casati Stampa in the early 1970s. Dir:Pierfrancesco Campanella.
Contact: Bell Film, (39) 06 32 12299
FAMILY RIGHTS
(Classic Film, BD Cine [Arg], Wanda Film [Sp]). Budget: Euros 3m. Prods: AmedeoPagani, Daniel Burman.Comedy set in the world of lawyers, which focuses on therelationship between a father and son. Dir: Daniel Burman. Scr: Burman. Cast:Daniel Hendler, Adriana Aizemberg. Starts shooting in Spring 2005 in BuenosAires.
Contact: Classic, (39) 06 85 53439
FOURTEEN APES IN A BOX
(Bue Spice [It-UK]) Budget: Euros 5m. Prod: Pete Maggi. English-languageromantic comedy noir whcih intervweaves five stories around the theme of'what you see isn't always what you get.' Dir: Ago Panini. Scr: DaleOverton. Set to shoot in the UK by July 2005.
Contact: Blue Spice, (44) 208 3105796
GIANCARLO SIANI
(Sorpasso Film) Backer: Rai Cinema. Drama inspired by the Siani affair, a youngjournalist who was killed in 1985 by the Neapolitan Mafia, the Camorra, forhaving written articles about the links between organized crime, politiciansand construction contracts. Prods: Maurizio Tedesco, Marco Risi. Dir: MarcoRisi. Scr: Marco Risi, Andrea Purgatori, Jim Carrington.
Contact: Sorpasso Film, (39) 06 8069 1059
GO GO TALES
(Gam Film, Poetiche Cinematografiche) Co-prod: Euro American (Fr). Backer:Istituto Luce. Dist: Istituto Luce. Budget: $4m. Screwball comedy about aManhattan lap dance club. Prod: Andrea De Liberato. Dir: Abel Ferrara. Scr:Abel Ferrara. Cast: Harvey Keitel, Anna Falchi, Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova.
Contact: Gam Film, (39) 06 70 454515
LA GUERRA PRIVATA DELTENENTE GUILLET
(Cattleya) Prods: Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini. WW2 dramaabout the life of Amedeo Guillet, an Italian Lawrence of Arabia. Dir: EdoardoWinspeare. Scr: Edoardo Winspeare.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201
HELL AND PARADISE
(Medusa Film) Dist: Medusa Film. Drama focusing on a trip by Russian musicianIgor Stravinsky and his wife to Naples in 1951. There, Stravinsky re-discoversthe innovative music of Carlo de Gesualdo, a Neapolitan prince who was forcedto flee his native city after killing his wife, Maria d'Avalos, and her lover.Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci. Scr: Bernardo Bertolucci. Expected to shoot in Naplesin 2004.
Contact: Medusa, (39) 06 66 3901
INSTANT LOVE
(I.T.C. Movie) Comedy about a happy couple's encounter with another man.Adapted from Luca Bianchini's novel. Prod: Beppe Caschetto. Dir: Franco Angeli.Scr: Luca Bianchini, Marco Ponti, Lucia Moisio. DoP: Marcello Montarsi. Ed:Walter Fasano.
Contact: I.T.C. Movie, (39) 051 233 447
LA MIA MANO DESTRA
(Cattleya) Budget: Eur 10m. English-language drama about the tumultuous lovelife between Clara Wieck and Robert Schumann. Prods: Riccardo Tozzi, MarcoChimenz, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir: Cristina Comencini. Scr: Frederic Raphael.Due to shoot in India and Rome.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201
GIOSUE' L'EBREO
(Arbash Coop) Co-prod: Poetiche Cinematografiche. Backers: Istituto Luce, Fondodi Garanzia. Historical drama about the period when a royal edict forcedthousands of persecuted Jews to leave Spain. Prods: Leo Pescarolo, Andrea DeLiberato, Pasquale Scimeca. Dir: Pasquale Scimeca. Scr: Pasquale Scimeca. Maincast: Toni Servillo
Contact: Arbash Coop, (39) 0918997036
THE GOLDEN GATE
(Fandango) Co-prods: Arte Cinema (Fr), Memento Films (Fr). Budget: Euros 8m.Period drama following the sea voyage and arrival of Italian immigrants in NewYork's Ellis Island in 1900. Prod(s): Domenico Procacci, Emilie Georges,Alexandre Mallet-Guy. Dir: Emanuele Crialese. Scr: Emanuele Crialese. Maincast: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Donatella Finocchiaro, Vincenzo Amato.
Contact: Fandango, (39) 06 97 745001
KING SHOT
(Gam Film) Backer: Istituto Luce. Dist: Istituto Luce. Budget: Euros 3m.Gangster film. Director Alejandro Jodorowsky describes it as a'metaphysical spaghetti ganster film' set in a saloon. Prod: GherardoPagliei. Dir/scr: Alejandro Jodorowsky.
Contact: Gam Film, (39) 06 70 45 4515
LA BESTIA NEL CUORE
(Cattleya) Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Distribution (It). Family drama adaptedfrom Comencini's own novel. Prods: Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, GiovanniStabilini. Dir: Cristina Comencini. Scr: Comencini, Francesca Marciano, GiuliaCalenda. Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessio Boni, Luigi Lo Cascio, StefaniaRocca, Angela Finocchiaro. Shooting from January 2005 in Puglia, Italia, andthe US
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201
LA GRANDE BELLEZZA
(Dodici Dicembre) A young actor, who makes his living by delivering pizzas, hasa passionate 3-day love affair with a strange French girl. The girl returns toFrance and the actor finally finds a role as a protagonist in a film. Prod:Giorgio Magliulo. Dir: Roberto De Francesco. Scr: Matteo De Simone, Roberto DeFrancesco, Antonio Pascale.
Contact: Dodici Dicembre, (39) 06 47 82 6313
LAURA DA RIMINI
(Digital Film) Crime thriller based on Carlo Lucarelli's eponymous novel. Prod:Galliano Juso. Dir: Maria Martinelli. Scr: Maria Martinelli, Carlo Lucarelli.
Contact: Digital Film, (39) 06 32 077 34
LENINGRAD
(Sciarlo, Medusa) Dist: Medusa. English-language picture about the Nazi attackon Leningrad during World War II. Prod: Francesco Tornatore. Dir: GiuseppeTornatore. Scr: Giuseppe Tornatore.
Contact: Sciarlo, (39) 06 39 72 35 66
LE LIVRE A RENDRE
(Elzevir Film [Fr]) Co-prods: Revolver, Imposible Film (Sp), Atlantis Film(Rom). Backer: Eurimages.Budget: Euros 3m. Drama about the friendship betweenChilean pilot and a boy, which begins during World War II. Prod: Paolo MariaSpina. Main cast: Marisa Paredes, Bernard Giraudeau, Gregoire Colin.
Contact: Revolver, (39) 069 58 13 106
LEZIONI DI VOLO
(Cattleya) Backer: India culture ministry. English language drama about twoItalians in India who encounter a disillusioned French doctor. Prod: RiccardoTozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir: Francesca Archibugi. Scr:Doriana Leondeff. Due to start shooting in October in India and Rome.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367201
LIOLA
(Globe Films) Co-prods: Acquarius Film Company (UK),Terrafilm (Austria), ZipFilms (Sp), Almaz Film Productions (Fr), Liza Nicole Films (S Afr), Roadshow(Aus). Comedy inspired by Luigi Pirandello's play. Prod: Pietro Innocenzi. Dir:Gabriele Lavia. Scr: Gabriele Lavia, Filippo Arriva. Main cast: GiancarloGiannini, Raoul Bova, Leo Gullotta, Michele Placido, Serena Autieri, IrenePapas.
Contact: Globe Films, (39) 06 36 10 729
MARE BUIO
(Cattleya) Co-prod: Babe Films(Fr). Dist: 01 Distribution . Drama. The story of an Italian-American gamblerin the 1980s who travelled regularly between Sicily and the US. Prods: MarcoChimenz, Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir: Roberta Torre. Scr: Torre,Massimo D'Anolfi. Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Anna Mouglalis.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201
MARLOWE THE GREAT HOAX
(Movieweb) Int'l sales: Movieweb. Budget: Euros 23m. Prod: Massimo Pacilio.English-language period drama about Shakespeare's alleged ghost writer. Scr:Ron Base, Francois Taborelli. Dir/scr: Roland Joffe.
Contact: Movieweb, (39) 06 8091551
MARY
(Baraonda) Drama. An egotistical filmmaker is set to make and star in a filmabout the life of Christ. Mary is an actress who is trapped in the role she isplaying. She travels to Jerusalem where she finds the horrors of war. The thirdcharacter is Ted, the ambitious television presenter of a show about thePassion and Resurrect ion, who falls in love with the actress. Prods: AndreaGroplero, Massimo Cortesi, Roberto De Nigris. Dir: Abel Ferrara. Scr: Ferrara,Simone Lageoles.
Contact, Baraonda, (39) 051 27 0706
MATTEO RICCI
(Pacific Pictures) Co-prod co: Titania. Backer: Rai Cinema. Budget: $25m.Prods: Mario Cotone, Ida De Benedetta. Drama about Matteo Ricci, a legendary16th century Italian Jesuit missionary and scientist who lived in China duringthe late Ming dynasty.
Contact: Pacific Pictures, (39) 06 3220200
MEMOIRS OF HADRIAN
(Movieweb, Gam Film) Backers: Istituto Luce, Rai Cinema. Budget: Eur: 26m.Historical drama adapted from Marguerite Yourcenar's 1951 fictional novel aboutthe dying Roman imperial leader. Exec prod: Gherardo Pagliei. Prod: MassimoPacilio. Creative Prod: Enzo Peri .Dir: John Boorman. Scr: Valerio MassimoManfredi, John Boorman, Rospo Pallenberg.
Contact: Movieweb, (39) 06 8091551
PERICLE IL NERO
(Pequod, Kubla Khan) Drama based on the novel by Giuseppe Ferrandino, about a youngman, Pericle, who has never known any life outside the Neapolitan Mafia. Prods:Umberto Massa, Rosario Rinaldo. Dir: Francesco Patierno. Scr: GiuseppeFerrandino, Patierno. Main cast: Pietro Taricone, Ernesto Mahieux.
Contact: Pequod, (39) 06 88 40 121
IL PIONIERE
(Settima Luna) Drama. Set in 1858 and based on the diaries of Italian CarloPiaggia, who became the first European to enter the Niam Niam region in thesouth of Sudan and meet its cannibal tribes. Prod: Gianfranco Piccioli. Dir:Michael Radford. Scr: Faliero Rosati.
Contact: Settima Luna, (39) 06 32 23 255
IL PROCESSO DEL SECOLO
(Cecchi Gori Group) Dist: Cecchi Gori Group. Drama based on Italian senatorLino Jannuzzi's novel reconstructing the legal trials and tribulations ofseven-time prime minister Giulio Andreotti. Prod: Vittorio Cecchi Gori. Dir:Pasquale Squitieri. Scr: Pasquale Squitieri, Lino Jannuzzi.
Contact: Cecchi Gori Group, (39) 06 32 4721
QUELLO CHE VEDO
(Movie Factory) Drama about the life of Luigi Tenco, a famous Italian singerwho committed suicide during the 1967 Sanremo Festival. Prod: Francesco PaoloMontini. Dir: Pierpaolo Prigione. Scr: Pierpaolo Prigione, Marco Buttazzi.Cast: Claudio Santamaria.
Contact: Movie Factory, (39) 06 32 32 937
IL REGISTA DIMATRIMONI
(Filmalbatros) Backer: Rai Cinema. Budget: Euros 3-4m. Drama about a troubledfilm director who travels to Sicily where he meets a friend who makes a livingshooting videos at weddings. Prod: Sergio Pelone. Dir: Marco Bellocchio. Scr:Marco Bellocchio. Main cast: Sergio Castellitto.
Contact: Filmalbatros, (39) 06 44 232 442
THE RULES OF LOVE
(Colorado Film) Co-prod: Capri Films (Can). Prods: Maurizio Totti, GabriellaMartinelli. Drama adapted from Meir Shalev's novel, The Loves of Judith, aboutthree men who are courting the same woman.
Contact: Colorado Film, 06 32 11 0577/(39) 02 48 02 1595
THE SAINT
(AB Film, Blue Star Movies) Budget: Euros 10m. Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Int'lsales: Blue Star. Dist: Eagle Pictures. Prods: Angelo Bassi, Pete Maggi.English-language historic action movie about the life of Saint Antonio ofPadua, a priest who was born in Lisbon and died in 1231 at the age of 36. Dir:Antonello Bellucco. Scr: Bellucco.
Contact: Blue Star Movies, (44) 208 3105796
SECOND SIN
(Revolver) Budget: Euros 1.6m. Period drama about the feud between twoaristocrats in post-Napoleonic times. Prods: Paolo Spina. Dir: AlbertoRondalli. Scr: Alberto Rondalli.
Contact: Revolver, (39) 06 58 13 106
LA STELLA CHE NON CE
(Cattleya) Budget: Eur 10m. Backer: Rai Cinema. Prods: Riccardo Tozzi, MarcoChimenz, Giovanni Stabilini, Enzo Porcelli. Romantic drama freely adapted fromErmanno Rea's novel La Dimissione, about the dismantlement of an iron plant inItaly that is sold to the Chinese government. Dir: Gianni Amelio. Scr: GianniAmelio. Main cast: Sergio Castellitto. Due to shoot near Shanghai and in Rome.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201
PARLAMI D'AMORE
(Fandango) Drama about an 18-year-old girl and her voyage of self-discovery.Prod: Domenico Procacci. Dir: Gabriele Muccino. Scr: Gabriele Muccino, SilvioMuccino, Elena Majoni.
Contact: Fandango, (39) 06 97 745001
PASSO A DUE
(Rodeo Drive) Backer: Rai Cinema. Prods: Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania. Dramainspired by Kledi Kadiu, an Albanian dancer who dreams of becoming a star andtries his luck in Italy, crossing the border as an illegal immigrant. Dir:Andrea Barzini. Scr: Barzini, Teodosio Losito. Main cast: Kledi Kadiu. Shootingfrom January 10, 2005.
Contact: Rodeo Drive, (39) 06 42 01 4715
VITA
(Cattleya) Comedy based on Melania Mazzuocco's book, Vita. Prods: MarcoChimenz, Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir: Paolo Virzi. Scr: PaoloVirzi. Due to shoot early 2005.
Contact, Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201
IN-PRODUCTION
ODYSSEY IN ROME
(Filmmakers Entertainment) Prods: Martino Properzi, Alex Grazioli.English-language documentary about the preparation and production of AbelFerrara's upcoming movie, Mary. From the struggle to find financing to thefragility of the interpersonal relationships between crew, from the smallsatisfactions to the big disappointments. Dir: Alex Grazioli. With: AbelFerrara, Frank De Curtis, Vincent Gallo, Stefania Rocca, Massimo Cortesi.Shooting in Rome, New York, Jerusalem, from March 2004.
Contact: Filmmakers Entertainment, (39) 06 97277218
QUANDO SEI NATO NONPUOI PIU' NASCONDERTI
(Cattleya) Co-prod: Babe (Fr), Aquarius Films (UK). Backer: Rai Cinema. Int'lsales: TF1 International. Dist: 01 Distribution. Budget: Euros 4-5m. Dramainspired by Rudyard Kipling's classic adventure novel, Captain Courageous,about a 13 year-old boy who falls into the sea during an outing on a boat withhis father. He is rescued by a boat full of illegal immigrants who are headingout to Italy in the hope of a better life. Dir: Marco Tullio Giordana. Scr:Sandro Petraglia, Stefano Rulli. Cast: Alessio Boni, Michela Cescon, MatteoGadola, Rodolfo Corsato.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201
ROMANZO CRIMINALE
(Cattleya) Co-prods: Babe (Fr), Aquarius (UK). Backer: Warner Bros Italia.Dist: Warner Bros Italia. Budget: Euros 7.5m. Drama adapted from Giancarlo DeCataldo's novel about a Roman gang of young criminals. Prods: Riccardo Tozzi,Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz. Dir: Michele Placido. Scr: Stefano Rulli,Sandro Petraglia, Giancarlo De Cataldo. Cast: Stefano Accorsi, Kim RossiStuart, Pier Francesco Favino, Jasmine Trinca, Claudio Santamaria.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201.
POST-PRODUCTION
ALLA LUCE DEL SOLE
(Jean Vigo Italia) Budget: 3.8m. Dist: Mikado. Drama based on the true story ofoutspoken Palermo priest Don Puglisi and his relationship with theunder-priviledged children he tried to keep out of the Mafia's reach. Prod:Elda Ferri. Dir: Roberto Faenza. Scr: Roberto Faenza. Main cast: LucaZingaretti.
Contact: Jean Vigo Italia, (39) 06 67 80003
AMATEMI
(Tangram Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a woman who has recentlyseparated from her husband, and realizes that she can be happy on her own.Prods: Matteo Levi, Roberto Levi. Dir: Renato De Maria. Scr: De Maria,Francesco Piccolo. Cast: Isabella Ferrari.
Contact: Tangram Film, (39) 06 58 06 965
AMORE E LIBERTA',MASANIELLO
(Factory) Co-prod: Sunday Film International. Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Int'lsales: Revolver. The life of Tommaso Aniello d'Amalfi, aka Masaniello, a Neapolitanfishmonger who started the rebellion against the Duke of D'Arcos in July 1647.Prod: Amedeo Letizia, Mariella Li Sacchi. Dir: Angelo Antonucci. Scr: AngeloAntonucci. Cast: Sergio Assisi, Anna Ammirati, Anna Galiena, Nicola Di Pinto,Gabriele Lavia.
Contact: Factory, (39) 06 58 332895.
APNEA
(Indigo Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama/thriller. At 35, Paolo is asports journalist who has had a successful fencing career. Suddenly, a friendof his, also a sportsman, inexplicably dies of a heart attack and Paolouncovers some dark truths. Prods: Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano. Dir: RobertoDordit. Scr: Roberto Dordit, Serena Brugnolo.Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Elia deCapitani, Fabrizia Sacchi, Michela Noonan, Diego Ribon.
Contact: Indigo Film, (39) 06 77 25 055
BLU EYES
(La Perla Nera) A beautiful 18-year-old is kidnapped and forced to work inporn. Her mother hires a private detective to find her. Prod: GiovanniPaolucci. Dir: Bruno Mattei. Scr: Bruno Mattei. DoP: Gigi Ciccarese. Set des:Alterio Angela. Cos des: Tanzilli Natascia. Main cast: Carla Solaro, CarloMucari, Gabriele Gori.
Contact: La Perla Nera, (39) 06 74 80 630
CIELO E TERRA
(Saleo Produzioni) Drama set in 1944. Samuele, a Jewish violin teacher and hissister find shelter with a group of northern Italian peasants. However, theyare caught by the Nazis and find themselves trying to save each other as wellas the peasants who helped them. Prod: Giorgio Leopardi. Dir: Luca Mazzieri.Scr: Luca Mazzieri. Cast: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Anita Caprioli, Fabrizia Sacchi,Giuseppe Cederna.
CONTRONATURA
(R&C Produzioni) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a man, Giacomo anda girl, Francesca, who is in love with him. Prods: Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli.Dir: Alessandro Tofanelli, Scr: Alessandro Tofanelli. Cast: Maya Sansa, ValeriaCavalli, Andrea Di Stefano, Cesare Bocci. Ed: Gian Vittorio Baldi.
Contact: R&C Produzioni, (39) 06 57 288 591.
CUORE SACRO
(R&C Produzioni) Drama about the contrast between poverty and wealth inNaples. Prods: Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli. Dir: Ferzan Ozpetek. Scr: FerzanOzpetek, Gianni Romoli.
Contact: R&C Produzioni, (39) 06 57 28 85 91
I GIORNIDELL'ABBANDONO
(Jean Vigo Italia) Budget: Euros 5m. Dist: Medusa. Drama. Based on ElenaFerrante's novel, I Giorni dell'Abbandono, focuses on a married mother-of-twowhose husband suddenly leaves her. Prod: Elda Ferri. Dir: Roberto Faenza. Scr:Roberto Faenza. Main cast: Margherita Buy.
Contact: Jean Vigo, (39) 06 67 80003
IO CHE AMO SOLO TE
(Blue Film) Drama about a 45-year-old architect who is no longer satisfied withhis life or his 20-year-old marriage. He meets a prostitute, realizes he stillloves his family but ends up losing everything. Prods: Bruno Tribbioli,Alessandro Bonifazi. Dir: Gianfranco Pannone. Scr: Gianfranco Pannone. Cast:Gianna Breil, Cesare Bocci, Francesca Giordani, Francesca Cuttica.
Contact: Blue Film, (39) 06 32 15 486
LA FEBBRE
(Rodeo Drive) Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Distribution. Romantic drama. Prods:Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania. Romantic drama. Dir: Alessandro D'Alatri. Scr:Alessandro D'Alatri, Gennaro Nunziante, Domenico Starnone. DoP: ItaloPetriccione. Ed: Osvaldo Bargero. Cast: Fabio Volo, Valeria Solarino, CochiPonzoni, Gisella Burinato, Marco Baliani
Contact: Rodeo Drive, (39) 06 42014715
LA FIAMMA SUL GHIACCIO
(Albatross AMP Spa) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a maths professionwho suffers from Asperger's syndrome, who becomes friends with a woman tramp.Prods: Alessandro Jacchia, Maurizio Momi. Dir: Umberto Marino. Scr: UmbertoMarino. Main cast: Raoul Bova, Donatella Finocchiaro, Max Giusti.
Contact: Albatross, (39) 06 85 30 621
L'ESTATE DI MIOFRATELLO
(Nuvola Film) Co-prod: Axelotil. Drama about a young boy from a well-to-dofamily. Every year, the family spends the summer in a country house. Prod:Antonio Ciano. Dir: Pietro Reggiani. Scr: Pietro Reggiani. DoP: Luca Coassin,Werther Germondari. Ed: Luca Benedetti. Cast: Pietro Botnempo, Maria Paiato,Davide Veronese, Tommaso Ferro, Beatrice Panizzolo.
Contact: Nuvola Film, (39) 06 42 90 5173
L'ORIZZONTI DEGLIEVENTI
(Fandango) Dist: Medusa. Backer: Medusa (It). Comedy inspired by Uomini e Lupi(Men and Wolves), Daniele Vicari's own documentary about a group of Macedonianshepherds living in central Italy under extreme conditions. Prod: DomenicoProcacci. Dir: Daniele Vicari. Scr: Daniele Vicari, Antonio Leotti, LauraPaolucci. Main cast: Valerio Mastandrea.
Contact: Fandango, (39) 06 97 745001
LUNA E LE ALTRE
(Emme Produzioni) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Luna writes to four school friendswho, on their last day of school, had promised to meet up again twenty yearslater. Prods: Marco Quintili, Marisa Grieco. Dir: Elisabetta Villaggio. Scr:Elisabetta Villaggio. Main Cast: Agnese Nano, Lorenza Indovina, AntonellaPonziani, Elda Alvigini, Paolo Villaggio.
Contact: Emme, (39) 011 436 2609
L'UOMO PERFETTO
(Cattleya, Warner Bros Italia, Perfect Man Films [UK]) Dist: Warner BrosItalia. Romantic comedy about a young woman, Lucia, who is in love with Paolo.But Paolo is going out with Maria, Lucia's best friend' Prods: Riccardo Tozzi,Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz. Dir: Luca Lucini. Scr: Marco Ponti, LuciaMoisio. Cast: Riccardo Scamarcio, Francesca Inaudi, Gabriella Pession,Giampaolo Morelli.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201
MANUALE D'AMORE
(Filmauro) Dist: Filmauro. Romantic comedy exploring the four phases of love: ayoung couple falls in love, a couple faces its first crisis, betrayal within amarried couple, leaving one another'Prod: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Dir: Giovanni Veronesi.Scr: Giovanni Veronesi, Silvio Muccino, Ugo Chiti. Cast: Luciana Littizzetto,Anita Caprioli, Margherita Buy, Silvio Muccino, Jasmine Trinca.
MA QUANDO ARRIVANO LERAGAZZE'
(Duea Film) Backer(s): Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Distribution. A film about theforming of an Italian jazz group. Prod: Antonio Avati. Dir: Pupi Avati. Scr:Pupi Avati. Cast: Vittoria Puccini, Claudio Santamaria, Paolo Briguglia.
Contact Duea Film, (39) 06 321 4851
MARIA SI
(Tecnofilm) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia (It). Int'l sales: Gruppo MinervaInternational (It). Romantic comedy set in Sardinia, exploring the relationshipbetween a fourteen year-old boy and his parents. Prod: Alessandro Perrella.Dir: Piero Livi. Scr: Piero Livi, Stefano Pomilia, Roberto Natale. Main cast:Jacques Perrin, Anna Galiena, Francesco Castellano, Matteo Urzia, KristinaNovikova.
Contact: Gruppo Minerva International, (39) 06 85 43841
MATHILDE
(E.T. Fiction Group) Co-prod: Silva Film. Backers: Rai Cinema, Fondo diGaranzia. Drama about an Italian colonel is found dead on a beach inex-Yugoslavia, lying next to Mathilde, a 15-year-old girl. Prods: RoccoCesareo, Rosaria Cutuli. Dir: Nina Mimica. Scr: Nina Mimica. Cast: JeremyIrons, Clarita Ziniti Gatto, Cecilia Roth.
Contact: E.T.Fiction Group, (39) 06 32 22 791
NATALE DUE VOLTE
(Cinemart) Drama about a dying old man who decides to leave all his possessionsto his two grandchildren. Prods: Giuseppe Di Palma, Paolo Marcantonini. Dir:Marco Falaguasta. Scr: Marco Falaguasta. Cast: Franco Interlenghi, FrancescaRettondini, Valeria Fabrizi, Nathalie Caldonazzo.
Contact: Cinemart, (39) 06 68 32361
NESSUN MESSAGGIO INSEGRETERIA
(A-Movie Productions) Comedy about an energetic pensioner who decides to dowhacky things. Prod: Enrico Mole'. Dir: Luca Miniero, Paolo Genovese. Scr: LucaMiniero, Paolo Genovese. Cast: Carlo Delle Piane, Pier Francesco Favino,Lorenza Indovina, Natalie Guetta, Valerio Mastandrea.
Contact: A-Movie Productions, (39) 06 32 13 536.
NO BRAKES (SENZAFRENI)
(Lantia) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a troubled 10 year-old boy whosees his uncle murder his father. Prod: Paola Ermini. Dir: Felice Farina. Scr:Felice Farina, Mauro Casiraghi, Eleonora Fiorini. DoP: Luca Bigazzi. Ed:Roberto Schiavone. Prod des: Enrico Serafini. Cost des: Angela Buono. Cast:Claudio Amendola, Paola Cortellesi.
Contact: Lantia, (39) 06 37 512743
LA PAURA DEGLI ANGELI
(IIF Italian International Film, Settima Luna) Dist: IIF. Drama about twoseparated parents who haven't yet resolved their problems. Prods: FulvioLucisano, Gianfranco Piccioli. Dir: Angelo Longoni. Scr: Angelo Longoni,Massimo Sgorbani. Main cast: Laura Morante, Alessio Boni, Eleonora Ivone,Cesare Bocci, Valeria Milillo.
Contact: IIF, (39) 06 36 11377
ORA E PER SEMPRE
(Veradia Film) Co-prod: Misami Film. Int'l sales: Verdecchifilm. Dist: OrangoFilm Distribuzione. Backer: Fondo d Garanzia. Prod: Alessandro Verdecchi. Dramaabout the legendary Torino football team who were all killed in an airplanecrash in 1949. Dir: Vincenzo Verdecchi. Scr: Carmelo Pennisi, MassimilianoDurante. Cast: Kasia Smutniak, Gioele Dix, Giorgio Albertazzi, Dino Abbrescia.
Contact: Verdecchifilm, (39) 06 39 388751
PER GIUSTO OMICIDIO
(D & F Cinematografica) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama set in 1996 inpost-war Sarajevo. Prods: Mario Puliti, Diego Febbraro. Dir: Diego Febbraro.Scr: Diego Febbraro. Main cast: Barbara d'Urso, Fabio Fulco, Marco Bonini, PinoMorabito.
Contact: D & F Cinematografica, (39) 06 41 734 311
QUO VADIS, BABY'
(Colorado Film) Backer: Medusa Film. Dist: Medusa Film. Psychological thrilleradapted from Grazia Verasani's eponymous novel about a troubled female privateinvestigator. Prod: Maurizio Totti. Dir: Gabriele Salvatores. Scr: Salvatores,Fabio Scamoni. Cast: Elio Germano, Angelo Baraldi, Gigi Alberti, Andrea Renzi.
Contact: Colorado Film, (39) 06 32 11 0577/(39) 02 48 02 1595
RAUL: DIRITTO DIUCCIDERE
(Ilena Cinematografica) Backers: Warner Bros Italia, Fondo di Garanzia (It).Drama inspired from Dostoevskij 's Crime and Punishment, set in Italy in 1938during the Fascist regime. Prod: Manolo Bolognini. Dir: Andrea Bolognini. Scr:Suso Cecchi D'Amico, Masolino D'Amico, Luigi Bazzoni. Cast: Giancarlo Giannini,Stefano Dionisi, Alessandro Haber, Ernesto Mahieux, Violante Placido.
Contact: Ilena Cinematografica, (39) 06 42 013149
SANGUE
(Nitrofilm, Mikado Film) Backer: Rai Cinema (It). Prod: Roberto Butafarro.Drama about a group of 25-year-olds who live without any limits or ethics. Dir:Libero De Rienzo. Scr: Libero De Rienzo. Cast: Elio Germano, Manuela Barilozzi.
Contact: Nitrofilm, (39) 011 532 145
SEGRETARIO PARTICOLARE
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a70-year-old man who has always worked as a secretary, until he gets involved ina web of corruption. Prod: Andrea De Liberato. Dir: Nicola Molina. Scr: NicolaMolina.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 68 212303
IL SENTIERO DEIGUERRIERI
(Prana Film) Backers: Fondo di Garanzia, Medusa Film. Dist: Medusa Film (It).Drama about a group of 18 year-olds, i ncluded a disabled young man, whoseholiday in the mountains turns into a life-changing experience. Dir: GiacomoCampiotti. Scr: Campiotti.
Contact: Medusa, (39) 06 66 3901
SEVEN DAYS, SEVENNIGHTS [WORKING TITLE]
(Sintra Films) Co-prods: Joel Cano (Cub), Les Films du Requin (Fr), Melange(Fr). Digitally-shot film revolving around 5 women. Prods: Rosanna Seregni,Joel Cano, Michel Reilhac. Dir: Joel Cano. Scr: Cano.
Contact: Sintra, (39) 06 4451256
SHAD SKY
(Indigo Film) Prods: Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano. Drama about an apparentlysatisfied well-to-do couple of year-olds decide to foster a difficult child.Dir: Antonio Capuano. Scr: Capuano. Cast: Valeria Golino, Andrea Renzi, RosarioDe Cicco, Nunzio Gallo.
Contact: Indigo Film, (39) 06 7725055
THE SHADOW DANCER
(Movieweb) Co-prods: Studio Eight (UK), GFT Entertainment (Can), Closeup Films(Fr). Backer: Istituto Luce. Dist: Istituto Luce. Int'l sales: Peace Arch Films(UK). Budget: $10m. English-language drama about a young New York editor whotravels to Tuscany to try and persuade a reclusive writer to get back to work.Prods: Massimo Pacilio, Gary Howsam, Jamie Brown. Dir: Brad Milman. Scr: BradMilman. Main cast: Harvey Keitel, Joshua Jackson, Giancarlo Giannini, ClaireForlani.
Contact: Movieweb, (39) 06 8091551
TICKET
(Fandango, Sixteen Films [UK]) Backers: Medusa (It), Film Council (UK). Int'lsales: The Works (UK). Budget: Euros 4m. Drama which takes place on a trainwhere the protagonists each have their own problems, anxieties and hopes, meetfor the first time. Prods: Carlo Cresto-Dina, Domenico Procacci, RebeccaO'Brien, Babak Karimi. Dir: Ermanno Olmi, Ken Loach, Abbas Kiarostami. Scr:Ermanno Olmi, Ken Loach, Abbas Kiarostami. Main cast: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi,Silvana De Santis, Carlo Delle Piane, Martin Compston, William Ruane.
Contact: The Works, (44) 207 612 1080
THE TIGER AND THE SNOW
(Melampo Cinematografica, Jean Vigo Italia) Dist: 01 Distribution. Comedydrama. Prod: Elda Ferri. Dir: Roberto Benigni. Scr: Roberto Benigni, VincenzoCerami. Main cast: Jean Reno, Roberto Benigni, Nicoletta Braschi.
Contact: Jean Vigo, (39) 06 67 80003
TUTTO IN QUELLA NOTTE
(Filmauro) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Filmauro. Thriller. Shortly beforetravelling to New York with his wife, a man agrees to give a friend his housekeys and let him meet a woman in his house. Exec Prod(s): Aurelio DeLaurentiis. Prod: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Dir: Franco Bertini. Scr: FrancoBertini. DoP: Daniele Poli. Ed: Fulvio Molena. Set des: Francesco Priori. Cosdes: Francesco Priori. Mus: Marco Manusso. Main cast: Flavio Insinna, LucianoScarpa, Georgia Lepore, Elena Russo, Rolando Ravello.
Contact: Filmauro, (39) 06 69 9581
UN GESTO DI CORAGGIO
(International Forum) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Istituto Luce. Dramabased on the life of Cecco d'Ascoli, a scientist who was accused of heresy andcondemned to death by the Inquisition in 1327. Prods: Alessandra Martucci,Lampo Calenda. Dir: Pietro Maria Benfatti. Scr: Pietro Maria Benfatti. DoP:Massimo Intoppa. Prod des: Francesco Bronzi. Cost des: Alfonsina Lettieri. Maincast: Giorgio Albertazzi.
Contact: International Forum, (39) 06 86 20 31 58
WELL TEMPERED CORPSES
(Studio Maj [Slovenia], A.S.A.P [Fr], Cinemarc [Fr], Flash (Bos-Herz),Casablanca [Slovenia]) Co-prod: Sintra Film. Budget: Euros 1.5m. Dist: LadyFilm. Set in Sarajevo in 2001, the film tells the story of four corpses who arebrought to the city's morgue on the same day. Their deaths, however, are not acoincidence as it turns out that all four people are connected in some way.Prods: Dunja Klemenc, Cedomir Kolar, Rosanna Seregni. Dir: Benjamin Filipovic.
Contact: Sintra Film, (39) 06 44 51256
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