ITALY Production Listings - October 27 2003

ITALIAN LISTINGS October 27

ALL'OMBRA DEL PADRE
(Tea Nova) Exec prod/dir: Rean Mazzone. Scr: Denis Jacobs. Cast: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Volter, Stefania Sandrelli.
Contact: Tea Nova, (39) 06 625 9260

AMAMI
(Tangram Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia (It). Drama about a woman who has recently separated from her husband and realises 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

ANNI RAPACI
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Budget: $3m. Backer: Telepiu. Dist: Sharada (It). Inspired by a novel from Luca Fazzo and Piero Colaprico which traces 20 years in the life of a major southern Italian organised crime family living in Milan. Prod: Andrea de Liberato. Dir/scr: Claudio Caligari. Ed: Mauro Bonanni. Prod des: Marta Maffucci. Cost des: Angela Buscemi. Cast: Fabrizio Gifuni, Valerio Mastandrea, Toni Bertorelli, Claudia Coli, Marco Giallini.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 6880 9752

L'AQUILONE BLUE
(Progetto Visivo) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. The love story between an Italian textile businessman, who is married with children, who buys textiles in Morocco, and a young Moroccan worker. Prod: Roberto De Laurentiis. Dir: Antonio Baiocco. Scr: Franco Cardi, Antonio Baiocco. DoP: Ugo Menegatti. Set des: Franco Vanorio. Costume des: Luigi Bonanno. 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's eponymous novel about Giorgio Pellegrini, a subversive ex-politician on the run, who discovers the pleasure of killing people to achieve his political goal. Prod: Conchita Airoldi. Dir: Michele Soavi. Scr: Michele Soavi, Lorenzo Favella.
Contact: StudioCanal Urania, (39) 06 32 65 12 78

BAD BLOOD
(Pequod). Debut feature. A vampire story set in Budapest in the not-too-distant future. Prod: Rosario Rinaldo. Dir/scr: Edo Tagliavini.
Contact: Pequod, (39) 06 88 40 121

BAL-CAN-CAN
(Verdecchi Film Partysans Film [Macedonia]) Black comedy set in Macedonia in 2001. The film focuses on one man's attempt to bring his step-mother's body from Bulgaria to Macedonia amidst absurd bureaucracy. Prod: Alessandro Verdecchi, Darko Mitrevski, Loris Curci. Dir/scr: Darko Mitrevski. Cast: Lazar Ristovski.
Contact: Verdecchi Film. (39) 06 39 388 751

CUORE SACRO
(R&C Produzioni) Drama about the contrast between poverty and wealth in Naples. Prod: Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli. Dir: Ferzan Ozpetek. Scr: Ferzan Ozpetek, Gianni Romoli.
Contact: R&C Produzioni, (39) 06 57 28 85 91

THE GENESIS CODE
(Eagle Pictures) Dist: Eagle Pictures (It). Int'l sales: Senator Int'l. English-language picture based on John Case's 1998 novel about a private investigator whose family is persecuted by an extremist religious order after visiting an Italian fertility clinic. Prod: Ciro Dammicco. Scr: Ronald Shusett, Ian Rabin, Julian Mitchell.
Contact: Eagle Pictures, (39) 06 32 69 101

GIANCARLO SIANI (WORKING TITLE)
(Sorpasso Film) Backer: Rai Cinema. Drama inspired by the Siani affair, in which a young journalist was killed in 1985 by the Neapolitan Mafia, the Camorra, for having written articles about the links between organised crime, politicians and construction contracts. Prod: Maurizio Tedesco, Marco Risi. Dir: Marco Risi. Scr: Marco Risi, Andrea Purgatori, Jim Carrington.
Contact: Sorpasso Film, (39) 06 8069 1059

GIOSUE' L'EBREO (WORKING TITLE)
(Arbash Coop) Co-prod: Poetiche Cinematografiche. Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Historical drama about the period when a royal edict forced thousands of persecuted Jews to leave Spain. Prods: Leo Pescarolo, Andrea De Liberato, Pasquale Scimeca. Dir/scr: Pasquale Scimeca.
Contact: Arbash Coop, (39) 0918997036

I GIRASOLI
(Orisa Produzioni) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Prod: Cristiano Bortone, Daniele Mazzocca. Dir: Francesco Munzi. Scr: Francesco Munzi, Serena Brugnolo, Dino Gentili.
Contact: Orisa, (39) 06 39 75 0996

HELL AND PARADISE
(Medusa Film) Dist: Medusa Film (It). Drama focusing on a trip by Russian musician Igor Stravinsky and his wife to Naples in 1951. There, Stravinsky re-discovers the innovative music of Carlo de Gesualdo, a Neapolitan prince who was forced to flee his native city after killing his wife, Maria d'Avalos, and her lover. Dir: Bernardo Bertolucci. Scr: Bernardo Bertolucci. Expected to shoot in Naples in 2004.
Contact: Medusa, (39) 06 66 3901

INSTANT LOVE
(I.T.C. Movie (It). Comedy about a happy couple's encounter with another man. 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

IL GIOCATORE (WORKING TITLE)
(Rita Rusic Company) Drama. The story of an Italian-American gambler in the 1980s who travelled regularly between Sicily and the US. Prod: Rita Rusic, Lierka Rusic. Dir: Roberta Torre. Scr: Torre, Massimo D'Anolfi.
Contact: Rita Rusic Company, (39) 06 36 00 4076

IL PANE NUDO
(Progetto Visivo) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about the hardship in the life of a young Moroccan man. Prod: Roberto De Laurentiis. Dir/scr: Rachid Benhadj. Cast: Soraya Arterse, Mujah Maraini, David Halevin, Karim Benhadj, Rachid Benhadj.
Contact: Progetto Visivo, (39) 06 37 500694

L'ISOLA (WORKING TITLE)
(Downtown Pictures) Backer: Rai Cinema. Budget: Euros 2-2.5m. Through a parallel structure, the story of a woman named Anna during three periods of her life, at the age of 9, 27 and 84. Prod: Marco Mueller. Dir: Chiara Caselli. Scr: Caselli, Monica Zapelli, Jaco Van Dormael.
Contact: Downtown Pictures, (39) 051 52 06 29

LA GRANDE BELLEZZA
(Dodici Dicembre ) A young actor, who makes his living by delivering pizzas, has a passionate 3-day love affair with a strange French girl. The girl returns to France 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 De Francesco, Antonio Pascale.
Contact: Dodici Dicembre, (39) 06 47 82 6313

LENINGRAD
(Sciarlo, Medusa) Dist: Medusa (It). English-language picture about the Nazi attack on Leningrad during World War II. Prod: Francesco Tornatore. Dir: Giuseppe Tornatore. Scr: Giuseppe Tornatore.
Contact: Sciarlo, (39) 06 39 72 35 66

LEZIONI DI VOLO
(Cattleya) Backer: India culture ministry. English language drama about two Italians in India who encounter a disillusioned French doctor. Prod: Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir: Francesca Archibugi. Scr: Doriana Leondeff. Cast: Sophie Marceau.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367201

MOZARTEUM (WORKING TITLE)
(Mate Productions [Sp]) Co-Pprod: Sintra Film. Budget: $3.4m-$3.9m. Gothic thriller revolving around a training course for musicians. Exec prod: Mate Cantero. Prod: Cantero, Rosanna Seregni. Dir: Miguel Alcantud. Scr: Fiorenzo Senese, Salvatore Demolo, Martin Casariego. Shooting in Puglia, Italy, in 2003.
Contact: Sintra Film, (39) 06 44 51256

OPOPOMOZ
(Albachiara) Co-prod: De Aplaneta Producciones (Sp). Dist: Mikado (It). Int'l dist: MK2. Backers: Fondo di Garanzia, Rai Cinema, MK2 (Fr). Animation feature set in Naples on Christmas Eve. Dir: Enzo D'Alo. Scr: Furio Scarpelli, Giacomo Scarpelli, Enzo D'Alo.
Contact: Albachiara, (39) 02 29 06 1910

(Cattleya) Adapted from novel by Nick Earls, about a young dermatologist who is widowed and left to cope alone with his small daughter. Prod: Giovanni Stabilini, Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz. Cast: Stefano Accorsi.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367201

PERICLE IL NERO
(Pequod, Kubla Khan) Drama based on the novel by Giuseppe Ferrandino, about a young man, Pericle, who has never known any life outside the Neapolitan Mafia. Prods: Umberto Massa, Rosario Rinaldo. Dir: Francesco Patierno. Scr: Giuseppe Ferrandino, Patierno. Cast: Pietro Taricone, Ernesto Mahieux.
Contact: Pequod, (39) 06 88 40 121

SEGUI IL BASSO
(Movie Factory) Backer: Medusa Film. Dist: Medusa (It). Drama about Leo, a talented guitarist without much ambition, and his nemesis, Mauro, who end up sharing the same tragic destiny. Prod: Francesco P. Montini. Dir: Laura Muscardin. Scr: Laura Muscardin, Massimo De Pascale, Monica Rametta.
Contact: Movie Factory, (39) 06 32 32 937

OVUNQUE SEI
(Cattleya) Dist: 01 Distribution (It). Romantic drama about a young married couple and a man who has the chance to find love after a terrible accident. Dir: Michele Placido. Scr: Michele Placido, Domenico Starnone, Francesco Piccolo, Umberto Contarello. Cast: Stefano Accorsi.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

SHE
(Imago Film, Movieweb) Co-prod: Salon Media Films (HK), Mandarin Films (Fr), CMW Film Company (Ger), Darnley House Productions (Aus). Dist: 01 Distribution (It). Budget: $18m. Backers: Rai Cinema, Film Financial Services (US). English-language fantasy tale loosely based on H.Rider Haggard's adventure about an immortal woman who is inspired by immortal love. Prods: Leo Pescarolo, Massimo Pacilio, Fred Wang. Dir: Mauro Borrelli. Scr: Fausto Brizzi, Marco Martani, Aldo Lado, Mauro Borrelli. Set to shoot for 12 weeks in Hong Kong, Shanghai, the Gobi Desert, and Cambridge, England.
Contact: Imago Film, (39) 06 58 330806

VOCI (WORKING TITLE)
(Downtown Pictures) Backer: Rai Cinema (It). Budget: Euros 2-2.5m. Drama set in contemporary Genova. Prod: Marco Mueller. Dir: Pippo Delbone. Scr: Delbono, Lara Fremder. Shooting in Genoa from October 2003 to January 2004.
Contact: Downtown Pictures, (39) 051 52 06 29

CHE NE SARA' DI NOI
(Filmauro) Dist: Filmauro (It). Three 18-year-olds who have just finished school go on holiday to the Greek Islands and try to work out plans for their future. Prod: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Dir: Giovanni Veronesi. Scr: Veronesi, Silvio Muccino. Cast: Giuseppe Sanfelice, Silvio Muccino, Violante Placido, Elio Germano, Enrico Silvestrin.
Contact: Filmauro (It), (39) 06 69 95 81

DA NESSUNA PARTE
(Harold) Backers: Rai Cinema, Mikado. Dist: Mikado (It). Drama. Dante, a 30 year-old from Turin, doesn't know whether to commit suicide or set off around the world. Prod: Roberto Buttafarro. Dir: Marco Ponti. Scr: Ponti. Cast: Libero De Rienzo, Vanessa Incontrada. Shooting from September 2003.
Contact: Harold, (39) 011 81 95 694

E RIDENDO L'UCCISE
(Italgest Video, IPE) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia (It). Drama set in the king's palace at the beginning of the 16th century in Ferrara, northern Italy. Prod: Renata Ranieri, Ugo Tucci. Dir: Florestano Vancini. Scr: Vancini, Massimo Felisatti. DoP: Maurizio Calvesi. Ed: Enzo Meniconi. Prod des: Giantito Burchiellaro. Cos: Lia Francesca Morandini. Music: Ennio Morricone. Cast: Manlio Dovi, Sabrina Colle, Ruben Rigillo, Marianna De Micheli, Giorgio Lupano.
Contact: Italgest Video, (39) 06 68 76 626

THE LAZARUS CHILD
(Eagle Pictures) Co-prods: Tandem Communications (Ger), UK20 (UK), Illusions/Telefilm (Canada). Budget: $30m. Dist: Eagle Pictures (It), Morgan Creek/Warner Bros (US). Int'l sales: Senator Int'l. English-language picture based on Robert Mawson's bestseller, focusing on a girl who falls into a coma after being hit by a bus. Her only hope for recovery hinges on an eccentric researcher, who manages to propel the girl's 12-year-old brother into her mind in the hope of luring her back to consciousness. Prods: Ciro Dammicco, Ron Bass, Bruce Harvey. Dir: Graham Theakston. Scr: Ron Bass. Cast: Andy Garcia, Angela Bassett. Shooting in London and Alberta, Canada.
Contact: Eagle Pictures, (39) 06 32 69 101

LOVE IS ETERNAL - FOR AS LONG AS IT LASTS (L'AMORE E' ETERNO FINCHE DURA)
(Cecchi Gori Group) Focuses on 40 and 50 year-old couples who are torn between the need for stability and the desire for new emotions. Prod: Vittorio Cecchi Gori. Dir: Carlo Verdone. Scr: Verdone, Francesca Marciano, Pasquale Plastino. Cast: Carlo Verdone, Orsetta de' RossiElisabetta Rocchetti, Laura Morante, Stefania Rocca.
Contact: Cecchi Gori Group, (39) 06 32 47 21

LUNA E LE ALTRE
(Emme Produzioni) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia (It). A woman named Luna writes to four school friends who, on their last day of school, had promised to meet up again 20 years later. Prod: Marco Quintili, Marisa Grieco. Dir/scr: Elisabetta Villaggio. Cast: Agnese Nano, Lorenza Indovina, Antonella Ponziani, Elda Alvigini, Paolo Villaggio.
Contact: Emme, (39) 011 436 2609

NON TI MUOVERE
(Cattleya) Budget: Eur 5m. Backer: Medusa. Co-prods: Alquimia (Sp), Medusa. Based on the best-selling novel by Margaret Mazzantini. Prod: Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini, Riccardo Tozzi. Dir: Sergio Castellitto. Scr: Sergio Castellitto, Margaret Mazzantini. Cast: Sergio Castellitto, Penelope Cruz.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

THREE METRES ABOVE THE SKY (TRE METRI SOPRA IL CIELO)
(Cattleya) Backers: Fondo di Garanzia, Warner Bros (It). Dist: Warner Bros Int. Teenage drama based on a cult book by Federico Moccia. Prods: Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi. Dir: Luca Lucini. Scr: Teresa Ciabatti. In production until November.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201.

A LUCI SPENTE
(Cinemart) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia (It). Dist: Istituto Luce. Drama set in 1943 tracing the making of Redemption, a film financed by the Vatican. Prod: Giuseppe Di Palma. Dir: Maurizio Ponzi. Scr: Ponzi, Stefano Tummolini, Pietro Spila. DoP: Luigi Verga. Prod des: Franco Ceraolo. Cast: Giuliana De Sio, Toni Bertorelli, Giulio Scarpati, Filippo Nigro.
Contact: Cinemart, (39) 06 68 32 361

AGATA E LA TEMPESTA
(Albachiara, Mikado, Amika Film) Dist: Mikado (It), Germany (Tobis), Brazil (Circuito Cinearte), Greece (PVC), Israel (Shapira Films). Prod: Luigi Musini, Roberto Cicutto. Bittersweet drama. Agata finds out that her brother Gustavo isn't really her brother. She follows him to a small strange town where Romeo, Gustavo's real brother, lives. Dir: Silvio Soldini. Scr: Soldini, Doriana Leondeff, Francesco Piccolo. Cast: Licia Maglietta, Emilio Solfrizzi, Giuseppe Battiston, Claudio Santamaria, Marina Massironi.

AL CUORE SI COMANDA
(Alia Film). Backer: Medusa Film (It). Dist: Medusa (It). Comedy about a 30-year-old woman who tries to programme love. Prod: Enzo Porcelli. Dir: Giovanni Morricone. Scr: Rosa Benduni, Roberto de Giorgi. Cast: Claudia Gerini, Pier Francesco Favino, Sabrina Impacciatore, Pierre Cosso.
Contact: Alia Film, (39) 06 854 2840

L'AMORE RITORNA
(Bianca Film) Backer: Warner Bros Int. Dist: Warner Bros (It). Comedy about a famous actor who is forced to reconsider his life and relationships after he is struck by a serious illness. Prod: Donatella Botti. Dir: Sergio Rubini. Cast: Sergio Rubini, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Margherita Buy, Giovanna Mezzogiorno. Shooting from August 18, 2003 in Italy.
Contact: Bianca Film, (39) 06 32 96 791

APNEA
(Indigo Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia (It). Drama/thriller. At 35, Paolo is a sports journalist who enjoyed a successful fencing career. Suddenly, a friend of his, also a sportsman, inexplicably dies of a heart attack and Paolo uncovers some dark truths. Prod: Francesca Cima, Nicola Giuliano. Dir: Roberto Dordit. Scr: Roberto Dordit, Serena Brugnolo. DoP: Tommaso Borgstrom. Prod des: Beatrice Scarpato. Music: Giuliano Taviani. Cast: Claudio Santamaria, Elia de Capitani, Fabrizia Sacchi, Michela Noonan, Diego Ribon.
Contact: Indigo Film, (39) 06 77 25 055

BARZELLETTE
(Filmauro) Dist: Filmauro (It). Prod: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Comedy. The funniest jokes of the Italian comedy tradition. Dir: Carlo Vanzina. Scr: Carlo Vanzina, Enrico Vanzina. Cast: Gigi Proietti, Carlo Buccirosso, Enzo Salvi, Biagio Izzo, Massimiliano Cavallari.
Contact: Filmauro, (39) 06 69 95 81

BELLE POKER
(Mediterranea Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Lantia (It). A film about dance and Moulin Rouge-style cabaret. Prod/dir/scr: Nico Cirasola. DoP: Fabio de Franceschi. Cast: Dino Abbrescia, Toto Onnis, Laura Marinelli, Susanna Capusso, Sabrina Colle.
Contact: Mediterranea Film, (39) 080 56 18 382

BLU EYES
(La Perla Nera) A beautiful 18-year-old is kidnapped and forced to work in porn. Her mother hires a private detective to find her. Prod: Giovanni Paolucci. Dir: Bruno Mattei. Scr: Bruno Mattei. DoP: Gigi Ciccarese. Set des: Alterio Angela. Cos des: Tanzilli Natascia. Cast: Carla Solaro, Carlo Mucari, Gabriele Gori.
Contact: La Perla Nera, (39) 06 74 80 630

THE CARD PLAYER (IL CARTAIO)
(Opera Film) Backer: Medusa Film. Int'l dist: Adriana Chiesa Enterprises (It). Dist: Medusa (It) Arrow Films (UK), Dutch Film Works (Benelux). Thriller. A man kidnaps an American tourist in Rome. Prod/dir: Dario Argento. Scr: Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini. DoP: Debie Benoit. Ed: Anna Napoli. Set des: Antonello Geleng. Cos des: Patrizia Chericoni. Cast: Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino, Fabio Poggiali, Adalberto Maria Merli.
Contact: Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, (39) 06 80 86 052

CERTI BAMBINI
(Pequod) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia (It). Dist: Istituto Luce (It). Drama based on a book by Diego De Silva, about a young boy who lives with his sick grandmother and hangs out with other kids in the rough streets. Prod: Rosario Rinaldo. Dir: Andrea and Antonio Frazzi. Scr: Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi, Marcello Fois.
Contact: Pequod, (39) 06 88 40 121

CHECHNYA (CECENIA)
(IPE) Dist: Pasquino Distribuzione Stazione Marittima (It). Drama. The story of Italian Radio Radicale journalist Antonio Russo, who was killed in Chechnya in 2000. Prods: Caterina Nardi, Leonardo Giuliano. Dir: Leonardo Giuliano. Scr: Aurelio Grimaldi. DoP: Giulio Pietromarchi. Ed: Giuseppe Pagano. Cos des: Claudia Vaccaro. Cast: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Bruno Armando.
Contact: IPE, (39) 06 68 19 3115

IL COMPAGNO AMERICANO
(Metropolis Film) Backer(s): Fondo di Garanzia Dist: Columbia Tristar Italia (It). At the height of Italian fascism in the early 1940s, a fashionable film director working at Cinecitta decides to secretly shoot a film in colour, using American equipment. Exec prod: Enzo Gallo Prod: Enzo Gallo. Dir: Barbara Barni. Scr: Barbara Barni. DoP: Ennio Guarnieri. Prod des: Marco Dentici. Cost des: Enrica Barbano. Cast: Nancy Brilli, Tosca D'Aquino, Augusto Zucchi, Franco Diogene.
Contact: Metropolis Film, (39) 06 88 44 629

CORONA (WORKING TITLE)
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Co-prod: RAI Cinema. Dist: Lion Pictures. Budget: $3m. Thriller set in the 1940s. Prod: Andrea De Liberato. Dir: Lucio Gaudino. Scr: Brenta, Angelo Pasquini. DoP: Vincenzo Marano. Prod man: Bruno Tribbioli. Cast: Non-professional actors.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 6880 9752

DO YOU MIND IF I KISS YOUR MUM'
(Blu Cinematografica) Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Rai Cinema and StudioCanal Distribution (It). Sandro is a single, emotionally-challenged lawyer. His sisters are all eccentric, his father has a string of love affairs. In the midst of all this, Sandro suddenly finds love. Exec prod: Massimo Ferrero. Prod: Massimo Ferrero. Dir: Alessandro Benvenuti. Scr: Alessandro Benvenuti, Ugo Chiti. DoP: Alessio Gelsini Torresi. Prod des: Eugenio Liverani. Cost des: Eugenio Liverani. Cast: Alessandro Benvenuti, Marina Massironi, Natasha Stefanenko, Arnoldo Foa.
Contact: Blu Cinematografica, (39) 06 68 80 7901

E GIA' IERI (GROUNDHOG DAY REMAKE)
(Cattleya (It). Budget: Eur 4m. Int'l dist: Columbia Tristar. Dist: Columbia Tristar (It). Comedy. Italian remake of original movie. Co-prods: Flamenco (Sp), Studios Picasso (Sp). Prod: Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi. Cast: Antonio Albanese, Paz Vega, Fabio de Luigi.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

FANKINAIT
(Filmauro. Backer: Fondo di Garanzia (It). Dist: Filmauro (It). Thriller. Shortly before travelling to New York with his wife, a man agrees to give his friends his house keys and let him meet a woman in his house. Exec prod: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Prod: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Dir: Franco Bertini. Scr: Franco Bertini. DoP: Daniele Poli. Ed: Fulvio Molena. Set des: Francesco Priori. Cos des: Francesco Priori. Mus: Marco Manusso. Cast: Flavio Insinna, Luciano Scarpa, Georgia Lepore, Elena Russo, Rolando Ravello.
Contact: Filmauro, (39) 06 69 9581

IL FUGGIASCO
(Filmax (It). Backer: Fondo di Garanzia, Rai Cinema (It). Dist: Istituto Luce (It). Drama set in 1976 in the northern city of Padova, against a backdrop of student rebellion and terrorism. Prod: Massimiliano La Pegna. Dir: Andrea Manni. Scr: Andrea Manni, Massimo Carlotto. DoP: Massimo Pau. Ed: Alberto Lardani. Set des: Stefano Giambanco. Cos des: Chiara Ferrantini. Cast: Daniele Liotti, Claudia Coli, Alessandro Benvenuti, Roberto Citran, Francesca De Sapio.
Contact: Filmax, (39) 06 32 21 445

FUORI GIOCO - IL LATITANTE
(Quality Sound (It). Backer(s): Fondo di Garanzia (It). Drama about a young Neapolitan workman who gets involved in crime to help his father who is sick. Dir: Nini Grassia. Scr: Grassia. DoP: Giancarlo Ferrando. Prod des: Alessandra Cadoppi. Cos: Patrizio Di Bernardi. Cast: Antonio Capuano, Barbara Chiappini, Nicola Di Pinto.
Contact: Quality Sound, (39) 081 81 95 270

GUARDIANI DELLE NUVOLE
(Heller Produzioni Televisive e Cinematografiche (It). Backer: Fondo di Garanzia (It). Drama set in a small town on the outskirts of Naples, in 1962. A shepherd sets off on the trail of an unscrupulous businessman. Prod: Giorgio Heller. Dir: Luciano Odorisio. Scr: Luciano Odorisio, Angelo Cannavacciuolo. DoP: Romano Albani. Ed: Domenico Varone. Set des: Emilio Baldelli. Cos des: Alfonsina Lettier. Cast: Anna Galiena, Alessandro Gassman, Claudia Gerini, Leo Gullotta, Franco Nero.
Contact: Heller Produzioni, (39) 06 36 38 1924

HANNOVER
(A.L.B.A. Produzioni (It). Co-Prod: Xi'an Film Studio (China). Prod: Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani, Sandro Frezza, Sergio Bernardi. Dir: Ferdinando Vicentini Orgnani. Scr: Orgnani, Lorenzo Favella. DoP: Ugo Menegatti. DoP: Carlo Balestrieri. Prod des: Giada Calabria. Cos: Alessandro Consiglio. Music: Pierangelo Fornaro, Corrado Carosio. Cast: Francesco Castellano, Antonio Iuorio, Francesco Carnelutti, Federico Pacifici.
Contact: A.L.B.A., (39) 06 52 98 244

HOLLYWOOD FLIES (MOSCHE A HOLLYWOOD)
(Imago Film (It), Movieweb (It). Co-Prod: Moneyflies Entertainment (Can), Studio 8 (UK). Budget: $6m. Backer: Rai Cinema (It). Dist: 01 Distribution (It). English-language adventure picture which follows two Italians who end up in LA. Based on Mosche a Hollywood, a novel by Alessandro Fabbri. Exec prod: Leo Pescarolo. Prod: Leo Pescarolo, Massimo Pacilio, Pieter Kroonenburg, Gary Howsam. Dir: Fabio Segatori. Scr: Gino Ventriglia, Chiara Laudani, Roberto Scarpetti, Alessandro Fabbri, Fabio Segatori, Aldo Lado, Allan Moyle.
Contact: Imago Films (It), (39) 06 58 330806

HO VISTO LE STELLE
(Mikado Film (It). Dist: Mikado (It). Prod: Roberto Cicutto, Luigi Musini. Comedy. Dir: Vincenzo Salemme. Scr: Salemme. DoP: Mauro Marchetti. Prod des: Stefano Giambanco. Cos: Pamela Aicardi. Cast: Claudio Amendola, Maurizio Casagrande, Alena Seredova, Vincenzo Salemme. Contact: Mikado, (39) 06 67 07 0665

IL PARADISO ALL'IMPROVVISO
(Levante Film (It). Backer: Medusa (It). Dist: Medusa (It). Comedy. Lorenzo is a selfish bachelor, who has two good male friends. One day, his life is turned upside down when he meets a beautiful girl on the island of Ischia. Prod: Leonardo Pieraccioni. Dir: Pieraccioni. Scr: Pieraccioni, Giovanni Veronesi. Cast: Pieraccioni, Alessandro Haber, Rocco Papaleo.
Contact: Levante Film (It), (39) 055 24 80 946

IL SIERO DELLA VANITA
(Rodeo Drive (It). Backer: Rai Cinema (It). Dist: 01 Rai Cinema and Studio Canal Distribution (It). Drama. Prod: Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania. Dir: Alex Infascelli. Scr: Niccolo' Ammaniti, Infascelli. DoP: Stefano Ricciotti. Cast: Margherita Buy, Francesca Neri, Barbara Bobulova, Silvio Muccino, Valerio Mastandrea.
Contact: Rodeo Drive (It), (39) 06 42 01 47 15

LA MIA VITA A STELLE E STRISCE
(Italian International Film (It). Dist: IIF (It). Comedy. Obese Auntie Giuly arrives from the US to a small town in Tuscany, bringing along her husband their two children. Prod: Fulvio Lucisano. Dir: Massimo Ceccherini. Scr: Ceccherini, Giovanni Veronesi. Cast: Ceccherini, Victoria Silverstedt.
Contact: IIF, (39) 06 36 11 377

LAST FOOD
(Nauta Film (It). Backer(s): Fondo di Garanzia (It). Drama about two survivors of a plan crash: one is a rich French-Italian, who is always in a hurry. The other is a calm Japanese cook. Prod: Tommaso Dazzi, Bruno Tribbioli. Dir: Daniele Cini. Scr: Daniele Cini. DoP: Stefano Pancaldi. Ed: Paola Freddi. Prod des: Fabrizio Moschini. Cos: Silvia Polidori. Music: Alessandro Molinari. Cast: Gigio Alberti, Fanny La Monica, Yal Hamanouchi.
Contact: Nauta Film, (39) 06 322 0494

LE AVVENTURE DI TOTO' SAPORE
(Lanterna Magica, Medusa Film (It)) Backers: Sony (Jap), Europa (Fr). Dist: Medusa Film (It). Animation feature set in 1700 about young Toto Sapore, a story-teller from Naples, who becomes the cook of the kind of Naples. Dir: Maurizio Forestieri. Scr: Umberto Marino, Paolo Cananzi. Music: Edoardo Bennato, Eugenio Bennato.
Contact: Lanterna Magica, (39) 011 86 06 111

L'ODORE DEL SANGUE
(Bianca Film (It). Drama adapted from novel by Goffredo Parise. The parallel story of two 50 year-olds who both have a relationship with much younger women. Prod: Donatella Botti. Dir: Mario Martone. Scr: Mario Martone. DoP: Cesare Accetta. Ed: Jacopo Quadri. Set des: Sergio Tramonti. Cast: Michele Placido, Fanny Ardant.
Contact: Bianca Film, (39) 06 32 96 791

THE KEYS TO THE HOUSE (LE CHIAVI DI CASA)
(Jean Vigo Italia (It) Co-Prod: Alia Film (It), Pandorafilmverleih (Germ), Arena Films (Fr), Lakeshore Entertainment (US). Budget: $4.9m (Euros 5m). Backer(s): Rai Cinema. Int'l sales: Lakeshore. Family drama adapted from Giuseppe Pontiggia's novel Born Twice. Exec prod: Elda Ferri. Co-prods: Tom Rosenberg, Karl 'Baumi' Baumgartner, Bruno Peseri. Dir: Gianni Amelio. Scr: Amelio. Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Kim Rossi Stuart.
Contact: Jean Vigo Italia, (39) 06 67 80003

MARITI IN AFFITTO
(Cristaldi Pictures (It) Backer(s): Medusa (It). Dist: Medusa. A woman leaves Italy to find her husband in the US only to find that he is living a double life with another woman. Exec prod: Massimo Cristaldi. Prod (s): Cristaldi. Dir: Ilaria Borrelli. Scr: Borrelli. DoP: Paolo Ferrari. Cast: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Pier Francesco Favino, Brooke Shields, Chevy Chase.
Contact: Cristaldi Pictures, (39) 06 3215 010

MI PIACE LAVORARE
(Bianca Film) Dist: Bim (It). Drama. Anna, a secretary, works for a company that has just been bought by a foreign group. The company celebrates the merger, but Anna is the only person to be ignored by the new head of personneL. Prod: Donatella Botti. Dir/SCR: Francesca Comencini. DoP: Luca Bigazzi. Ed: Massimo Fiocchi. Prod des: Paola Comencini. Costume des: Antonella Berardi. Cast: Nicoletta Braschi.
Contact: Bianca Film, (39) 06 32 96 791

MIRACOLO A PALERMO
(Sorpasso Film) Drama about the daily lives of four young people in Palermo who are surrounded by hardship and crime. Prod: Maurizio Tedesco, Marco Risi. Dir/scr: Giuseppe Cino. DoP: Adolfo Bartoli. Ed: Mauro Bonanni. Cast: Tony Sperandeo, Vincent Schiavelli, Luigi Maria Burruano, Maria Grazia Cucinotta.
Contact: Sorpasso Film, (39) 06 80 69 1059

MODIGLIANI
(Istituto Luce, Philippe Martinez Productions [Fr], Buskin Film) Drama about the 20th century Italian artist and his rivalry with Picasso. Prod: Philippe Martinez, Roberto Bessi, Andre Djaoui. Dir: Mick Davis. Cast: Andy Garcia, Eva Herzigova.
Contact: Istituto Luce, (39) 06 729921

MOGADOR LOVERS
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Backer: State of Morocco. Prods: Leo Pescarolo, Andrea De Liberato. Dir: Souheil Ben Barka.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 6880 9752

NATALE A BOMBAY
(Filmauro) Dist: Filmauro (It). The latest in a long-running series of Christmas comedies for Massimo Boldi and Christian De Sica. Here, the comic duo hits Bombay. Prod: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Dir: Neri Parenti. Cast: Massimo Boldi, Christian De Sica, Enzo Salvi, Biagio Izzo
Contact: Filmauro, (39) 06 69 9581

NO BRAKES (SENZA FRENI)
(Orango Film) Drama about a two-year boy who sees his uncle murder his father. Prod: Alessandro Verdecchi. Dir: Felice Farina. Scr: Felice Farina, Mauro Casiraghi, Eleonora Fiorini. DoP: Luca Bigazzi. Ed: Roberto Schiavone. Prod des: Enrico Serafini. Cost des: Angela Buono.
Contact: Orango Film, (39) 06 3938 8751

OCCHI DI CRISTALLO
(Cattleya) Co-Prod: Alquimia (Sp). Budget: Eur 2.5m. Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Distribution (It). Prod: Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi. Thriller/horror based on novel L'Imbalsamatore by Luca di Fulvio. Dir: Eros Puglielli. Cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Lucia Jimenez, Jose Angel Egido, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, Carmelo Gomez.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

PALABRA
(Axelotil) Drama. During a trip to the Andes, a Spanish geologist meets an Italian engineer and falls in love. Prod; Gianluca Arcopinto. Dir: Corso Salani. Scr: Corso Salani, Monica Rametta. Cast: Paloma Calle Alberdi, Corso Salani, Monica Rametta, Alessandro Mizzi.
Contact: Axelotil, (39) 06 57 45 004

FIRST LOVE (PRIMO AMORE)
(Fandango) Drama about a man's inability to love. Prod: Domenico Procacci. Dir: Matteo Garrone. Scr: Matteo Garrone, Vitaliano Trevisan. DoP: Marco Onorato. Ed: Marco Spoletini. Prod des: Paolo Bonfini. Cos: Francesca Leondeff. Cast: Vitaliano Trevisan, Michela Cescon.
Contact: Fandango, (39) 06 85 35 4026

SEVEN DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS (WORKING TITLE)
(Sintra Films) Co-prods: Les Films du Requin (Fr), Melange (Fr). Digitally-shot film revolving around five women. Prods: Rosanna Seregni, Joel Cano, Michel Reilhac. Dir/scr: Joel Cano.
Contact: Sintra, (39) 06 4451256

A STRANGE CRIME (SOTTO FALSO NOME)
(Titti Film, Vega Film [Switz]) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Medusa (It). Drama about a writer, whose life is turned around when he meets a woman on the way to his stepson's wedding in Capri. Prod: Fabrizio Mosca, Ruth Waldenberger. Dir: Roberto Ando. Scr: Ando, Salvatore Marcarelli. Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Anna Mouglalis, Greta Scacchi.
Contact: Titti Film (It). (39) 06 68 21 0118

UN GESTO DI CORAGGIO
(International Forum) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Istituto Luce (It). Drama based on the life of Cecco d'Ascoli, a scientist who was accused of heresy and condemned to death by the Inquisition in 1327. Prod: Alessandra Martucci, Lampo Calenda. Dir: Pietro Maria Benfatti. Scr: Pietro Maria Benfatti. DoP: Massimo Intoppa. Prod des: Francesco Bronzi. Cost des: Alfonsina Lettieri. Cast: Giorgio Albertazzi.
Contact: International Forum, (39) 06 86 20 31 58

UN SEGRETARIO PARTICOLARE
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Sharada Dist. A deputy is involved in a corruption scandal, and his assistant is forced to face some decisions. Prod: Andrea De Liberato. Dir/Scr: Nicola Molino.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 6880 9752

VERSO NORD
(Lantia) Backer(s): Rai Cinema, Fondi di Garanzia. Int'l sales: Intramovies (It). Dist: 01 Rai Cinema/StudioCanal (It) Drama. A male nurse, who is involved in dubious ongoings, is asked to drive a young black boy to Switzerland, in the company of a young troubled southern Italian. During the car ride, the friendship the two men form will save the life of the boy, who was destined to become a victim of organ-trafficking. Prod: Paola Ermini. Dir/scr/DoP: Stefano Reali. Scr: Stefano Reali. Ed: Paolo Benassi. Prod des: Giada Calabria. Cast: Maurizio Mattioli, Manrico Gammarota.
Contact: Lantia Cinema e Audiovisivi, (39) 06 37 512 743