ITALY Production Listings - August 22 2003

Copyright: Screen International

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

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

L'ACQUILONE BLUE
(Progetto Visivo) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Love story between an Italian textile businessman who buys textiles in Morocco and a young Moroccan worker. Prod: Roberto De Laurentiis. Dir: Antonio Baiocco. Scr: Franco Cardi, Baiocco. DoP: Ugo Menegatti. Set des: Franco Vanorio. Costume des: Luigi Bonanno. Main cast: Franco Nero, Marta Bifano, Nourchene Cherif, Rachid Benhadi
Contact: Progetto Visivo, (39) 06 3750 0694

ARRIVEDERCI AMORE CIAO
(StudioCanal Urania) Int'l sales: StudioCanal. Story of Giorgio Pellegrini, a subversive ex-politician on the run, who discovers the pleasure of killing people to achieve his political goal. Based on a novel by Massimo Carlotto. Prod: Conchita Airoldi. Dir: Michele Soavi. Scr: Michele Soavi, Lorenzo Favella.
Contact: StudioCanal Urania, (39) 06 3265 1278

BAD BLOOD
(Pequod) Vampire story set in Budapest, in the not-too-distant future. Prod: Rosario Rinaldo. Dir/scr: Edo Tagliavini.
Contact: Pequod, (39) 06 884 0121

BAL-CAN-CAN
(Verdecchi Film, Partysans Film [Macedonia]) Black comedy about a man's attempt to bring his stepmother's body from Bulgaria to Macedonia amidst absurd bueaucracy. Prods: Alessandro Verdecchi, Darko Mitrevski, Loris Curci. Dir/scr: Mitrevski. Main cast: Lazar Ristovski.
Contact: Verdecchi Film, (39) 06 3938 8751

IL GIOCATORE (working title)
(Rita Rusic Company) Drama. Story of an Italian-American gambler in the 1980s who travelled regularly between Sicily and the US. Prods: Rita Rusic, Lierka Rusic. Dir: Roberta Torre. Scr: Torre, Massimo D'Anolfi.
Contact: Rita Rusic Company, (39) 06 3600 4076

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: Scimeca. Shooting 2003.
Contact: Arbash Coop, (39) 09 1899 7036

INSTANT LOVE
(I.T.C. Movie) 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) 05 123 3447

LEZIONI DI VOLO
(Cattleya) Backer: India Culture Ministry. English-language drama about two Italians in India who encounter a disillusioned French doctor. Prods: Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir: Francesca Archibugi. Scr: Doriana Leondeff. Main cast: Sophie Marceau.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367 201

MOZARTEUM (working title)
(Mate Productions [Sp]) Co-prod: 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 2003 in Puglia.
Contact: Sintra Film, (39) 06 445 1256

DA NESSUNA PARTE
(Harold) Backers: Rai Cinema, Mikado. Dist: Mikado (It). Drama. Dante, a 30-year-old from Turin, does not know whether to commit suicide or set off around the world. Prod: Roberto Buttafarro. Dir/scr: Marco Ponti. Main cast: Libero De Rienzo, Vanessa Incontrada.
Contact: Harold, (39) 011 819 5694

OCCHI DI CRISTALLO
(Cattleya) Co-prod: Alquimia (Sp). Budget: e2.5m. Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Distribution (It). Horror thriller based on the novel L'Imbalsamatore by Luca di Fulvio. Prods: Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi. Dir: Eros Puglielli. Main cast: Luigi Lo Cascio, Lucia Jimenez, Jose Angel Egido, Emilio Gutierrez Caba, Carmelo Gomez
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367 201

PERFECT SKIN (working title)
(Cattleya) A young dermatologist is widowed and left to cope alone with his small daughter. Adapted from a novel by Nick Earls. Prods: Giovanni Stabilini, Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz. Main cast: Stefano Accorsi.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367 201

PERICLE IL NERO
(Pequod, Kubla Khan) Drama based on a novel by Giuseppe Ferrandino. Pericle 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) 06 884 0121

SEGUI IL BASSO
(Movie Factory) Backer: Medusa Film. Dist: Medusa (It). Drama. Leo, a talented guitarist without much ambition, and his nemesis, Mauro, end up sharing the same tragic destiny. Prod: Francesco P Montini. Dir: Laura Muscardin. Scr: Muscardin, Massimo De Pascale, Monica Rametta.
Contact: Movie Factory, (39) 06 323 2937

SEMPRE
(Cattleya) 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: Placido, Domenico Starnone, Francesco Piccolo, Umberto Contarello. Main cast: Stefano Accorsi.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367 201

THREE METRES ABOVE THE SKY (tre metri sopra il cielo)
(Cattleya) Backers: Fondo di Garanzia, Warner Bros. Dist: Warner Bros International. Teenage drama based on a cult book by Federico Moccia. Prods: Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi. Dir: Luca Lucini. Scr: Teresa Ciabatti.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367 201

AGATA E LA TEMPESTA
(Albachiara, Mikado, Amika Film) Dist: Mikado (It). 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. Prods: Luigi Musini, Roberto Cicutto. Dir: Silvio Soldini. Scr: Soldini, Doriana Leondeff, Francesco Piccolo. Cast: Licia Maglietta, Emilio Solfrizzi, Giuseppe Battiston, Claudio Santamaria, Marina Massironi.
Contact: Albachiara, (39) 02 29 06 19 10

L'AMORE RITORNA
(Bianca Film) Backer: Warner Bros International. Dist: Warner Bros (It). Prods: Donatella Botti. Comedy about a famous actor who is forced to reconsider his life and relationships after he is struck by a serious illness. Dir: Sergio Rubini. Main cast: Rubini, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Margherita Buy, Giovanna Mezzogiorno. Shooting from Aug 18 in Italy.
Contact: (39) 06 329 6791

BARZELLETTE
(Filmauro) Dist: Filmauro (It). Comedy. The funniest jokes of the Italian comedy tradition. Prods: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Dir: Carlo Vanzina. Scr: Vanzina, Enrico Vanzina. Main cast: Gigi Proietti, Carlo Buccirosso, Enzo Salvi, Biagio Izzo, Massimiliano Cavallari.
Contact: (39) 06 699 581

LA MIA VITA A STELLE E STRISCE
(Italian International Film) 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. Main cast: Ceccherini, Victoria Silverstedt.
Contact: IIF, (39) 06 361 1377

L'ODORE DEL SANGUE
(Bianca Film) Drama adapted from a novel by Goffredo Parise. Parallel story of two 50-year-olds who both have a relationship with much younger women. Prod: Donatella Botti. Dir/scr: Mario Martone. DoP: Cesare Accetta. Ed: Jacopo Quadri. Set des: Sergio Tramonti. Main cast: Michele Placido, Fanny Ardant.
Contact: Bianca Film, (39) 06 329 6791

PER SEMPRE
(Rodeo Drive) Backers: Rai Cinema, Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: 01 Distribution (It). Drama. Giovanni, a successful and unfaithful lawyer, has his life turned around by the arrival of Sara, a young lawyer who likes to play with men. Prods: Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania. Dir: Alessandro Di Robilant. Scr: Maurizio Costanzo, Laura Sabatino. DoP: Maurizio Calvesi. Ed: Roberto Missiroli. Main cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Francesca Neri, Emilio Solfrizzi, Alberto Di Stasio, Daniela Scarlatti.
Contact: Rodeo Drive, (39) 06 4201 4715

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

NON TI MUOVERE
(Cattleya) Co-prods: Alquimia [Sp], Medusa. Budget: e5m. Based on a best-selling novel by Margaret Mazzantini. Prods: Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini, Riccardo Tozzi. Dir: Sergio Castellitto. Scr: Castellitto, Margaret Mazzantini. Main cast: Sergio Castellitto, Penelope Cruz.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367 201

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

IL SIERO DELLA VANITA
(Rodeo Drive) Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Rai Cinema, Studio Canal Distribution (It). Drama. Prods: Marco Poccioni, Marco Valsania. Dir: Alex Infascelli. Scr: Niccolo' Ammaniti, Infascelli. DoP: Stefano Ricciotti. Main cast: Margherita Buy, Francesca Neri, Barbara Bobulova, Silvio Muccino, Valerio Mastandrea.
Contact: Rodeo Drive, (39) 06 4201 4715

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

AMORFU'
(Kitchen Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Key Films (It). Dir: Emanuela Piovano. DoP: Alessio Gelsini Torresi. Ed: Paolo Benassi. Costume des: Lia Francesca Morandini. Main cast: Sonia Bergamasco, Ignazio Oliva, Barbara Mautino, Luigi Diberti, Isa Gallinelli, Giovanni Vettorazzo.
Contact: Kitchen Film, (39) 06 638 6055

ANIME
(Duea Film, Erreti Film) A 35-year-old priest and an inexperienced journalist lead a paranormal investigation into mysterious events which occurred in a hotel 40 years before. Exec prod: Antonio Avati. Prods: Antonio Avati, Rosanna Thau. Dir/scr: Mariantonia Avati. DoP: Cesare Bastelli. Ed: Jenny Loutfy. Prod des: Biagio Fersini Main cast: Lorenzo Balducci, Patrizio La Bella, Alessia Goria.
Contact: Duea Film, (39) 06 321 4851

ANIME VELOCI
(Sidecar Films & TV, N.O.I.) Int'l sales: Intramovies. Dist: Pablo Distribuzione (It). Prod: Maurizio Tini. Dir: Pasquale Marrazzo. Scr: Marrazzo, Lorenzo Loris. Ed: Paola Freddi. Main cast: Giovanni Brignola, Tatjana Blacher, Suzanne von Borsody, Thomas Schendel.
Contact: Intramovies, (39) 06 807 6157

BELL'E POKER
(Mediterranea Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Lantia (It). Film about dance and Moulin Rouge-style cabaret. Prod/dir/scr: Nico Cirasola. DoP: Fabio de Franceschi. Main cast: Dino Abbrescia, Toto' Onnis, Laura Marinelli, Susanna Capusso, Sabrina Colle.
Contact: Mediterranea Film, (39) 080 561 8382

BLU EYES
(La Perla Nera) When a beautiful 18-year-old is kidnapped and forced to work in the porn industry, her mother hires a private detective to find her. Prod: Giovanni Paolucci. Dir/scr: Bruno Mattei. DoP: Gigi Ciccarese. Set des: Alterio Angela. Costume des: Tanzilli Natascia. Main cast: Carla Solaro, Carlo Mucari, Gabriele Gori.
Contact: La Perla Nera, (39) 06 748 0630

CANTANDO DIETRO I PARAVENTI
(Cinemaundici) Co-prod: Lakeshore Entertainment (US). Budget: $8.9m. Backers: Eurimages, Rai Cinema. Int'l sales: Lakeshore. Dist: Lakeshore (US), Mikado (It). Historical drama based on a story by Jose Luis Borges. Set at the end of the 17th century on the coast of China, the film tells the story of the widow of a pirate. Prod: Luigi Musini. Dir: Ermanno Olmi. Scr: Olmi. DoP: Fabio Olmi. Main cast: Jun Ishikawa, Bud Spencer, Camillo Grassi, Davide Dragonetti, Sally Ming Zeo Ni.
Contact: Cinemaundici, (39) 02 6707 0665

THE CARD PLAYER (il cartaio)
(Opera Film) Backer: Medusa Film. Int'l dist: Adriana Chiesa Enterprises. Dist: Medusa (It). Thriller. A man kidnapps an American tourist in Rome. Prod/dir: Dario Argento. Scr: Argento, Franco Ferrini. DoP: Debie Benoit. Ed: Anna Napoli. Set des: Antonello Geleng. Costume des: Patrizia Chericoni. Main cast: Stefania Rocca, Liam Cunningham, Silvio Muccino, Fabio Poggiali, Adalberto Maria Merli.
Contact: Adriana Chiesa Enterprises, (39) 06 808 6052

CATERINA VA IN CITTA
(Cattleya) Budget: e4m. Backer: Rai Cinema. Int'l sales: Rai Trade. Dist: 01 Distribution (It). Comedy about a 13-year-old gir whose parents move from a small town to Rome. Exec prod: Riccardo Tozzi. Prods: Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz. Dir: Paolo Virzi. Scr: Virzi, Francesco Bruni. DoP: Arnaldo Catinari. Ed: Cecilia Zanuso. Set des: Tonino Zera. Main cast: Margherita Buy, Sergio Castellitto, Claudio Amendola, Alice Teghil, Flavio Bucci, Galatea Ranzi.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367 201

CERTI BAMBINI
(Pequod) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Istituto Luce (It). Drama based on a book by Diego De Silva. A young boy lives with his sick grandmother and hangs out with other kids in the rough streets. Prod: Rosario Rinaldo. Dir/scr: Andrea Frazzi, Antonio Frazzi. Scr: Frazzi, Frazzi, Marcello Fois.
Contact: Pequod, (39) 06 884 0121

CHECHNYA (cecina)
(I.P.E.) Dist: Pasquino Distribuzione Stazione Marittima (It). Drama. Story of Italian Radio Radicale journalist Antonio Russo, who was killed in Chechnya in 2000. Prods: Caterina Nardi, Leonardo Giuliano. Dir: Giuliano. Scr: Aurelio Grimaldi. DoP: Giulio Pietromarchi. Ed: Giuseppe Pagano. Costume des: Claudia Vaccaro. Main cast: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Bruno Armando.
Contact: I.P.E., (39) 06 6819 3115

IL COMPAGNO AMERICANO
(Metropolis Film) Backer: 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 secretely shoot a film in colour, using US equipment. Prod: Enzo Gallo. Dir/scr: Barbara Barni. DoP: Ennio Guarnieri. Prod des: Marco Dentici. Costume des: Enrica Barbano. Main cast: Nancy Brilli, Tosca D'Aquino, Augusto Zucchi, Franco Diogene.
Contact: Metropolis Film, (39) 06 884 4629

CORONA VALT (working title)
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Co-prod: RAI Cinema. Budget: $3m. Dist: Lion Pictures. 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' (ti spiace se ti bacio mamma')
(Blu Cinematografica) Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Rai Cinema, StudioCanal Distribution (It). Sandro is a single, emotionally-challenged lawyer. His sisters are all eccentric and his father has a string of love affairs. In the midst of all this, Sandro suddenly finds love. Prod: Massimo Ferrero. Dir: Alessandro Benvenuti. Scr: Benvenuti, Ugo Chiti. DoP: Alessio Gelsini Torresi. Prod des: Eugenio Liverani. Costume des: Eugenio Liverani. Main cast: Benvenuti, Marina Massironi, Natasha Stefanenko, Arnoldo Foa'.
Contact: Blu Cinematografica, (39) 06 6880 7901

E GIA' IERI (groundhog day remake)
(Cattleya) Co-prods: Flamenco [Sp], Studios Picasso [Sp]. Budget: e4m. Int'l dist: Columbia TriStar. Dist: Columbia Tristar (It). Comedy. Italian remake of original US film. Prods: Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi. Main cast: Antonio Albanese, Paz Vega, Fabio de Luigi.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367 201

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. Prod: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Dir/scr: Franco Bertini. DoP: Daniele Poli. Ed: Fulvio Molena. Set des: Francesco Priori. Costume des: Francesco Priori. Music: Marco Manusso. Main cast: Flavio Insinna, Luciano Scarpa, Georgia Lepore, Elena Russo, Rolando Ravello.
Contact: Filmauro, (39) 06 699 581

IL FUGGIASCO
(Filmax) Backers: Fondo di Garanzia, Rai Cinema. 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: Manni, Massimo Carlotto. DoP: Massimo Pau. Ed: Alberto Lardani. Set des: Stefano Giambanco. Costume des: Chiara Ferrantini. Main cast: Daniele Liotti, Claudia Coli, Alessandro Benvenuti, Roberto Citran, Francesca De Sapio.
Contact: Filmax, (39) 06 3221 445

GENTE DI ROMA
(Roma Cinematografica) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Istituto Luce (It). Portrait of Rome, from its cuisine and people to their work and hobbies. Prod/dir/scr: Ettore Scola. DoP: Franco Di Giacomo. Ed: Raimondo Crociani. Set des: Luciano Ricceri. Main cast: Stefania Sandrelli, Arnoldo Foa', Gigi Proietti, Fiorenzo Fiorentini.
Contact: Roma Cinematografica, (39) 06 482 5901

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. Prods: Alessandra Martucci, Lampo Calenda. Dir/scr: Pietro Maria Benfatti. DoP: Massimo Intoppa. Prod des: Francesco Bronzi. Costume des: Alfonsina Lettieri. Main cast: Giorgio Albertazzi
Contact: International Forum, (39) 06 8620 3158

GUARDIANI DELLE NUVOLE
(Heller Produzioni Televisive e Cinematografiche). Backer: Fondo di Garanzia (It). Drama set in 1962 in a small town on the outskirts of Naples. A shepherd sets off on the trail of an unscrupulous businessman. Prod: Giorgio Heller. Dir: Luciano Odorisio. Scr: Odorisio, Angelo Cannavacciuolo. DoP: Romano Albani. Ed: Domenico Varone. Set des: Emilio Baldelli. Costume des: Alfonsina Lettier. Main cast: Anna Galiena, Alessandro Gassman, Claudia Gerini, Leo Gullotta, Franco Nero.
Contact: Heller Produzioni, (39) 06 3638 1924

THE KEYS TO THE HOUSE (le chiavi di casa)

(Jean Vigo Italia) Co-prods: Alia Film, Pandorafilmverleih (Ger), Arena Films (Fr), Lakeshore Entertainment (US). Budget: $4.9m. Backer: 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. Main cast: Charlotte Rampling, Kim Rossi Stuart.
Contact: Jean Vigo Italia, (39) 06 678 0003

MARITI IN AFFITTO
(Cristaldi Pictures) Backer/dist: Medusa (It). A woman leaves Italy to find her husband in the US, only to find that he is living a double life with another woman. Prod: Massimo Cristaldi. Dir/scr: Ilaria Borrelli. DoP: Paolo Ferrari. Main cast: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Pier Francesco Favino, Brooke Shields, Chevy Chase.
Contact: Cristaldi Pictures, (39) 06 321 5010

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

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: Salani, Monica Rametta. Main cast: Paloma Calle Alberdi, Corso Salani, Monica Rametta, Alessandro Mizzi.
Contact Axelotil, (39) 06 574 5004

IL PARADISO ALL'IMPROVVISO
(Levante Film) Backer/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/dir: Leonardo Pieraccioni. Scr: Pieraccioni, Giovanni Veronesi. Main cast: Pieraccioni, Alessandro Haber, Rocco Papaleo.
Contact: Levante Film, (39) 055 248 0946

SEVEN DAYS, SEVEN NIGHTS (working title)
(Sintra Films) Co-prods: Joel Cano (Cuba), 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) 06 445 1256

A STRANGE CRIME (sotto falso nome)
(Titti Film, Vega Film [Switz]). Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Medusa (It). Drama. A writer's life is turned around when he meets a woman on the way to his stepson's wedding in Capri. Prods: Fabrizio Mosca, Ruth Waldenberger. Dir: Roberto Ando'. Scr: Ando', Salvatore Marcarelli. Main cast: Daniel Auteuil, Anna Mouglalis, Greta Scacchi.
Contact: Titti Film, (39) 06 6821 0118

THE TULSER LUPER SUITCASES
(GAM Film) Co-prods: The Kasander Film Company (UK), De Lux Productions (Lux), TS Productions (Sp), Studio 12A (Russia), Focus Film (UK). Int'l sales: Fortissimo Film Sales. Drama. Trilogy made up of 16 episodes revolving around the life of prisoner Tulser Luper, who spent his life in 16 prisons between 1928 and 1989, accused of every imaginable crime. Exec prod: Gherardo Pagliei. Prods: Pagliei, Kees Kasander. Dir/scr: Peter Greenaway. DoP: Reinier Vvan Brummelen. Ed: Chris Wjatt, Elmer Leupen. Main cast: Victoria Abril, Toni Bertorelli, Ornella Muti, Isabella Rossellini, Don Johnson.
Contact: Gam Film, (39) 06 7045 4515

VERSO NORD
(Lantia) Backers: Rai Cinema, Fondi di Garanzia. Int'l sales: Intramovies. Dist: 01 Rai Cinema, StudioCanal (It). Drama. A male nurse involved in dubious going-ons is asked to drive a young black boy to Switzerland, in the company of a troubled southern Italian. During the trip, the friendship between the two men will save the boy's life, who was destined to become a victim of organ-trafficking. Prod: Paola Ermini. Dir/scr: Stefano Reali. DoP: Stefano Coletta. Ed: Paolo Benassi. Prod des: Giada Calabria. Main cast: Maurizio Mattioli, Manrico Gammarota.
Contact: Lantia Cinema e Audiovisivi, (39) 06 3751 2743