ITALY Production Listings - January 12 2004

ADIUS, LA FESTA E' FINITA
(Verdecchi Film) Backing: Fondo di Garanzia) Word gets out in high-flying Roman society 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) Prod: Rean Mazzone. Dir: Rean Mazzone. Scr: Denis Jacobs. Main cast: Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Volter, Stefania Sandrelli.
Contact: Tea Nova, (39) 06 625 9260

AMICI MIEI '400
(Filmauro) Dist: Filmauro. Comedy set in medieval Florence. Prod: Aurelio De Laurentiis. Dir: Neri Parenti. Scr: Neri Parenti. Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Giorgio Panariello, Luca Zingaretti, Paolo Hendel.
Contact: Filmauro, (39) 06 69 95 81

ANNI RAPACI
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Budget: $3m. Backer: Telepiu. Dist [and terr]: Sharada (It) Inspired from a novel by Luca Fazzo and Piero Colaprico which traces 20 years in the life of a major southern Italian organised crime family who live in Milan. Prod: Andrea de Liberato. Dir: Claudio Caligari. Scr: Claudio Caligari. Ed: Mauro Bonanni. Prod des: Marta Maffucci. Cost des: Angela Buscemi. Main 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. Prod des: Franco Vanorio. Cost 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's eponymous novel, the film tells the story of 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: Edo Tagliavini. Scr: Tagliavini.
Contact: Pequod. (39) 06 88 40 121

CANE BLU
(Dharma 3) A group of friends decides to live in the country, in a small village where other young people have already moved to. Over a two day period, the two groups confront one another. Prod: Massimo Ciavarro. Dir: Andrea De Carlo. Scr: Andrea De Carlo.
Contact: Dharma 3, (39) 06 32 36 421

CIECO COME UNA TALPA
(Dodici Dicembre) Backer: Rai Cinema. A young South American boy who works for a bourgeois family falls in love with his boss and dreams about a better life. Prod: Giorgio Magliulo. Dir: Maurizio Zaccaro. Scr: Sabrina Cusano.
Contact: Dodici Dicembre, (39) 06 47 82 6313

CIELO DEI VIOLENTI
(Orango Film, Axion Film [UK], Tarantula Film [Lux]) Drama set in Rome in the 1970s. 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

CONTRONATURA
(R&C Produzioni) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a man, Giacomo and a girl, Francesca, who is in love with him. Prod: Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli. Dir: Alessandro Tofanelli, Scr: Alessandro Tofanelli.
Contact: R&C Produzioni, (39) 06 57 288 591

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. 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) Backers: Rai Cinema. Drama inspired by the Siani affair, a young journalist who 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

GO GO TALES
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Co-prod: Istituto Luce. Dist: Istituto Luce. Budget: $4m. Screwball comedy about a Manhattan lap dancing club. Prod: Andrea De Liberato. Dir: Abel Ferrara. Scr: Abel Ferrara. Cast: Harvey Keitel, Asia Argento, Naomi Campbell, Eva Herzigova.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 6880 9752

HELL AND PARADISE
(Medusa Film) Dist: Medusa Film) 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) Comedy about a happy couple's encounter with another man. Exec prod: Beppe Caschetto. 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

GABRIEL'S GIFT (IL DONO DI GABRIEL)
(StudioCanal Urania) Drama adapted from Hanif Kureishi's novel about a talented 15-year-old guitarist whose parents have split up. Prod: Conchita Airoldi. Dir: Daniele Luchetti. Scr: Daniele Luchetti, Sandro Petraglia, Ivan Cotroneo.
Contact: Studiocanalurania, (39) 06 32 65 1278

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

L'ISOLA [WORKING TITLE]
(Downtown Pictures) Backer: Rai Cinema. Budget: Euros 2m-2.5m. Through a parallel structure, the picture will tell the story of a woman named Anna in 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 three-day love affair with a strange French girl. The girl returns to France and the actor finally finds a role 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. 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. Prods: Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir: Francesca Archibugi. Scr: Doriana Leondeff. Cast: Sophie Marceau.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 367201

LA MIA MANO DESTRA
(Cattleya) Drama about the tumultuous love life between Clara Wieck and Robert Schumann. Prods: Riccardo Tozzi, Marco Chimenz, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir: Cristina Comencini. Scr: Frederic Raphael.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

MARLOWE THE GREAT HOAX
(Movieweb) Co-prods: Studio Eight (UK), GFT Entertainment (Can). Int'l sales: Peace Arch Films (UK). Budget: Euros 23m. English-language period drama about Shakespeare's alleged ghost writer. Prods: Massimo Pacilio, Gary Howsam, Jamie Brown. Scr: Ron Base, Francois Tabarelli.
Contact: Movieweb, (39) 06 8091551

MOZARTEUM (WORKING TITLE)
(Mate Productions (Sp) Co-prod Sintra Film (It) 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

NATALE DUE VOLTE
(Cinemart) Drama about a dying old man who decides to leave all his possessions to his two grandchildren. Prod: Giuseppe Di Palma, Paolo Marcantonini. Dir: Marco Falaguasta. Scr: Marco Falaguasta. Cast: Franco Interlenghi, Francesca Rettondini, Valeria Fabrizi, Nathalie Caldonazzo.
Contact: Cinemart, (39) 06 68 32361

OVUNQUE SEI
(Cattleya) Dist: 01 Distribution. 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. Main cast: Stefano Accorsi.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

PERFECT SKIN (WORKING TITLE)
(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. Main 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

IL PROCESSO DEL SECOLO
(Cecchi Gori Group) Dist: Cecchi Gori Group. Drama based on Italian senator Lino Jannuzzi's novel reconstructing the legal trials and tribulations of seven-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 singer who committed suicide during the 1967 Sanremo Festival. Prod: Francesco Paolo Montini. Dir: Gianpaolo Prigione. Scr: Gianpaolo Prigione, Marco Buttazzi. Cast: Claudio Santamaria.
Contact: Movie Factory, (39) 06 32 32 937

ROMANZO CRIMINALE
(Cattleya) Dist: 01 Distribution. Drama adapted from Giancarlo De Cataldo's novel about a Roman gang of young criminals. Prods: Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, Marco Chimenz. Scr: Stefano Rulli, Sandro Petraglia, Marco Tullio Giordana.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

SEGUI IL BASSO
(Movie Factory) Backer: Medusa Film. 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

THE SHADOW DANCER
(Movieweb) Co-prods: Studio Eight (UK), GFT Entertainment (Can). Int'l sales: Peace Arch Films (UK). Budget: $10m. English-language drama about a writer who leaves the US to live in Tuscany with an Italian woman. Prod: Massimo Pacilio, Gary Howsam, Jamie Brown. Dir: Brad Milman. Cast: Harvey Keitel, Giancarlo Giannini, Gerard Depardieu, Claire Forlani, Joshua Jackson.
Contact: Movieweb, (39) 06 8091551

SHE
(Imago Film, Movieweb) Co-prods: Salon Media Films (HK), Mandarin Films (Fr), CMW Film Company (Ger), Darnley House Productions (Austr). Dist: 01 Distribution. 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

THREE METRES ABOVE THE SKY (TRE METRI SOPRA IL CIELO)
(Cattleya) Backers: Fondo di Garanzia, Warner Bros. 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.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

UNTITLED
(Cattleya) WW2 drama about the life of Amedeo Guillet, an Italian Lawrence of Arabia. Prods: Marco Chimenz, Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini. Dir: Edoardo Winspeare. Scr: Edoardo Winspeare.
Contact: Cattleya, (39) 06 36 7201

Il VIAGGIO DI SOFIA
(Fandango) Drama about an 18-year-old girl and her voyage of self-discovery. Prod: Domenico Procacci. Dir: Gabriele Muccino. Scr: Gabriele Muccino, Silvio Muccino, Elena Majoni.
Contact: Fandango, (39) 06 85 35 4026

LA VITA CHE VORREI
(Lumiere & Co) Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Distribution. Drama. Prod: Lionello Cerri. Dir: Giuseppe Piccioni. Scr: Giuseppe Piccioni, Linda Ferri, Rosella Gualtiero. Cast: Sandra Ceccarelli, Luigi Lo Cascio.
Contact: Lumiere, (39) 02 6571052

CIELO E TERRA
(Saleo Produzioni) Drama set in 1944. Samuele, a Jewish violin teacher and his sister find shelter with a group of northern Italian peasants. However, they are caught by the Nazis and find themselves trying to save each other as well as the peasants who helped them. Prod: Giorgio Leopardi. Dir: Luca Mazzieri. Scr: Luca Mazzieri. Cast: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Anita Caprioli, Fabrizia Sacchi, Giuseppe Cederna.

IL COLORE DEI SOGNI
(Jean Vigo' Italia) Drama about the 1993 murder of Don Puglisi, a Sicilian priest who fought the Mafia. Prod: Elda Ferri. Dir: Roberto Faenza. Scr: Roberto Faenza. Cast: Luca Zingaretti, Corrado Fortuna, Alessia Goria.
Contact: Jean Vigo' Italia, (39) 06 67 80003

E RIDENDO L'UCCISE
(Italgest Video, IPE) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama set in the king's palace at the beginning of the 16th century in Ferrara, northern Italy. Prods: Renata Ranieri, Ugo Tucci. Dir: Florestano Vancini. Scr: Vancini, Massimo Felisatti. DoP: Maurizio Calvesi. Ed: Enzo Meniconi. Prod des: Giantito Burchiellaro. Costumes: 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

FRAMMENTI DEL '900
(Lantia Film) Co-prod: Istituto Luce. Italian culture from the 1930s to the 1960s narrated by veteran Italian director Citto Maselli and his guests, the protagonists of those years. Prod: Beppe Atene. Dir: Citto Maselli.
Contact: Lantia, (39) 06 37 51 2743

I GIRASOLI
(Orisa Produzioni , Axelotil) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. An Eastern European father who has emigrated to Italy tries to earn a living and support his 15-year-old son by getting involved in the Albanian Mafia. One day, however, his son rebels. Prod: Cristiano Bortone, Daniele Mazzocca, Gianluca Arcopinto. Dir: Francesco Munzi. Scr: Francesco Munzi, Serena Brugnolo, Dino Gentili.
Contact: Orisa, (39) 06 39 75 0996

LAVORARE CON LENTEZZA
(Fandango) Drama. Prod: Domenico Procacci. Dir: Guido Chiesa. Scr: Guido Chiesa. Cast: Valerio Mastandrea, Claudia Pandolfi, Tommaso Ramenghi, Marco Luisi, Jacopo Bonvicini.
Contact: Fandango, (39) 06 85 35 4026

THE LAZARUS CHILD
(Eagle Pictures) Co-prod: Tandem Communciations (Ger), UK20 (UK), Illusions/Telefilm (Can). Budget: $30m. Dist: Eagle Pictures, 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. Prod: 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

LETTERE DAL SAHARA
(A.S.P.) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Docu-drama about the voyage of a Senegalese immigrant across Italy. Prod: Donatella Palermo. Dir: Vittorio de Seta. Scr: Vittorio de Seta. Cast: Marco Baliani, Claudia Muzzi.
Contact: A.S.P, (39) 06 32 11 799

LUNA E LE ALTRE
(Emme Produzioni) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Luna writes to four school friends who, on their last day of school, had promised to meet up again twenty years later. Prods: Marco Quintili, Marisa Grieco. Dir: Elisabetta Villaggio. Scr: Elisabetta Villaggio. Main cast: Agnese Nano, Lorenza Indovina, Antonella Ponziani, Elda Alvigini, Paolo Villaggio.
Contact: Emme, (39) 011 436 2609

NESSUN MESSAGGIO IN SEGRETERIA
(A-Movie Productions) Comedy about an energetic pensioner who decides to do whacky things. Prods: Enrico Mole. Dirs: Luca Miniero, Paolo Genovese. Scr: Luca Miniero, Paolo Genovese. Cast: Carlo Delle Piane, Pier Francesco Favino, Lorenza Indovina, Natalie Guetta, Valerio Mastandrea.
Cotnact: A-Movie Productions, (39) 06 32 13 536

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: Rachid Benhadj. Scr: Rachid Benhadj. Cast: Soraya Arterse, Mujah Maraini, David Halevin, Karim Benhadj, Rachid Benhadj.
Contact: Progetto Visivo, (39) 06 37 500694

VOCI (WORKING TITLE)
(Downtown Pictures) Backer: Rai Cinema. 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 20, 2003 to January 2004.
Contact: Downtown Pictures, (39) 051 52 06 29

A LUCI SPENTE
(Cinemart) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. 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, Germany (Tobis), Brazil (Circuito Cinearte), Greece (PVC), Israel (Shapira Films). Prods: 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.

AMATEMI
(Tangram Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. 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

AMORE E LIBERTA', MASANIELLO
(Factory) Co-prods: Sunday Film International. Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Revolver. The life of Tommaso Aniello d'Amalfi, aka Masaniello, a Neapolitan fishmonger who started the rebellion against the Duke of D'Arcos in July 1647. Prods: Amedeo Letizia, Mariella Li Sacchi. Dir: Angelo Antonucci. Scr: Angelo Antonucci. Cast: Sergio Assisi, Anna Ammirati, Anna Galiena, Nicola Di Pinto, Gabriele Lavia.
Contact: Factory, (39) 06 58 332895

L'AMORE RITORNA
(Bianca Film) Dist: Warner Bros Italia. A famous actor is forced to take a close look at his lifestyle after becoming seriously ill. Prod: Donatella Botti. Dir: Sergio Rubini. Scr: Sergio Rubini, Domenico Starnone. Cast: Sergio Rubini, Fabrizio Bentivoglio, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Margherita Buy.
Contact: Bianca Film, (39) 06 32 96 791

APNEA
(Indigo Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama/thriller. At 35, Paolo is a sports journalist who has had a successful fencing career. Suddenly, a friend of his, also a sportsman, inexplicably dies of a heart attack and Paolo uncovers some dark truths. Prods: 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

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: Darko Mitrevski. Scr: Mitrevski. Cast: Lazar Ristovski.
Contact: Verdecchi Film, (39) 06 39 388 751

BARZELLETTE
(Filmauro) Dist: Filmauro. 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

BELL'E POKER
(Mediterranea Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Lantia. A film about dance and Moulin Rouge-style cabaret. Prod: Nico Cirasola. Dir: Nico Cirasola. Scr: Nico Cirasola. DoP: Fabio de Franceschi. Main 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. Main 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. Dist: Medusa (It) Arrow Films (UK), Dutch Film Works (Benelux). Thriller. A man kidnaps an American tourist in Rome. Prod: Dario Argento. Dir: Dario Argento. Scr: Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini. DoP: Debie Benoit. Ed: Anna Napoli. Set des: Antonello Geleng. Cos des: Patrizia Chericoni. Main 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.Dist: Istituto Luce. 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)
(I.P.E.) Dist: Pasquino Distribuzione Stazione Marittima. 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. Main cast: Gianmarco Tognazzi, Bruno Armando.
Contact: I.P.E., (39) 06 68 19 3115

CHE NE SARA DI NOI
(Filmauro) Dist: Filmauro. 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, (39) 06 69 95 81.

IL COMPAGNO AMERICANO
(Metropolis Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist [and terr]: Columbia Tristar Italia. 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. Prod: Enzo Gallo. Dir: Barbara Barni. Scr: Barbara Barni. DoP: Ennio Guarnieri. Prod des: Marco Dentici. Cost des: Enrica Barbano. Main cast: Nancy Brilli, Tosca D'Aquino, Augusto Zucchi, Franco Diogene.
Contact: Metropolis Film, (39) 06 88 44 629

IL CONQUISTATORE DI MOSCA
(Emmegi Communication) Drama set in Moscow in 1991, just after the botched August coup and Gobarchev's resignation. In the midst of severe economic hardship, a man arrives in Russia to sell meat. Prod: Giovanni Marcari. Dir: Salvatore Mereu. Scr: Salvatore Mereu, Oscar De Gennaro.
Contact: Emmegi, (39) 06 33 28 018

CORONA VALT [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

DA NESSUNA PARTE
(Harold) Backers: Rai Cinema, Mikado. Dist: Mikado. 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.
Contact: Harold (39) 011 81 95 694

EDEN
(Viva Cinematografica) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Int'l sales: Filmexport. Drama set at the end of the 1950s, about two sisters who own a bordello. Prod: Laura Noia. Dir: Fabio Bonzi. Scr: Fabio Bonzi. Cast: Sonia Aquino, Guja Jelo, Marco Bonini, Federica Lenzi, Marilyn Gallo.
Contact: Filmexport, (39) 06 52 207 432

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

EVILENKO
(Pacific Pictures) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Mikado. Drama about the true story about a schizophrenic cannibal who killed more than 50 children in Russia. Prod: Mario Cotone. Dir: Davide Grieco. Scr: Davide Grieco. Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Marton Csokas, Frances Barber, Ronald Pickup.
Contact: Pacific Pictures, (39) 06 32 20200

FANKINAIT
(Filmauro) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Filmauro. Thriller. Shortly before travelling to New York with his wife, a man agrees to give a friend 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. Main cast: Flavio Insinna, Luciano Scarpa, Georgia Lepore, Elena Russo, Rolando Ravello.
Contact: Filmauro, (39) 06 69 9581

FINO A FARTI MALE
(Film Daedalus) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia) Dist: Istituto Luce. Drama about a 30-year-old woman who wants to commit suicide because she is in love with her husband as well as another woman. Prods: Alessandro Colizzi, Silvia Cossu. Dir: Alessandro Colizzi. Scr: Alessandro Colizzi, Silvia Cossu. Cast: Agnese Nano, Christopher Buchholz, Jacqueline Lustig, Karin Giegerich.
Contact: Film Daedalus, (39) 06 337 10157

FORSE SI FORSE NO
(Axelotil) Co-prod: Mariposa Film. Drama surrounding the daily lives of four young students. Prod: Gianluca Arcopinto. Dir: Stefano Chiantini. Scr: Stefano Chiantini. Cast: Luciano Federico, Cristiana Capodondi, Alessandro Tiberi, Nicola Siri.
Contact: Axelotil, (39) 06 57 45004

FUORI GIOCO - IL LATITANTE
(Quality Sound) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a young Neapolitan workman who gets involved in crime to help his sick father. 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) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. 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. Main 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) Co-prod: Xi'an Film Studio (China). Prods: 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. Main 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, Movieweb) Co-prod: Moneyflies Entertainment (Can), Studio 8 (UK). Budget: $6m. Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Distribution. 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, (39) 06 58 330806

IL SIERO DELLA VANITA
(Rodeo Drive) Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Rai Cinema and Studio Canal Distribution. 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, (39) 06 42 01 47 15

INTO THE NIGHT
(Polyvideo Produzioni) Int'l sales: Gruppo Minerva International. A beautiful Russian girl gets involved in an Eastern European prostitution ring in Italy. Dir: David Bracci. Scr: David Bracci. Cast: Yuliana Ieregun, Aurelio Levante, Danilo Verde, Linda Di Pietro.
Contact: Gruppo Minerva International, (39) 06 85 43 841

IO CHE AMO SOLO TE
(Blue Film) Drama about a 45-year-old architect who is no longer satisfied with his life or his 20-year-old marriage. He meets a prostitute, realises he still loves 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

KATE
(Crayons) Animation feature about the love story between a strong, aggressive woman and a play-boy who wants to marry a rich woman so that he can pay off his gambling debts. Prod: Roberto Lione. Dir: Roberto Lione. Scr: Roberto Lione.
Contact: Crayons, (39) 0744 978714

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 67 80003

LAST FOOD
(Nauta Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about two survivors of a plane crash: one is a rich French-Italian, who is always in a hurry. The other is a calm Japanese cook. Prods: 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 CONSEGUENZE DELL'AMORE
(Fandango) Co-prod: Indigo Film. Prod: Domenico Procacci, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima. Dir: Paolo Sorrentino. Scr: Paolo Sorrentino. Cast: Toni Servillo, Adriano Giannini, Olivia Magnani, Angela Goodwin.
Contact: Fandango, (39) 06 85 35 4026

L'ESTATE DI MIO FRATELLO
(Nuvola Film) Co-prod: Axelotil. Drama about a young boy from a well-to-do family. 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'ODORE DEL SANGUE
(Bianca Film) 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. Main cast: Michele Placido, Fanny Ardant.
Contact: Bianca Film, (39) 06 32 96 791

LOVE IS ETERNAL - FOR AS LONG AS IT LASTS [L'AMORE E' ETERNO FINCHE DURA]
(Cecchi Gori Group) Focuses on couples of 40 and 50 year-olds 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

MARITI IN AFFITTO
(Cristaldi Pictures) Backer: 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: Cristaldi. Dir: Ilaria Borrelli. Scr: Borrelli. DoP: Paolo Ferrari. Main cast: Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Pier Francesco Favino, Brooke Shields, Chevy Chase.
Contact: Cristaldi Pictures, (39) 06 3215 010

THE MARK
(Surf Film) Co-prods: Jinko-Communications, Filmax (Sp), Duque Film (Sp). Int'l sales: Surf Film. Drama set in the north of Italy in 2003. A charismatic 19-year-old gang leader who leaves his pregnant girlfriend despite still loving her. Prod: Massimo Vigliar, Davide Mancori. Dir: Mariano Equizzi. Scr: Andrea Materia. Cast: Robert Purvis, Milena Mancini, Alla Bulankina, Raquel Merono, Yoon C Joyce.
Contact: Surf Film, (39) 06 52 62101

MATHILDE
(E.T. Fiction Group) Co-prod: Silva Film. Backers: Rai Cinema, Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about an Italian colonel found dead on a beach in ex-Yugoslavia, lying next to Mathilde, a 15-year-old girl. Prods: Rocco Cesareo, Rosaria Cutuli. Dir: Nina Mimica. Scr: Nina Mimica. Cast: Jeremy Irons, Clarita Ziniti Gatto, Cecilia Roth.
Contact: E.T.Fiction Group, (39) 06 32 22 791

MI PIACE LAVORARE
(Bianca Film) Dist: Bim. 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: Francesca Comencini. Scr: Francesca Comencini. DoP: Luca Bigazzi. Ed: Massimo Fiocchi. Prod des: Paola Comencini. Cos: 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: Giuseppe Cino. 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

MODENA MODENA
(N.C. Produzioni) Co-prod: Filand. Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a university graduate who works as a mechanic. Prod: Filippo Ascione, Nicola Conticello. Dir: Daniele Malavolta. Scr: Daniele Malavolta. Cast: Isabella Borromeo, Wilson Saba, Patrizia Pezza, Paolo Bonanni, Ivan Bacchi.
Contact: N.C. Produzioni, (39) 095 313646

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. Dist: Sharada Distribuzione. Prods: Leo Pescarolo, Andrea De Liberato. Dir: Souheil Ben Barka. Cast: Violante Placido, Max Von Sydow.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 6880 9752

MOTO BOY
(Axelotil) Drama set in 2003 in Sao Paolo, Brazil, focusing on bikers who risk their lives to carry parcels across town. Prods: Gianluca Arcopinto, Elisabetta Pandimilio, Cesar Augusto Meneghetti. Dir: Elisabetta Pandimilio, Cesar Augusto Meneghetti. Scr: Elisabetta Pandimilio, Cesar Augusto Meneghetti. DoP: Elisabetta Pandimilio, Cesar Augusto Meneghetti. Ed: Elisabetta Pandimilio, Cesar Augusto Meneghetti.
Contact, Axelotil, (39) 06 57 45 004

MOVIMENTI
(Axelotil) Black comedy/road movie with six intertwining stories that all happen during one night. Prod: Gianluca Arcopinto. Dir: Serafino Murri, Claudio Fausti. Scr: Serafino Murri, Claudio Fausti. Cast: Cecilia Dazzi, Fabrizio Gifuni, Gabriele Parrillo, Francesco Pini, Paolo Zuccari.
Contact, Axelotil, (39) 06 57 45 004

NEL MIO AMORE
(I.I.F. - Italian International Film) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: IIF. Drama based on Susanna Tamaro's novel 'Rispondimi' about the love life of a couple which becomes nightmarish after their marriage and birth of their first child. Prod: Fulvio Lucisano. Dir: Susanna Tamaro. Scr: Susanna Tamaro, Roberta Mazzone. Cast: Licia Maglietta, Urbano Barberini, Alessia Fugardi.
Contact: I.I.F, (39) 06 36 11377

NEMMENO IL DESTINO
(Fandango) Co-prod: Axelotil. Backers: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Fandango Distribuzione. Drama adapted from Gianfranco Bettin's novel about a young boy in the industrial north of Italy who ends up in a young offenders' prison. Prod: Domenico Procacci, Gianluca Arcopinto. Dir: Daniele Gaglianone. Scr: Daniele Gaglianone, Giaime Alonge. Ed: Luca Gasparini. Cast: Antonio Servillo, Mauro Cortella, Adriana De Guilmi, Fabrizio De Castro, Maria Fammilume.
Contact: Fandango, (39) 06 85 35 4026

NO BRAKES (SENZA FRENI)
(Lantia) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a troubled 10 year-old boy who sees 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

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

OCCHI DI CRISTALLO
(Cattleya) Co-prod: Alquimia (Sp). Budget: Eur 2.5m. Backer: Rai Cinema. Dist: 01 Distribution. 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. Main cast: Paloma Calle Alberdi, Corso Salani, Monica Rametta, Alessandro Mizzi.
Contact Axelotil, (39) 06 57 45 004

PRIMO AMORE
(Fandango) Dist: Fandango Distribuzione. 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

PROMISED LAND
(Orione Cienmatografica) Co-prods: Istituto Luce, Amka Films Productions (Switz), Lumen Film (Fr). Dist: Istituto Luce. Drama. Prods: Silvia Innocenzi, Giovanni Saulini, Tiziana Soudani. Dir: Michael Beltrami. Scr: Michael Beltrami, Francesca Demichelis. Cast: Chad Smith, Giuseppe Cederna, Susan Johnston, Lalaine Vergara-Paras, Ruth Gerson.
Contact: Orione Cinematografica, (39) 06 32 434 77

RADIO WEST (FM. 97)
(Tricshow) Co-prods: Digital Desk. Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about three Italian soldiers who have decided for various reasons to go to Kosovo. Prod: Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Andrea Marotti, Alessandro Valori. Dir: Alessandro Valori. Scr: Alessandro Valori, Francesco Colangelo, Marco Bellocchio. Cast: Pietro Taricone, Pier Giorgio Bellocchio, Dejan Acimovic, Kasia Smutniak, Marco Cocci.
Contact: Tricshow, (39) 06 27 80 1227

RAUL
(Cinema e Societa) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama inspired from Dostoevski 's 'Crime And Punishment', set in Italy in 1938 during the Fascist regime. Prod: Manolo Bolognini. Dir: Andrea Bolognini. Scr: Suso Cecchi D'Amico. Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Stefano Dionisi, Alessandro Haber, Ernesto Mahieux, Violante Placido.
Contact: Cinema e Societa, (39) 06 35 34 7908

SE DEVO ESSERE SINCERA
(I.T.C. Movie) Backer: Medusa Film. Dist: Medusa Film. Comedy adapted from Margherita Oggero's novel 'La Collega Tatuata'. Prod: Beppe Caschetto. Dir: Davide Ferrario. Scr: Luciana Littizzetto, Anna Pavignano. Ed: Claudio Cormio. Cast: Luciana Littizzetto, Dino Abbrescia, Neri Marcore, Donatella Finocchiaro.
Contact: I.T.C. Movie, (39) 051 548 490

SEGRETARIO PARTICOLARE
(Poetiche Cinematografiche) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Drama about a 70-year-old man who has always worked as a secretary, until he gets involved in a web of corruption. Prod: Andrea De Liberato. Dir: Nicola Molina. Scr: Nicola Molina.
Contact: Poetiche Cinematografiche, (39) 06 68 212303

SOTTO FALSO NOME
(Titti Film, Vega Film [Switz]) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Medusa. 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, (39) 06 68 21 0118

IL TRAMITE
(Lantia) Backers: Rai Cinema, Fondi di Garanzia. Int'l sales: Intramovies. Dist: Istituto Luce. 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 between the two men will save the life of the boy, who was destined to become a victim of organ-trafficking. Exec prod: Paola Ermini. Prod: Paola Ermini. Dir: Stefano Reali. 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 37 512 743

TREDICI A TAVOLA
(Leading Entertainment) Drama about the childhood of a 50-year-old man. Prod: Enrico Mole. Dir: Enrico Oldoini. Scr: Enrico Oldoini. Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Paolo Bonacelli, Kaasia Smutniak, Alessandro Benvenuti, Angela Finocchiaro.
Contact: Leading Entertainment, (39) 06 32 13 536

UN GESTO DI CORAGGIO
(International Forum) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Istituto Luce). 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: Pietro Maria Benfatti. Scr: Pietro Maria Benfatti. DoP: Massimo Intoppa. Prod des: Francesco Bronzi. Cost des: Alfonsina Lettieri. Main cast: Giorgio Albertazzi.
Contact: International Forum, (39) 06 86 20 31 58

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

VENTO DI TERRA
(R&C Produzioni) Backer: Fondo di Garanzia. Dist: Mikado. Drama about a 16-year-old poor Neapolitan boy who tries to help his family. Prod: Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli. Dir: Vincenzo Marra. Scr: Vincenzo Marra. DoP: Mario Amura. Ed: Luca Benedetti.
Contact: R&C Produzioni, (39) 06 57 288 591