FEATURE ITALY
New projects from Nanni Moretti, Paolo Sorrentino, Emanuele Crialese and Gabriele Salvatores are putting Italian film-making on course for a stellar year. Sheri Jennings reports
Auteurs in action
This Must Be The Place Dir Paolo Sorrentino The $28m English-language debut of the director of The
Consequences Of Love and Il Divo stars Sean Penn as an ageing rock star on the hunt for the Nazi who killed his father. Frances McDormand and David Byrne co-star. Produced by Indigo Films and Lucky Red, the film is in Competition here in Cannes and shot in the US, Ireland and Italy. Int’l sales Pathé International (44) 20 7323 5151
With A Foot Stuck In History Dir Anna Negri Fandango is developing the second feature from the
director of Good Morning Heartache, which was well-received at Sundance in 2008. With A Foot Stuck In History is a coming-of-age story recounting Negri’s personal memories as the teenage daughter of two political activists during the 1980s. Contact Fandango (39) 06852185
Sex In 3D Dir Fausto Brizzi From his debut Night Before Finals, to Women Vs Men, now on release, and the upcoming
romantic comedy Ex, Brizzi’s films have performed well at the local box office and sold briskly abroad. He is now in pre-production on Sex In 3D, an $11m sex comedy to be shot in 3D. It is produced by Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli’s nascent outfit Wildside. Contact Wildside (39) 06 4543 7597
Dracula 3D Dir Dario Argento Rutger Hauer is set to star in this film from the cult horror director, which is in
pre-production in Budapest. Dracula 3D is a co-production between FilmExport Group’s Multimedia Film Productions, France’s Les Films de l’Astre and Spain’s Enrique Cerezo. Int’l sales FilmExport Group (39) 06 52207432
Tatanka Dir Giuseppe Gagliardi based on the book by Gomorrah author Roberto Saviano, this film is about
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Int’l sales Minerva Pictures Group (39) 06 84242430
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful To You Dir Roberto Faenza Shot in New York City with Four of a Kind Films as an
a champion boxer who grew up in Camorra country and literally fought his way out. Minerva is premiering the film in the market. It is the second feature from Gagliardi, whose debut was the mockumentary The True Legend Of Tony Vilar. The film stars Clemente Russo, as himself, with Rade Serbedzija and well-known local actor Giorgio Colangeli.
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Terraferma Dir Emanuele Crialese The director of Respiro and Golden Door tackles head-on the immigration crisis exploding on the tiny Sicilian island of Linosa,exploring how the island’s inhabitants deal with the huge influx of African incomers. Produced by Cattleya and now in post. Contact Elle Driver
Italy-US co-production, this English-language family drama stars Marcia Gay Harden, Ellen Burstyn, Toby Regbo and Lucy Liu. Produced by Jean Vigo Italia with backing from Rai Cinema. Contact Four of a Kind Films
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Diaz Dir Daniele Vicari Vicari, best known for The Past Is A Foreign Land, about a law student’s descent into
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criminality, is putting together this drama which takes its name from a school where unarmed protesters and the media were attacked by riot police while sleeping during the 2001 G8 Summit in Turin. Fandango is producing. Contact Fandango (39) 06 852185
We Have A Pope Dir Nanni Moretti Moretti won the Palme d’Or in 2001 for The Son’s Room and is back in Competition here with this blackly comic look at a Pope, played by Michel Piccoli, who reluctantly takes up religious office. Moretti co-stars as the psychiatrist he turns to for help. The $12m Fandango production also features Margherita Buy, Jerzy Stuhr and Franco Graziosi. Int’l sales Fandango Portobello Sales
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Rebelot Dir Marco Pontecorvo Pontecorvo’s debut feature Pa-Ra-Da, the true story of a French-Algerian clown
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who sets up a circus for Bucharest’s street children, made waves on the festival circuit and took the Mar Del Plata audience award in 2008. Now in pre-production, Rebelot is a dark comedy about two friends who strike (black) gold when they discover oil in their garden. Contact Panorama Films (39) 06 37518606
Siberian Education Dir Gabriele Salvatores Salvatores is in pre- production on this English- language project, which
is described as an exposé of the Siberian criminal underworld. Based on a book by Nicolai Lilin, which has been adapted by Stefano Rulli and Sandro Petraglia, Siberian Education is being produced by Cattleya with Universal Pictures Italia. Shooting gets under way in Lithuania and Italy in August, with casting yet to be announced. Contact Cattleya (39) 06 367201
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