Deadline’s Doc Talk Podcast: Actress Kasia Smutniak Leaves Safety Of Soundstage To Make A Border Crisis Documentary

Deadline’s Doc Talk Podcast: Actress Kasia Smutniak Leaves Safety Of Soundstage To Make A Border Crisis Documentary

Smutniak, who was born in Poland and became a star of Italian cinema (including Paolo Sorrentino’s Loro ), explains why she returned to her native country to expose conditions at the Belarusian border.

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Lucky Red & Rai Team Up For Italian Opera Drama ‘Belcanto’ With Actress Vittoria Puccini & Director Carmine Elia – Deadline

Lucky Red & Rai Team Up For Italian Opera Drama ‘Belcanto’ With Actress Vittoria Puccini & Director Carmine Elia – Deadline

EXCLUSIVE : Italian production and distribution stalwart Lucky Red is teaming with local pubcaster Rai on drama series Belcanto , about the roots of opera in Italy. The ambitious drama is set to star Vittoria Puccini ( The Trial ) and be directed by Carmine Elia ( The Sea Beyond ). We understand the series is aiming for a budget in the €15M range.

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Giuliano Montaldo, Italian Director of ‘Sacco & Vanzetti’ and ‘Machine Gun McCain,’ Dies at 93

Giuliano Montaldo, Italian Director of ‘Sacco & Vanzetti’ and ‘Machine Gun McCain,’ Dies at 93

As one of the best ADs in Italian cinema in his time, Montaldo worked for director Gillo Pontecorvo on such features as Wide Blue Road (1957), Kapo (1960) and the complex, documentary-style The Battle of Algiers (1966), an influential political film.

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Italian Director Stefano Sollima on Why He Depicted Rome ‘As Though It Was L.A.’ in Gritty Crime Drama ‘Adagio’

Italian Director Stefano Sollima on Why He Depicted Rome ‘As Though It Was L.A.’ in Gritty Crime Drama ‘Adagio’

Italian genre specialist Stefano Sollima – who is known in Hollywood for “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” “Without Remorse” and the TV series “Gomorrah” – is in the Venice competition for the first time with Rome-set crime drama “Adagio.”

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Giuliano Montaldo, Italian Director of ‘Sacco and Vanzetti,’ Dies at 93 – Variety

Giuliano Montaldo, Italian Director of ‘Sacco and Vanzetti,’ Dies at 93 – Variety

Giuliano Montaldo , the prolific Italian director, actor and film industry executive, whose works comprise powerful political drama “Sacco and Vanzetti” about the Massachusetts trial and execution in 1927 of accused Italian anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, has died at his home in Rome. He was 93.

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‘Io Capitano’ Review: A Gritty, Heartbreaking Study Of Migrant Dreams From Italy’s Matteo Garrone – Venice Film Festival – Deadline

‘Io Capitano’ Review: A Gritty, Heartbreaking Study Of Migrant Dreams From Italy’s Matteo Garrone – Venice Film Festival – Deadline

Even if the critical reactions have been mixed, Italian films have proven much stronger than usual at this year’s Venice Film Festival, with a notable resurgence of genre filmmaking in the likes of Adagio and Enea.

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Whoopi Goldberg and Jeremy Irvine to Star in Italian Comedy ‘Leopardi & Co’ Produced by Tarak Ben Ammar

Whoopi Goldberg and Jeremy Irvine to Star in Italian Comedy ‘Leopardi & Co’ Produced by Tarak Ben Ammar

Whoopi Goldberg and Jeremy Irvine are set to star in Italian comedy “Leopardi & Co.,” directed by Federica Biondi and produced by Franco-Tunisian film and TV entrepreneur Tarak Ben Ammar’s Eagle Pictures. Shooting on the film is currently underway in the town of Recanati, which is known to many Italians as the birthplace of…

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