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Valeria Golino Masterclass, Claude Barras ‘Sauvages’ & Daniel Burman’s ‘Transmitzvah’ Added To Cannes Lineup
The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled fresh news details about its 77th edition (May 14-25), including a Rendez-vous with…Valeria Golino event. The Italian actress and director, whose 40-year career spans more than 100 acting credits, broke into directing just over a decade ago and has been invited to Cannes Official Selection twice with films Miele…
‘My Place Is Here’ Directors on Women’s Rights, Poverty in Post-War Italy, Trailer Debuts (EXCLUSIVE)
Italian period drama “My Place Is Here” is being released in Italy by Adler Ent. on May 9, and is being sold at Cannes by Beta Cinema. Variety speaks to the film’s directors, Daniela Porto and Cristiano Bortone, and debuts its trailer (below).
‘Marcello Mio’ Trailer: Chiara Mastroianni Astounds As She Transforms Into Late Father Marcello Mastroianni In Cannes Competition Film
EXCLUSIVE: Christophe Honoré’s French-Italian comedy Marcello Mio is one of the more intriguing features in the running for the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or this year. Deadline can reveal the international trailer via mk2 films, which is handling international sales on the feature.
‘Challengers’: Normcore Clothes on Sweaty Bodies
Zendaya breaks hearts in a stylish tennis love triangle.
Zendaya’s Tennis Drama ‘Challengers’ Aims to Lead Sluggish Box Office With $15 Million Debut
Zendaya-Palooza At Weekend Box Office As Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Challengers’ Looks To Serve $15M Opening & ‘Dune 2’ Returns To Imax – Preview
Who loves Zendaya? Show of hands? Well if you do — and Amazon MGM Studios is betting that plenty of 18- to 24-year-olds do — you can watch the Euphoria Emmy winner in Imax in Amazon MGM Studios Challengers this weekend, then sit around and watch her again in Legendary/Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two.
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Love Means Nothing in Tennis but Everything in “Challengers”
Zendaya, Josh O’Connor, and Mike Faist sustain a three-way rally of romance in Luca Guadagnino’s almost absurdly sexy sports film.
Zendaya, Luca Guadagnino, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist on ‘Challengers’
Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, who play three entangled tennis pros, and their director, Luca Guadagnino, talk about ambition, jealousy and the “erotic amusement” of their new movie.
Alice Rohrwacher Digs Up Buried Treasure
Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera has it all: a band of music-playing, charming grave robbers, two swooning romances, song breaks, a beat-up green car, and enough jokes and heartbreak to go around. The Italian filmmaker’s fourth narrative feature tells the story of Arthur (played with handsome ruefulness by Josh O’Connor), a somewhat magical ex-con with the ability to find Etruscan artifacts hidden in the Italian countryside. With a group of merry tombaroli, he goes digging — in search of wealth and art, sure, but also something deeper.
Italy’s ‘La Chimera’ unearths a fable of lost love and grave robbing
Director Alice Rohrwacher has a gift for stories on the edge of realism