Yesterday I texted my daughter this simple message
“Luigi Lo Cascio”
and she texted back something that looked like “@#%mp$@!!!! (translation: holy shit!). She knew what I was getting at; she knew I was waiting for the Venice Film Festival’s lineup to be announced and I’d just learned that my favorite actor, Luigi Lo Cascio might be there. He’s premiering a new film at the Biennale that he wrote, directed, and will star in called La Città Ideale (the ideal city) and it will compete for the International Critics’ Week Prize. La Città Ideale , also starring Roberto Herlitzka, is about Michele Grasadonia, an Italian ecologist that years ago left Palermo for Siena, which he considers the “ideal city”.
Also in competition for this award:
“Eat Sleep Die,” Gabriela Pichler (Sweden)
“Mold,” Ali Aydin (Turkey/Germany)
“A Month in Thailand,” Paul Neogescu (Romania)
“She Doesn’t Want to Sleep Alone,” Natalia Beristain (Mexico)
“Welcome Home,” Tom Heene (Belgium)
“Lotus,” Liu Shu (People’s Republic of China)
Why do I call this “double trouble” for Luigi? Because my daughter, Lauren, an editor for How About We’s – The Date Report has also received her press accreditation for Venice and has agreed to help me find him on Lido.
No need for a restraining order, Luigi – I just want my picture with you. And I’d love to ask you a few questions for I Love Italian Movies. I’ve been obsessed with you ever since “La Vita Che Vorrei”.
Luigi – tu dici più con gli occhi degli altri dicono con le parole – don’t worry, I’m sure your English is much better than my Italian.
I Love Italian Everything 