Non ci posso credere! 2015 is going to be a BIG year for Italian cinema!
Here are just a few of what is to come next year.
Il Nome Del Figlio (In the Name of the Son) is a remake of the French hit, Le Prenom.
director: Francesca Archibugi
stars: Alessandro Gassman, Micaela Ramazzotti, Luigi Lo Cascio, Rocco Papaleo, and Valeria Golino.
Hungry Hearts debuted at the Venice Film Festival and for this English language film Alba Rohrwacher and Adam Driver won best actress and best actor.
director: Saverio Costanzo
stars: Alba Rohrwacher and Adam Driver
In Alessandro Siani’s Si accettano Miracoli (One Accepts Miracles) 3 brothers that have been separated for years are reunited by a miracle.
director: Alessandro Siani
stars: Siani and Fabio De Luigi
Il Racconto dei Racconti (Tale of Tales) is a collection of fairy tales by 17th century Italian author Giambattista Basile, with the earliest versions of famous fables like “Rapunzel,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Sleeping Beauty” and “Cinderella.
director: Matteo Garrone
stars: Selma Hayek, Vincent Cassel, John C. Reilly
Latin Lover, from Oscar nominated Cristina Comencini, is a comedy that turns on a group of women who are a fans of a famous dead actor played by Francesco Scianna.
director: Cristina Comencini
stars: Angela Finocchiaro, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Fathers and Daughters is Gabriele Muccino’s latest English language film.
director: Gabriele Muccino
stars: Russell Crowe, Amanda Seyfried
Mia Madre (My Mother) is Nanni Moretti’s semi-autobiographical look at getting ready to lose a mother.
director: Nanni Moretti
stars: Moretti, Margherita Buy, John Turturro
Ho Ucciso Napoleon (I killed Napoleon) is of special interest to me, having LOVED Giorgia Farina and Micaela Ramazzotti’s last films, the hilarious Amiche Da Morire, from Farina, and Micaela’s very underrated performance in Daniele Luchetti’s Anni Felici.
director: Giorgia Farina
stars: Micaela Ramazzotti
Plus…new films from Pif and Sydney Sibilia!
After the huge successes of their La Mafia Uccide Solo D’Estate and Smetto Quando Voglio I can’t wait to see what they do next!
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