19/07/2017 - Susanna Nicchiarelli’s road movie, which is dedicated to Warhol’s muse and Velvet Underground’s singer, will be screened in its world premiere

Nico, 1988 by Susanna Nicchiarelli

Nico, 1988 [+see also:
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Set in Paris, Prague, Nuremberg, Manchester, the Polish countryside and the Roman coast, Nico, 1988 is a road movie dedicated to the final years of Christa Päffgen, stage name Nico. The muse of Andy Warhol, singer with the band Velvet Underground and a woman of legendary beauty, Nico gained a new lease of life after the story everyone knows, when she launched her solo career. The film stars Trine Dyrholm (who started out as a singer and then became the favourite actress of Susanne Bier and Thomas Vinterberg – winner of the Silver Bear at Berlin in 2016 for her performance in Vinterberg’s film The Commune [+see also:
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“This is the story of Nico after Nico. I wanted to tell her parable backwards: how her loss of approval and the change in her image led to her emancipation”, explains the director. The film is produced by Marta Donzelli and Gregorio Paonessa from Vivo Film (Sworn Virgin [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)