24/01/2005

An experienced director Gianni Amelio versus a young emerging one, Paolo Sorrentino. On the one hand, a stormy version of the old father-son conflict. On the other, a clever and sophisticated thriller.
On the 4th of February, these two much-acclaimed films le chiavi da casa (The Keys to Home) e Le conseguenze dell'amore (The consequences of Love) will compete in most of the categories of the Nastri d'Argento Awards, selected every year by the Union of the Italian Cinema Journalists
These two films have received no less than 8 nominations each for the prestigious award. This year the ceremony has not only moved from Taormina in Sicily to Rome, but it has also changed dates. Next to the leaders, we find other interesting nominees: six nominations went to, Primo amore (First Love) by Matteo Garrone and to Sergio Castellitto's Non ti muovere (Don't Move); Davide Ferrario's Dopo mezzanotte (After Midnight) got five nominations; four nominations went to Lavorare con lentezza (Work Slowly) by Guido Chiesa, as well as to L'amore ritorna (Love Returns) by Sergio Rubini.

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Actors running for the best interpretation are: Fabrizio Bentivoglio (L'amore ritorna (Love Returns)), young Giorgio Pasotti (Dopo mezzanotte (After Midnight)), Toni Servillo, originally a stage actor(Le conseguenze dell'amore (The Consequences of Love)), Kim Rossi Stuart (Le chiavi di casa (The Keys to Home)), and Carlo Verdone (L'amore è eterno finchè dura (Love is Forever for as Long as it Lasts )).
Actresses running in the same category are: Laura Morante (L'amore è eterno finchè dura (Love is Forever for as Long as it Lasts)), Nicoletta Braschi in Francesca Comencini'sMi piace lavorare (I Like Working), Margherita Buy in (Il siero della vanità (The Essence of Vanity) by Alex Infascelli), and the young Michela Cescon (Primo amore (First Love) ) and Francesca Inaudi (Dopo mezzanotte (After Midnight)).
Candidates to the award for the best first film are: Antonio Bocola and Paolo Vari for Fame chimica (Chemical Hunger), Valeria Bruni Tedeschi forE' più facile per un cammello (It's Easier for a Camel), Saverio Costanzo for Private , Paolo Franchi for La spettatrice (The Spectator) and David Grieco for Evilenko.
The producers who will be competing are: Domenico Procacci for no less than three films (Primo amore (First Love), Le conseguenze dell'amore (The Consequences of Love)Lavorare con lentezza (Work Slowly)); Donatella Botti (Mi piace lavorare (I Like Working) and L'amore ritorna (Love Returns)); Aurelio De Laurentiis (Che ne sarà di noi (What Will Happen to Us) and Tutto in quella notte (Everything That Night)); Enzo Porcelli (Le chiavi di casa (The Keys to Home)); Riccardo Tozzi, Giovanni Stabilini, and Marco Chimenz (Non ti muovere (Don't Move), Tre metri sopra il cielo (Three Feet Above the Sky)).
Films in competition in the category "best foreign film" are: Shrek 2 by Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon, The Turkish Wife by Fatih Akin, Bad Education by Pedro Almodovar, 21 grams by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, andIron 3 by Kim Ki-Duk.

(Translated from Italian)