La grande bellezza by Sorrentino in Italy and in France from May 23
- The first teaser from the long awaited Toni Servillo starring film, will be in competition in Cannes
La grande bellezza [+see also:
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Conceived and written by Sorrentino himself with Umberto Contarello, the film was set and entirely shot in Rome. Little is known of the plot, and its first teaser, released two days ago hints at even less. Alongside Toni Servillo – once more accompanying Sorrentino – an impressive cast: Carlo Verdone, Sabrina Ferilli, Carlo Buccirosso, Iaia Forte, Pamela Villoresi, Galatea Ranzi, Anna Della Rosa, Giovanna Vignola, Roberto Herlitzka, Massimo De Francovich, Giusi Merli, Giorgio Pasotti, Massimo Popolizio, Isabella Ferrari, Franco Graziosi, Sonia Gessner, Luca Marinelli, Dario Cantarelli, Ivan Franek, Anita Kravos, Luciano Virgilio, Giulio Brogi, Vernon Dobtcheff, Serena Grandi, Lillo Petrolo.
Luca Bigazzi is director of photography, Stefania Cella and Daniela Ciancio are behind the scenes and costumes, Cristiano Travaglioli is in charge of editing, while Lele Marchitelli is the soundtrack.
(Translated from Italian)
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