The Girl by the Lake picked up in Japan
Promoted by Asahi Shimbun, Filmitalia and the Italian Cultural Institute of Tokyo, the eighth edition of Festival of Italian Cinema in Tokyo was a great success, with over 100,000 paying spectators crowding the event’s screenings.
Gianni Zanasi’s Don’t Think About It [+see also:
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Sales on some of the titles were also triumphant, as 10-time David di Donatello winner The Girl by the Lake [+see also:
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