06/11/2008

There are eight films on release tomorrow in Italy, of which seven are European. The most highly anticipated, after triumphant debut at the UK box office, is the US/UK co-production Quantum of Solace [+see also:
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Another British title on release is Deep Water by Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell (Fandango), which picked up an award the first Rome Film Fest.

The three Italian titles are all feature debuts: Stefano Tummolini’s A Day in the Life [+see also:
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For children, BIM offers up Hayo Freitag’s German animated film The Three Robbers, while gore fans can feast on French title Frontiers [+see also:
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This week’s releases are rounded by Guillermo Arriaga’s The Burning Plain (Medusa).

(Translated from Italian)