20/04/2006

Paolo Sorrentino feels like he's in good company: "Being selected for competition at Cannes along with Nanni Moretti is already a great result", he said immediately after the official announcement. L'amico di famiglia (lit. "The Family Friend), which surprisingly ousted The Golden Door [+see also:
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Il regista di matrimoni (lit. "The Wedding Director") by Marco Bellocchio will be screened in the Un Certain Regard section, whose jury will this year include the Italian actress Monica Bellucci.

"Being in competition once at Cannes can be pure chance for a lucky film," said Sorrentino the Il Cinematografo magazine, "but being chosen a second time is a validation of the work I'm doing". The Neapolitan director will, in fact, return to the Croisette two years after his Le conseguenze dell'amore was presented in competition at the festival. The last such face-off dates back to 2001, when Ermanno Olmi vied for the Golden Palm with The Profession of Arms, against The Son's Room [+see also:
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L'amico di famiglia, a love story between a young girl and 60 year-old loan shark, inspired by Louis-Ferdinand Céline's Journey to the End of the Night, is a co-production between Fandango, Indigo Film and Medusa, which will distribute the film in Italy.

(Translated from Italian)