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Ferrario finds “freedom” behind bars

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"It is a film in prison, not about prison,” says director Davide Ferrario of his new film, a “comedy with music”, which began shooting May 5.

Libertà (“Freedom”) is in fact set in Turin’s Vallette prison, where Kasia Smutniak and Fabio Troiano will be flanked by 20 prisoner-actors.

The project, which Ferrario also wrote and is producing, will be the first Italian film to be shot with the Genesis HD camera, proof of the director’s propensity for digital experimentation. DoP Dante Cecchin also worked on Ferrario’s After Midnight [+see also:
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interview: Davide Ferrario
interview: Giorgio Pasotti
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(see Focus).

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The film will shoot for five weeks and is set to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Italia. It has received support from the Turin Piedmont Film Commission and is being executive produced by Fargo Film.

(Translated from Italian)

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