From Avati to Verdone: The 2009 domestic releases (1)
While the 2009 slates of Italy’s independent distributors include numerous, much-awaited domestic titles, majors 01 Distribution and Medusa Film are coming out with the top local titles of next year.
On February 6, 01 will release the sure-to-be hit Ex, directed by Fausto Brizzi and featuring a stellar cast: Claudio Bisio, Flavio Insinna, Claudia Gerini, Alessandro Gassman, Silvio Orlando, Cristiana Capotondi and Fabio De Luigi. February will also see the release of the new film by Enzo Monteleone, Tutta colpa delle donne (working title), based on a 2006 play by Cristina Comencini. The all-female cast includes Margherita Buy, Isabella Ferrari, Paola Cortellesi, Marina Massironi, Carolina Crescentini, Valeria Milillo, Claudia Pandolfi and Alba Rohrwacher.
Other O1 titles are Francesca Archibugi’s Una Questione di Cuore [+see also:
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Mussolini’s slogan Vincere [+see also:
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interview: Cannes 2009
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film profile] (“Winning”) is the title of the new film by Marco Bellocchio, on the secret son of the fascist dictator, starring Filippo Timi and Giovanna Mezzogiorno; while in Giuseppe Piccioni’s Il premio, Valerio Mastandrea meets Valeria Golino, a woman with a mysterious past.
RAI Cinema’s 2009 line-up includes Marco Risi’s Fortapasc [+see also:
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On January 16, Medusa will release Stefano Bessoni’s domestic horror film Imago Mortis [+see also:
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Nicolas Vaporidis and Laura Chiatti star in the Shakespeare-inspired Iago, by Volfango De Biasi. There is also much buzz surrounding Michele Placido’s newest project, Il Grande Sogno [+see also:
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Medusa will also launch Luciano Melchionna’s sentimental Ce n'è Per Tutti [+see also:
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