film profile] dates from 2013) during which he directed four documentaries and wrote consistently interesting articles in the newspaper. He has written, together with Cristiana Mainardi (who is also a producer on the film with Lumière & Co.) a screenplay full of affection and optimism, with a bittersweet rock flavor, and on paper it looks almost like a third millennium Italian version of
Still Crazy, the unrivaled 1998 film by Brian Gibson.
The protagonists are Carlo, Joe, Giacomo and Bobo, played by four great actors, some of which really sing and play music in real life but are more often found in theatre and TV than on cinema screens. These are four friends who had a period of success with their band in the 1970s, and who these days meet up every now and again to play together. The guitarist (
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Silvia Zucca’s successful book of the same name (published in English under the
An Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts: A Novel title, and whose translation rights have been sold to 15 different countries) the story revolves around Alice Bassi, who’s a little over thirty and single despite her best efforts. Alice works as a production assistant for a small TV network with very hope for career development, despite often being the most competent person in the room. As if that wasn’t enough, her ex-boyfriend Carlo is about to get married and become a father, and, to top it all off, a charming and mysterious new creative director called Davide has been hired to monitor the productivity of her team. But Alice’s life is about to change thanks to an encounter with Tio, an actor in the network’s breakthrough soap opera and a self-styled astrology guru who is destined to soon become her own personal Astrological Guide for Broken Hearts.