Voltage Boards Italian Rom-Com Per Tutta La Vita From Perfect Strangers Team (EXCLUSIVE)
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Voltage Pictures is launching international sales at the EFM on Italian romantic comedy “Per Tutta La Vita” (“For All Life”), from the writer-director team behind global hit “Perfect Strangers.”
“Strangers,” a dramedy involving cellphones and personal secrets, grossed over $31 million domestically and spawned remakes in a dozen territories including France, Germany, Spain, Greece and South Korea. In total, those remakes have grossed an estimated total $270 million worldwide. An Arabic adaptation is currently shooting.
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“For All Life” turns on four couples who discover that their marriages are no longer valid because they were all performed by a fraudulent priest. “Are they going to say the big ‘yes’ once again, or will they use this excuse to run away from their marriage?,” reads the synopsis.
The weeks leading up to
The Players Championship in March are an especially busy time for TPC Sawgrass chefs. But that didn t stop
Azhar Mohammad, senior executive chef, and his team from traveling to
Ronald McDonald House with cars full of fresh food to prepare a meal for its residents.
The nonprofit in San Marco provides lodging, meals and transportation for families of critically ill and seriously injured children who are receiving treatment at local hospitals.
“Food is love, and being able to welcome people into our kitchen is one of the sincerest things you can do,” said
Vernetta Stewart, house executive chef. “To take time to service another kitchen or meal program speaks volumes to Chef Azhar and his team’s commitment.”
MK2 Films Boards Jonas Carpignano s New Feature A Chiara (EXCLUSIVE)
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MK2 Films has boarded Italian-American filmmaker Jonas Carpignano’s anticipated movie “A Chiara” which recently wrapped shooting in Calabria, in Southern Italy.
Carpignano’s third feature, “A Chiara” is now in post and will be ready this summer. Carpignano made his feature debut in 2015 with “Mediterranea,” which premiered in Cannes Critics’ Week. His sophomore outing, “A Ciambra,” played at Directors’ Fortnight in 2017, was submitted as Italy’s Oscar candidate, and received an Independent Spirit Award nomination for best director.
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“A Chiara” tells the story of 15-year-old Chiara whose close-knit family falls apart after her father abandons them in Calabria. Chiara starts to investigate to understand why her father disappeared and as she gets closer to the truth, she is forced to decide what kind of future she wa
Italy s D Innocenzo Brothers ( Bad Tales ) Set for America Latina, With Elio Germano (EXCLUSIVE)
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Italian twins Damiano and Fabio D’Innocenzo, who made a splash in Berlin last year with “Bad Tales,” are back on set with dark thriller “America Latina” toplining Elio Germano, who was at Berlin 2020 with two pics: “Bad Tales” and “Hidden Away,” for which he scored a Silver Bear.
Shooting started March 1 on “America Latina.” Its story details are being kept under wraps other than it’s “a love story and like all love stories it’s obviously a thriller,” as the brothers cryptically put it recently speaking to the Italian press.
The Match Factory Acquires Berlinale s Per Lucio, Directed by Martin Eden s Pietro Marcello (EXCLUSIVE)
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Leading arthouse sales and production house The Match Factory and Italian film director Pietro Marcello have teamed up for the third time following the company’s acquisition of his documentary “Per Lucio,” which world premieres in the Berlinale Special Gala section of the Berlin Film Festival.
They previously worked together on fantasy drama “Lost and Beautiful,” which played in competition at Locarno in 2015, and period drama “Martin Eden,” which competed at Venice in 2019, winning best actor, and screened at Toronto, where it won the Platform Award. “Martin Eden” was picked up by distributors around the world, and attracted more than 400,000 admissions across Europe.