Author: Massimo Volpe

Italian Film about Hitler’s Food Tasters

TORONTO – Filmmaker Silvio Soldini, best known for his warm-hearted romantic comedy Bread and Tulips (2000), will soon be back in theatres with something much darker – The Tasters. This will be the director’s German language debut, an adaptation of Rosella Postorino’s International best-selling novel “At the Wolf’s Table”. The Calabrian author, Postorino, won the prestigious Campiello Prize, the Luigi Russo Prize and the Rapallo Prize for the 2018 work, titled Le Assaggiatrici

‘Il Nibbio’ recalls a Secret Agent Hero

TORONTO – Renzo Piano’s scarab-shaped music halls in Rome recently hosted the photocall for Director Alessandro Tonda’s new film Il Nibbio. The film stars Claudio Santamaria as the heroic secret service agent who died while saving journalist Giuliana Sgrena – kidnapped in 2005 by Iraqi terrorists in Baghdad. Rounding out the principal cast are Sonia Bergamesco (as Giuliana Sgrena) and Anna Ferzetti (as Rosa Calipari), who were also on site for the event at the Parco della Musica.