Rapito è un film la cui storia scandalosa, degna di un Vaticano del XIX secolo, aveva inizialmente attirato l’interesse di Steven Spielberg, regista americano. Secondo quanto riferito, il regista americano ha abbandonato il progetto perché non è riuscito a trovare un attore bambino adatto per il ruolo principale…
TORONTO – “Rapito” is a film whose scandalous history befitting of a 19th century Vatican, had initially lured the interest of Steven Spielberg. The American Director reportedly dropped the project after failing to find a suitable child actor for the lead role. While screening the film at Cannes last year, Rapito’s Italian Director Marco Bellocchio hypothesized on the American Director’s decision: “My feeling, speculation of course, is that he [Spielberg] may have seen the complexity of this very Italian and dramatic case, for which the Italian language is not necessarily obligatory, but very precious”.
TORONTO – Uno dei documentari nominati all’Oscar di quest’anno, To Kill A Tiger, è stato prodotto dalla produttrice/regista/sceneggiatrice italo-canadese Cornelia Principe. Un’impresa rara se si considera che dal 1929 solo quindici canadesi sono stati nominati in quella categoria…
TORONTO – One of this year’s Oscar nominated Documentaries, To Kill A Tiger, was produced by Italian-Canadian Producer/Director/Writer Cornelia Principe. A rare feat considering that since 1929 only fifteen Canadians have been nominated in the category. The fine art to making a poignant documentary often hinges on how well the filmmakers execute their journalistic integrity with their ability to tell a story. In the case of To Kill A Tiger, filmmaker Nisha Pahuja documents a local story, but one that is echoed throughout the country. Her challenge is to report on a specific crime while telling a larger and more tragic story.
