NOTTI MAGICHE
une comédie satirique de / een scherpe, zwarte komedie van Paolo Virzì avec / met Mauro Lamantia, Giovanni Toscano, Irene Vetere
Nomination Best Film, Knight Competition Grand Jury Prize - Miami Film Festival Nomination Best Film, Golden Spike - Valladolid International Film Festival
2018 | Italie - Italië | 125 min VO ST BIL - OV FR/NL OT | Couleur - Kleur
Release: 5/6/2019
Imagine Film Distribution [email protected] www.imaginefilm.be
photos - foto’s : press.imaginefilm.be
SYNOPSIS
FR
Rome, 1990. C'est l'été de la Coupe du monde de football et tous les yeux sont rivés sur le petit écran pour la demi-finale. Au moment où l'Italien Aldo Serena rate son tir au but, une Maserati noire se précipite dans le Tibre. À bord du véhicule, le célèbre producteur italien Leandro Saponaro. Les principaux suspects du meurtre, trois jeunes aspirants-scénaristes sont alors traînés devant les carabiniers pour interrogatoire. Tout en racontant leur version des faits au commissariat ils nous font revivre les derniers moments de l’époque glorieuse du cinéma italien.
NL
Rome, 1990. Op dezelfde zomerse avond dat Argentinië thuisland Italië uitschakelt in de halve finale van het wereldkampioenschap voetbal, wordt het lichaam van filmproducent Leandro Saponaro opgevist uit de Tiber. De belangrijkste verdachten zijn drie jonge scenaristen die in Rome zijn voor een prestigieuze prijsuitreiking. Aan de lokale politie vertellen ze over hun uit de hand gelopen avontuur vol bacchanalen, extravagante showgirls, listige producenten en grijpgrage acteurs.
EN
A renowned film producer is found dead in the river Tiber, the main suspects are three young aspiring screenwriters. In the course of one night in the police station, they go through their tumultuous, emotional and ironic journey in the streets of Rome, in the final throes of the glorious era of the great Italian cinema. NOTTI MAGICHE is both a comedy and a noir.
PAOLO VIRZÌ
Paolo Virzì was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1964. His father was a Carabinieri police officer and his mother a former singer. After spending his early childhood in Turin in the north of Italy, Virzì and his family moved back to Livorno, where he grew up in Le Sorgenti, a working class neighborhood. Virzi’s versatility became apparent as a teenager, when he spent most of his time writing, directing and acting in plays for local drama companies. He later left Livorno for Rome to study screenwriting at the time-honored Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografiafilm school, and graduated in 1987. His teachers included well-known film director Gianni Amelio and Furio Scarpelli, who wrote some of the greatest Italian movies of all time. Scarpelli was to play a crucial role in Virzì’s life, becoming his mentor and his “maestro”. With him, Paolo co-wrote the screenplay for Giuliano Montaldo’s Time to Kill, based on the Ennio Flaiano novel and starring Nicolas Cage, as well as several other projects for cinema and TV.
FILMOGRAFIE
2018 - Notti Magiche (Magical Nights / Nuits magiques) 2017 - The Leisure Seeker (l’échappée belle) 2016 - La pazza gioia (Folles de joie) 2014 - Il capitale umano (Human Capital / Les opportunists)) 2012 - Tutti i santi giorni (Every Blessed Day) 2010 - La prima cosa bella (The First Beautiful Thing) 2008 - Tutta la vita davanti 2006 - N (Io e Napoleone) (Napoleon and Me) 2003 - Caterina va in città (Caterina in the Big City) 2002 - My Name is Tanino 1999 - Baci e abbracci 1997 - Ovosodo 1995 - Ferie d'agosto 1994 – La bella vita ABOUT THE CAST
Mauro Lamantia
Mauro Lamantia was born in 1990 in Palermo, Italy. He is an actor, known for Romanzo Siciliano (2016) and Notti Magiche (2018).
Giovanni Toscano
Giovanni Toscano was born in 1996 in Pisa, Italy. He is an actor, known for Notti Magiche (2018).
Irene Vetere
Irene Vetere was born in 1999 in Rome, Italy. She is an actress, known for Don Matteo (2015), Zeta (2015) and Arrivano i prof (2018).
CAST & CREW
CAST
MAURO LAMANTIA Antonino Scordia
GIOVANNI TOSCANO Luciano Ambrogi
IRENE VETERE Eugenia Malaspina
GIANCARLO GIANNINI Leandro Saponaro
ROBERTO HERLITZKA Fulvio Zappellini
MARINA ROCCO Giusy Fusacchia
PAOLO SASSANELLI The Police Officer
ANNALISA ARENA Katia
EUGENIO MARINELLI Gianfranco
EMANUELE SALCE Virgilio Barone
ANDREA RONCATO Fosco
GIULIO BERRUTI Max Andrei
FERRUCCIO SOLERI ‘Il maestro’ Pontani
PAOLO BONACELLI ‘Il Grande’ Ennio
REGINA ORIOLI Emma Marcellini
Special appearance by ORNELLA MUTI
CREW
Director Paolo Virzì
Written by Francesca Archibugi Francesco Piccolo Paolo Virzì
Casting Elisabetta Boni
DoP Vladan Radovic
Original music Carlo Virzì
Production Design Alessandro Vannucci
Costume Design Catia Dottori
Sound Design Alessandro Bianchi
Editing Jacopo Quadri
Produced by Marco Belardi
Production Lotus Production
In collaboration with 3 Marys Entertainment
And Rai Cinema