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 - (l’échappée belle) 2016 - La pazza gioia (Folles de joie) 2014 - Il capitale umano (Human Capital / Les opportunists)) 2012 - Tutti i santi giorni () 2010 - La prima cosa bella (The First Beautiful Thing) 2008 - Tutta la vita davanti 2006 - N (Io e Napoleone) ( and Me) 2003 - Caterina va in città () 2002 - 1999 - Baci e abbracci 1997 - 1995 - Ferie d'agosto 1994 – 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