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Michael Winterbottom Um filme de MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM a VIAGEM ITÁLIATHE TRIP TO ITALY BREVE SINOPSE Dois homens, seis refeições em seis locais diferentes numa viagem por estrada por Itália. Ligúria, Toscana, Roma, Amalfi e a terminar em Capri. O The Observer pediu a Rob e Steve que fizessem mais uma série de críticas a restaurantes. Eles falam de coisas como a vida, o amor, o trabalho e o exílio. Discutem Byron e Shelley, poetas Românticos cujas vidas foram definidas pelo tempo que passaram em Itália. Veremos a viagem em que eles embarcam, os hotéis onde ficam, os restaurantes onde comem, as cozinhas e os chefs que preparam a comida e depois a conta no fim. SINOPSE LONGA Dois homens, seis refeições em seis locais diferentes numa viagem por estrada em Itália. Ligúria, Toscana, Roma, Amalfi e a terminar em Capri. O The Observer pediu a Rob e Steve que fizessem mais uma série de críticas a restaurantes. Rob, cansado das responsabilidades de ser pai de uma criança pequena, está desejoso de ter uma aventura. Steve tem vivido uma vida de abstinência e trabalho árduo em Los Angeles, mas agora, num hiato do seu emprego, teve tempo para regressar à Europa e quer ver os seus filhos. Eles falam de coisas como a vida, o amor, o trabalho e o exílio. Discutem Byron e Shelley, poetas Românticos cujas vidas foram definidas pelo tempo que passaram em Itália. Veremos a viagem em que eles embarcam, os hotéis onde ficam, os restaurantes onde comem, as cozinhas e os chefs que preparam a comida e depois a conta no fim. A VIAGEM A ITÁLIA é uma volta por Itália semi-ficcionada e improvisada, protagonizada por dois dos atores cómicos britânicos mais amados pelo público, Steve Coogan e Rob Brydon. A VIAGEM A ITÁLIA é a sequela de A VIAGEM (2010), uma série e filme da BBC muito elogiados pela crítica. SOBRE O REALIZADOR MICHAEL WINTERBOTTOM Nascido em Blackburn, Lancashire, em Inglaterra, Michael Winterbottom estudou Inglês na Universidade de Oxford. Entre a sua filmografia contam-se BUTTERFLY KISS (Competição Oficial, Berlim 1995), JUDE (Quinzena dos Realizadores 1996 e vencedor do Prémio Michael Powell no Festival de Edimburgo), BEM-VINDO A SARAJEVO (Seleção Oficial, Cannes 1998), LAÇOS FATAIS (Festival de Berlim 1998), WONDERLAND (Seleção Oficial, Cannes 1999 e Prémio BIFA para Melhor Filme Britânico), THE CLAIM (Festival de Cinema de Berlim), 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE (Seleção Oficial, Cannes, 2002), NESTE MUNDO (Urso de Ouro, Berlim 2003), CÓDIGO 46 (Festival de Veneza 2003), 9 SONGS – 9 CANÇÕES (Melhor Fotografia, Festival de San Sebastián 2004), A COCK AND BULL STORY (Festival de Toronto 2005), A CAMINHO DE GUANTÁNAMO (Urso de Prata, Melhor Realizador no Festival de Berlim 2006), UM CORAÇÃO PODEROSO (Seleção Oficial, Cannes 2007), GÉNOVA (Melhor Realizador, San Sebastián 2008), THE SHOCK DOCTRINE (Festival de Sundance 2009), O ASSASSINO EM MIM (em Competição, Berlim 2010), A VIAGEM (Festival de Toronto 2010, vencedor do BAFTA para Melhor Ator para Steve Coogan, nomeado para o BAFTA Television Award por Melhor Comédia, Vencedor do Prémio para Melhor Novo Programa de 2012, nomeação para os Prémios da Comédia para Rob Brydon), TRISHNA (Toronto, 2011) e EVERYDAY (vencedor do prémio FIPRESCI para Melhor Filme, Festival de Estocolmo 2012). O IMPÉRIO DO AMOR, com Steve Coogan, teve a sua estreia mundial no Festival de Cinema de Sundance e foi selecionado para a Berlinale. Em 2014 assistimos à estreia de A VIAGEM A ITÁLIA, que estreou no Festival de Sundance e THE FACE OF AN ANGEL. STEVE COOGAN Steve nasceu e cresceu em Manchester, onde estudou teatro e representação na Escola Politécnica de Teatro de Manchester. Em 1992 venceu o Prémio Perrier pelo seu programa e acabaria por vencer o BAFTA com THE PAUL CALF VIDEO DIARIES. Enquanto trabalhava na rádio, ele criou a personagem Alan Partridge que depois transferiu para a televisão no programa KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU, vencendo 3 Prémios Britânicos de Comédia. Além da sua carreira de ator, em 1999 Steve fundou a produtora Baby Cow Productions com Henry Normal, produzindo vários programas premiados, incluindo THE MIGHTY BOOSH, GAVIN AND STACEY e mais recentemente, HUNDERBY, MOONE BOY e HEBBURN. Em 2013, entrou em mais um filme de Michael Winterbottom O IMPÉRIO DO AMOR, onde interpretou o verdadeiro barão londrino da pornografia, que se tornou magnata do imobiliário, Paul Raymond. No início deste ano, Steve venceu o seu quinto BAFTA pelo seu papel cómico em ALAN PARTRIDGE: WELCOME TO THE PLACES IN MY LIFE. Em agosto de 2013, estreou a primeira longa-metragem que Steve fez de Alan Partridge – ALPHA PAPA. As suas participações mais recentes incluem FILOMENA, realizado por Stephen Frears. O filme venceu o prémio de Melhor Argumento em 2013 no Festival de Veneza. ROB BRYDON Rob Brydon nasceu em Swansea, no sul do País de Gales. Estudou representação no The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, antes de ingressar na BBC Wales como apresentador de radio e TV. Chamou a atenção do público em 2000 com os programas MARION AND GEOFF e HUMAN REMAINS, vencendo Prémios da Comédia Britânica por ambos. Desde então, os seus créditos televisivos incluem GANGSTA GRANNY, THIS IS JINSY, THE BEST OF MEN, THE TRIP, GAVIN AND STACEY (três séries), THE ROB BRYDON SHOW (três séries), WOULD I LIE TO YOU? (sete séries), THE KEITH BARRET SHOW, ROB BRYDON’S ANNUALLY RETENTIVE, HEROES AND VILLAINS: NAPOLEON , QI, LITTLE BRITAIN, I’M ALAN PARTRIDGE, LIVE AT THE APOLLO, ROB BRYDON’S IDENTITY CRISIS, OLIVER TWIST, MARPLE. Os seus créditos no cinema incluem UM MAL NUNCA VEM SÓ, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE, MIRRORMASK, A COCK AND BULL STORY e a versão cinematográfica de A VIAGEM. Rob também é conhecido pela sua voz versátil. Ele narrou LITTLE BRITAIN DOWN UNDER, VALLEY OF SONG, BECOMING BOND, HOLMFIRTH HOLLYWOOD e 100 GREATEST COMEDY MOMENTS. REVISTA DE IMPRENSA O filme largamente improvisado que Michael Winterbottom fez em 2010, A VIAGEM, levou os comediantes Steve Coogan e Rob Brydon – ou as suas versões semi-ficcionadas – numa digressão por restaurantes no norte de Inglaterra. Nesta sequela espirituosa e incisiva, Winterbottom reúne a dupla para uma nova viagem culinária, refazendo os passos dos poetas Românticos numa grande digressão por Itália, deixando-os discutir e implicar um com o outro, ainda com momentos de grandes imitações. Limpando o palato desde o primeiro filme, as personagens saboreiam refeições de fazer crescer água na boca em locais deslumbrantes, desde a Ligúria a Capri, enquanto discutem temas tão variados como o registo vocal de Batman, o mérito artístico do álbum “Jagged Little Pill” e, claro, a virtude das sequelas. Winterbottom treina a sua câmara para captar a paisagem italiana idílica e os tesouros gastronómicos que são preparados e consumidos, enquanto mantém o filme centrado na química borbulhante entre os dois protagonistas. A VIAGEM A ITÁLIA mistura sem esforço a interação cómica genial entre Coogan e Brydon com momentos mais calmos de autorreflexão, deixando que o público saiba no que estão a remoer, como as nuances da amizade e o equilíbrio entre família e carreira. O resultado é um retrato mordaz da masculinidade dos dias de hoje. - IFC Films Tão divertido quanto o primeiro filme, mas mais belo de ver. A VIAGEM A ITÁLIA é O PADRINHO 2 dos filmes de viagens por estrada. -The Hollywood Reporter A VIAGEM A ITÁLIA enfeitiça-nos de forma calorosa e envolvente, deixa-nos acompanhar os dois protagonistas muito divertidos, nesta sua viagem pela cozinha de autor, por paisagens serenamente belas e pelo prazer da companhia um do outro. - Variety Uma sequela hilariante do seu filme de 2010 (...) Ambos os filmes, afinal de contas, são acerca da impossibilidade – e da necessidade – da amizade masculina. - New Yorker A VIAGEM A ITÁLIA talvez não esteja à altura de O PADRINHO – PARTE 2, o padrão de platina para as sequelas de filmes, mas é muito engraçado e ligeiramente sério ao mesmo tempo. -The Wall Street Journal Alguma da melhor improvisação na comédia britânica - The Independent Reino Unido | 2014 | 108 min Trailer em http://alambique.pt/filme/a-viagem-a-italia Distribuído por Alambique.
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