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 .