Italian Buzz Titles Include Films by Paolo Sorrentino, Luca Guadagnino
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent The persistent vibrancy of Italian cinema, despite increasing financing difficulties, is undisputable if you look at the range of the country’s current output and what’s percolating in the pipeline.
It spans from highly sophisticated new works by maestros such as Paolo Sorrentino and Luca Guadagnino to crassly commercial global megahits like Netflix Italy original “The Tearsmith” and promising fresh fare from Cinema Italiano’s next generation.
Below is a compendium of new Italian movies in various stages. “Parthenope” Paolo Sorrentino is in Cannes for the sixth time with this love letter to his native Naples, which segues from his Oscar-nominated “The Hand of God,” also set in the sensual southern port city.
Main cast comprises Luisa Ranieri, who played the emotionally troubled aunt Patrizia in “The Hand of God,” Gary Oldman and Silvio Orlando, who was Cardinal Voiello in “The Young Pope.” Lead producers are Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle’s The Apartment Pictures and Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent.
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