Manori Ravindran International EditorSony Pictures Classics has snapped up worldwide rights, excluding Italy, to Luca Guadagnino’s documentary on Italian designer Salvatore Ferragamo, “Salvatore: Shoemaker of Dreams.”The film bows at the Venice Film Festival this coming week, where it screens out of competition.
Written by Dana Thomas with narration by Michael Stuhlbarg, the doc is produced by Francesco Melzi d’Eril and Gabriele Moratti of MeMo Films, and executive produced by Stella Savino.The film tracks Ferragamo’s personal, artistic and business story, from his childhood in Bonito, where he made his first pair of shoes, to his journey to the United States to seek his fortune, from his experiences in Hollywood to his return to Italy,.
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