Marco Tullio Giordana’s Locarno Homecoming ‘The Life Apart’ Unveils Trailer, as the Italian Auteur Talks Working With Marco Bellocchio (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comRafa Sales Ross Guest Contributor When renowned Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio called up his friend, fellow Italian auteur Marco Tullio Giordana (“Best of Youth”), about a project years in the making, the director promptly jumped on board.
The resulting film is “The Life Apart,” premiering out of competition at this year’s Locarno Film Festival, where Giordana will also receive a Lifetime Achievement Pardo.
Adapted from Mariapia Veladiano’s acclaimed eponymous novel, “The Life Apart” is set in the Italian city of Vicenza between the 1980s and 2000s, where a young girl is shunned by her mother due to a large facial birthmark.
Rebecca, played by Sara Ciocca as a child and Beatrice Barison as a young woman, finds solace in the piano, a talent she discovers with the help of her aunt and patron Erminia (Sonia Bergamasco). “[Bellocchio] asked me to read the screenplay and I just loved it.
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