Picomedia, Thalie Images, Rai Fiction, Beta Partner on Elsa Morante’s ‘La Storia’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comLeo Barraclough International Features EditorBeta Film has come on board to co-produce eight-part Italian period drama series “La Storia,” based on Elsa Morante’s bestselling novel, continuing its successful partnership with Picomedia.
Shooting for the production has started in Rome under the helm of director Francesca Archibugi (“Romanzo famigliare”), before moving to Naples and Lazio later in the year.
Beta handles world sales.The cast is led by Jasmine Trinca (“The Gunman”), starring as Ida, a single mother of two sons, who hides her Jewish heritage and fights against poverty and persecution during the end of World War II and post-war Rome.
Also starring are Asia Argento (“xXx – Triple X”), Elio Germano (“Leopardi”) and Valerio Mastandrea (“Perfect Strangers”). The series adapts one of the most critically acclaimed novels of the 20th century, published in two dozen languages.
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