Pietro Castellitto on Depicting the Romantic Side of Rome’s One Percent in His Frenzied Film ‘Enea’
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian hotshot Pietro Castellitto is in competition in Venice with his second feature “Enea,” in which he also stars as the titular character, a young Roman sushi restaurant owner and cocaine dealer whose best friend Valentino just got his license as an airplane pilot.
There is a lot going on in this fresh and frenzied film lensed by ace cinematographer Radek Ladczuk (“The Babadook”). “Enea” is produced by Lorenzo Mieli’s the Apartment, which is a Fremantle company, and Luca Guadagnino’s Frenesy.
Vision Distribution is handling world sales. Castellitto spoke to Variety about what drew him to make what he calls a gangster movie without the gangster bits. This seems like a very personal film.
Is it? I would say it’s basically a movie about the desire to feel alive. What moves Enea is the need to feel life pulsing within him.
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