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Who is Vittoria Puccini?

Vittoria Puccini is an actress who first appeared on screen in Sergio Rubini's TV movie Tutto l'amore che c'è (2000) and in other minor titles. She became a star on Italian TV playing the title character in Elisa di Rivombrosa (2003), and has also appeared in international productions including Kronprinz Rudolf (2006).

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Rome Film Fest opens with Tessa Ross honour, Jeremy Thomas tribute and plea for European unity

The 21st Rome Film Fest celebrated its coming-of-age opening night edition in style last night (October 13) with an industry lifetime achievement award for UK producer Tessa Ross, an inaugural music award for legendary Italian film composer Nicola Piovani, and an emotional tribute by jury president Jan Komasa to the late UK producer Jeremy Thomas. German director Edward Berger presented Ross with her award, designed to celebrate leaders in film. Berger and Ross collaborated on the papal drama Conclave. Conclave was filmed on location in Rome and Campania and screened at the Rome festival in 2024. Ross, the former director of Film4

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Beta Film Acquires ‘The Man From Milan’ and ‘Silent Nava,’ World Premieres ‘Queen Silvia’ at Mipcom (Exclusive)

Beta Film, which is heading to Cannes with the world premiere of Swedish royal romance drama “Queen Silvia,” has acquired world distribution rights to Italy’s “The Man from Milan” and, from Ukraine, “Silent Nava.” The two new eight-part crime series will likewise make their market debut at Mipcom. Directed by Simone Spada (“Rocco Schiavone: Ice Cold Murders”) and produced by Cross Productions, Rai Fiction and Beta Film, “The Man from Milan” follows a notorious criminal who joins a rehabilitation program as his ticket to freedom, only to discover that the hardest escape is from himself. The series stars Alessandro Tedeschi (“The Hummingbird”), Vittoria Puccini (“Kiss Me Again”) and Alberto Astorri (“Rose Island”). The Man from Milan Courtesy of Beta Film Ukraine’s first true-crime series, “Silent Nava” offers a haunting portrait of a corrupt and complicit society that protects predators and betrays their victims. Produced by Sfera Film for Kyivstar TV,

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Karla Sofía Gascón to Star in Paramount+ Comedy ‘School of Seduction’ From Italian Hitmaker Carlo Verdone (Exclusive)

Karla Sofía Gascón, the Oscar-nominated “Emilia Perez” star who sparked controversy earlier this year over her past offensive tweets, is in Rome shooting Italian comedy “School of Seduction.” The high-profile film, helmed by Italian comic actor and director Carlo Verdone, will drop exclusively on Paramount+ next year. Verdone, whose films are systematic hits at the Italian box office, stars alongside Gascón and Italian A-lister Vittoria Puccini (“Madly”) and Lino Guanciale (“The Count of Monte Cristo”) in the catchy film about a “love coach” who helps people navigate the complexities of romance in the digital age. “In an era where falling in love, cheating, making up and breaking up can all happen even through artificial intelligence, six characters — bound by insecurities and emotional fragilities — turn to a love coach to help interpret and guide their lives,” reads the provided synopsis. “Some are searching for love, some are trying to save it

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‘Madly’ Review: The Brain Behind Italy’s Popular ‘Perfect Strangers’ Hatches Another High-Concept Comedy

Of Paolo Genovese’s 2016 Italian phenom “Perfect Strangers,” the original Variety review warned “remakes will be rampant,” and sure enough, Guinness World Records made it official last fall: The hooky dramedy — about a dinner party where a group of friends agree to read their private text messages aloud — has since become the “most remade” film in the world, with no fewer than two dozen versions popping up everywhere from South Korea to Azerbaijan. The success of that model seems to have gone straight to Genovese’s head, as the writer-director treats his latest feature, “Madly,” more like a format than a proper film: The high-concept romantic comedy — which personifies the conflicting thoughts a man and a woman experience during the course of their first date — is ripe for reinvention in a diverse range of languages and cultures. If and when that happens, however, one hopes each new filmmaker will make

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‘Perfect Strangers’ Director Scores Smash Hit With New Comedy ‘Madly’ With Raft of Remake Deals to Close at Cannes Market (Exclusive)

‘Perfect Strangers’ director Paolo Genovese has done it again with a new concept comedy titled “Madly” that is set to hit the global market after scoring mightily in Italy. “Madly” – which is titled “FolleMente” in Italy – depicts a first date between a man and a woman in Rome and features all the voices that live in their brains which oscillate between embarrassment and laughter, each played by a different actor. The romance-tinged comedy has scored more than 2 million admissions and grossed more than $18 million at the Italian box office since it’s Feb. 20 local release via Rai Cinema’s 01 Distribution — and is still going strong. Genovese co-wrote the screenplay with Isabella Aguilar, Lucia Calamaro, Paolo Costella and Flaminia Gressi. “We are getting remake requests from all over the world,” producer Raffaella Leone tells Variety, adding that this time around “we want to manage things a bit differently” from what happened with “Perfect Strangers,

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Francesca Archibugi to Direct Sex Trafficking Drama ‘Illusion’ Toplining ‘La Storia’ Star Jasmine Trinca (Exclusive)

Italian director Francesca Archibugi will direct sex-trafficking drama “Illusion” toplining Jasmine Trinca as an intrepid magistrate investigating a prostitution ring with links to the European parliament and Michele Riondino (“Young Montalbano”) as a psychologist. Shooting is set to start next month in central Italy on the roughly $8 million film that will reunite Archibugi with Trinca who played the lead in the director’s feminist fascist-era saga “La Storia” that was Italy’s biggest TV event of 2023. Italy’s Fandango is co-producing “Illusion” with Rai Cinema and Belgium’s Tarantula. Fandango sales is launching pre-sales on “Illusion” at the European Film Market. Trinca (pictured) is an A-list Italian actor who was on the Cannes jury in 2023. In “Illusion” she will play judge Cristina Camponeschi who pursues a prostitution ring with ties to Eastern Europe and to the European Parliament. The investigation kicks off after a 16-year-old named Rosa Lazar “dressed like a Dior supermodel,

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