Moretti, Sorrentino in competition, Trinca in L'Apollonide

15/04/2011

Nanni Moretti’s We Have a Pope [+see also:
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Despite recent rumours, Emanuele Crialese’s Terraferma, a highly topical story about clandestine immigration from Africa to Italy, will not be on the Croisette because it’s still in post-production. Likewise Gianni Amelio’s Il Primo Uomo, a majority French co-production starring Claudia Cardinale.

Moretti (2001 Palme d’Or winner for The Son’s Room [+see also:
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Sorrentino, Jury Prize Winner at Cannes 2008 for Il Divo [+see also:
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Another Italian who will be on the Croisette is Jasmine Trinca (The Caiman [+see also:
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interview: Nanni Moretti
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