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BERLINALE 2007 Italy

Costanzo in competition

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Saverio Costanzo will represent Italy in competition at the 57th Berlinale with his second feature film, In Memory of Myself (In memoria di me), produced by Mario Gianani for Offside and by Medusa Film.

Based on Furio Monicelli’s novel The Perfect Jesuit, In Memory of Myself tells the story of a young, aimless man who enters a novitiate.

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"The film’s screening in competition is a sign, after the Cannes, Venice and Rome festivals, that the new generation of Italian cinema has fully become a part of the international panorama", according to a release by Filmitalia , the agency that promotes Italian cinema abroad.

Irene Bignardi, president of Filmitalia, added that "the presence of Saverio Costanzo in competition at the Berlinale is confirmation of the talent and hard work of a young filmmaker who has been very well acclaimed, from the time he won the Golden Leopard in Locarno for Private [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)

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