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Vittoria Scarpa


1925 articles available in total starting from 01/03/2007. Last article published on 30/07/2025.

Rohrwacher, Mastandrea fall in love for Soldini

Alba Rohrwacher and Valerio Mastandrea will star in Silvio Soldini’s latest project, Il comandante e la cicogna (“The Commander and the Stork”), a comedy that will go into production in September....  

20/04/2011 | Production | Italy

Existence of European cinema discussed at Lecce round table

Working around the definition of European cinema as the sum of national film identities established around common roots, the round table "Identity and language of European cinema”, held at the...  

19/04/2011 | Industry | Europe

Woman with a Broken Nose wins Lecce, Cineuropa Award goes to Albania’s Alimani

Srdan Kolijevic’s Serbian/German co-production The Woman with a Broken Nose (see review) is the Golden Olive winner of the 12th Lecce Festival of European Film, which ended April 16. This year’s...  

18/04/2011 | Festivals | Italy

Servillo plays over-the-top father in Ciprì’s È stato mio figlio

Shooting starts May 9 in Apulia, in Brindisi, on the first solo directorial effort of Daniele Ciprì (of duo Ciprì and Maresco), È stato il figlio (“It Was My Son”), starring Toni Servillo. The...  

15/04/2011 | Production | Italy

Moretti, Sorrentino in competition, Trinca in L'Apollonide

Nanni Moretti’s We Have a Pope and Paolo Sorrentino’s This Must Be the Place are in competition; Alice Rohrwacher’s debut feature Corpo Celeste in the Directors' Fortnight (whose selection will be...  

15/04/2011 | Cannes 2011 | Italy

Moretti’s Pope suffers from stress

In a Sistine Chapel accidentally left in the dark, the cardinals convened to elect the new Pope trip and sigh nervously. While outside, in Piazza San Pietro, the faithful with candles in hand and...  

14/04/2011 | Films | Italy

Favino, Nigro play hard-nosed cops in A.C.A.B.

An eight-week shoot has kicked off in Rome on A.C.A.B., the cinematic debut of Stefano Sollima, director of the popular TV series Romanzo Criminale. Produced by Cattleya in collaboration with RAI...  

12/04/2011 | Production | Italy

March 2011: Admissions down but three local titles among top five

March continued the downward trend, which began in February (nine million admissions, or 18% less than February 2010), of tickets sold in Italian cinemas. Nevertheless, the results continue to be...  

08/04/2011 | Box Office | Italy

We Believed, Benvenuti al sud lead David di Donatello nominations

It was in a climate of widespread optimism towards Italian cinema (the domestic market share is roughly 40%) that the nominees were announced today for the 55th edition of the country’s top film...  

07/04/2011 | David di Donatello 2011

Argentero and Cortellesi say no to favouritism

Italian comedies are getting more and more topical. Following Massimiliano Bruno’s Nessuno mi può giudicare (“No One Can Judge Me”), on a woman who becomes an escort to support her family...  

06/04/2011 | Films | Italy

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