UN AMORE DI GIDE
synopsis
In 2000, Danielle Russo – a young writer for the Paris magazine Nouvelle Revue Littéraire – is sent to Taormina to investigate Truman Capote’s stay in the “Pearl of the Ionian Sea” in 1950. The investigation leads her to discover hidden “truths” with the timely help of a local journalist, who in turn is researching a mysterious crime which took place during that period. A group of intellectuals and habitual visitors to Taormina are implicated: André Gide, Truman Capote, Jack Dunphy, Peggy Guggenheim, Jean Cocteau and Jean Marais.
| original title: | Un amore di Gide |
| country: | Italy |
| sales agent: | Adriana Chiesa Enterprises (ACEK) |
| year: | 2008 |
| genre: | fiction |
| directed by: | Diego Ronsisvalle |
| screenplay: | Diego Ronsisvalle |
| cast: | Olivia Magnani, Gigi Angelillo, Guido Caprino, Alessandro Haber, Nicola Di Pinto, Mariano Rigillo |
| cinematography by: | Maurizio Calvesi |
| film editing: | Pietro Lassandro |
| art director: | Andrea Salomon |
| costumes designer: | Sabrina Beretta |
| music: | Carmelo Mafali, Bruno Venturo |
| producer: | Augusto Allegra |
| production: | Lastrada |
| backing: | Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali (MiBAC) |
