22/11/2011

Shooting is underway in Trentino for Itaker, a production debut for actor and director Michele Placido (pictured) with his company Goldenart, in collaboration with RaiCinema and Mandragora Movies owned by Romanian director Bobby Paunescu. The film, which is directed as well as produced by the author of Angel of Evil [+see also:
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''The film’s story is true", states Placido, "it was told to me by an old friend, a pizza-maker from the South who lives in Milan and who as a young boy had lived in the shacks of Italian immigrants in Germany together with his father". The main characters include Francesco Scianna, already directed by Placido in Angel of Evil: "My role", explains the handsome Sicilian actor, last seen at the latest Rome Film Festival in L'industriale [+see also:
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In Trentino, Itaker’s crew shot in Val di Non, in Trento and in Rovereto, in the premises of the former tobacco manufacturer. The German scenes, meanwhile, will be shot in certain areas of Bucarest, whose architectural style is reminiscent of 60s Germany. The film, supported by the Trentino Film Commission, will be distributed by Cinecittà Luce in 2012.

(Translated from Italian)