05/04/2012 - Shooting starts April 30 on the new film from the director of Baarìa. The cast includes Geoffrey Rush and Jim Sturgess

Shooting on the new film by Giuseppe Tornatore, The Best Offer, will start in Trieste on April 30. The film, produced by Paco oting Cinematografica with support from the FVG (Friuli Venezia Giulia) Film Fund, will star Oscar-winning Australian actor Geoffrey Rush (The King’s Speech [+see also:
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For Tornatore (Oscar in 1988 for Nuovo Cinema Paradiso) this means a return to Trieste: it was here he shot La sconosciuta [+see also:
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For The BestOffer, the Sicilian director will make use of his historical collaborators: Fabio Zamarion on photography, Maurizio Sabatini on screenwriting and the master Ennio Morricone on music.

(Translated from Italian)