20/11/2003

Freedom, or rather the lack of freedom. This is the theme tackled by one of the two Italian films in competition at the Turin Film Festival: Sulla mia pelle, by Valerio Jalongo, starring Ivan Franek ( Burning in the Wind [+see also:
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"I wanted to make a film about freedom in the existential sense – explains the director – seen as the chance to choose. The film is the story of someone who lives in a double world: semi-free. It’s not a sociological survey, it’s more the adventure of a person with all the contradictions he lives through".

And her strong performance in Angela, Donatella Finocchiaro is back on our screens in a new dramatic role. But she’ll also be turning to comedy in the future: "It was time that I played a comic character", says the Sicilian actress. She’ll soon be appearing in “a comedy by Davide Ferrario, starring Luciana Littizzetto, Neri Marcoré and Dino Abbrescia ( Se devo essere sincera) and I’ll also be performing in a film by Renato De Maria ( Amatemi), where I’ll be starring alongside Isabella Ferrari and Valerio Mastandrea".