Costanzo wins in Cape Town and arrives in the US
Private [+see also:
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After a long festival run, Private is now arriving in US cinemas. It is being released today at the Angelika Film Center in New York and on December 2 will also come out in California, in Los Angeles, Pasadena and Irvine. On January 20, it will be released in Miami, Florida. The film, the Locarno 2003 Golden Leopard winner, is being distributed by Typecast. Costanzo has furthermore picked up a 2005 David di Donatello, a Nastro d'Argento and the Silver Spike at the Valladolid Film Festival.
(Translated from Italian)
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