Brizzi returns with a melancholic comedy
The new film by Fausto Brizzi (Night Before the Exams [+see also:
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Numerous, well-known names in Italy will cross paths in the film – which according to the director “will have an ensemble structure, like Love Actually [+see also:
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“The most complicated aspect was working around everyone’s commitments,” added Brizzi (who co-wrote the screenplay with Marco Martani and Massimiliano Bruno). “For example, Vincenzo Salemme will shoot his scenes while editing his film No Problem”.
The cast also features French actors Malik Zidi (“The young actor of the moment,” says Brizzi, ”a French Elio Germano and César winner”) and Cécile Cassel, who will act in Italian and plays a tattoo-covered, adrenalin-charged DJ, wooed by Fabio De Luigi and Alessandro Gassman.
Produced (like Brizzi’s previous films) by Fulvio and Federica Lucisano’s Italian International Film in collaboration with RAI Cinema, Ex is being made on a €8.5m budget, 10% of which comes from French co-producers Paradis Film and Mes Films.
The Italian release by 01 Distribution is set for the day before Valentine’s Day, February 13, 2009.
(Translated from Italian)
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