An international debut with all the trimmings is on the cards for The Rhine Gold [+lire aussi :
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Written by Federico Montevecchi, Lorenzo Pullega and Roberto Romagnoli, The Rhine Gold is a story about stories which unfold around a river: Italy's Reno. The mission of travelling and listening to tales set between the past and the present along the banks of the waterway falls to a director who’s been tasked by a strange local group to make a documentary. He sets off from the source to the river’s mouth, gathering notes and impressions. Little by little, this little trip around the river of his childhood turns into a dreamlike journey which is far vaster in people’s tales, where losing yourself can also mean finding yourself.

The cast is composed of Rebecca Antonaci (Finally Dawn [+lire aussi :
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The film’s photography is curated by Alessandro Veridiani, while editing is by Ilaria Cimmino, set design falls to Miriam Scurato and Gianpietro Huber, costumes to Eva Arellano Martin, sound to Alberto Fontana, and music to Marco Pedrazzi.

Having graduated in 1991, Lorenzo Pullega previously worked as an assistant director to the Manetti bros. on the hit TV series Inspector Coliandro, before specialising in location management in subsequent seasons of the series. He has also collaborated on national and international productions, including Netflix series Master of None, films After the War [+lire aussi :
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interview : Stefano Cipani
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