Carlo Brancaleoni e le produzioni di Rai Cinema a Toronto 39

Intervista di Mariangiola Castrovilli a Carlo Brancaleoni, Dirigente Produzione Film di Esordio e Sperimentali di Rai Cinema che si sofferma sulle opere italiane prodotte dalla Rai e presenti al 39° Toronto International Film Festival come “Hungry Hearts” di Saverio Costanzo che, alla 71° Mostra cinematografica di Venezia da poco conclusa, è stata assegnata la Coppa Volpi per la migliore interpretazione sia maschile che femminile ai protagonisti del film Adam Driver e Alba Rohrwacher. Tra le altre pellicole “Black Souls” (Anime Nere) di Francesco Munzi e “Leopardi” (Il giovane favoloso) di Mario Martone. Carlo Brancaleoni segnala anche “Senza Nessuna Pietà” di Michele Alhaique interpretato da Pierfrancesco Favino, lungometraggio che sta calamitando attenzioni di carattere internazionale.

– – SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS – ITALY – SAVERIO COSTANZO – “Hungry Hearts”

A young married couple in New York City engages in a fateful struggle over the life of their newborn child, in this eerie, claustrophobic suspense drama from Italian director Saverio Costanzo (Private, In Memory of Me, The Solitude of Prime Numbers).

Director: Saverio Costanzo. Country: Italy. Year: 2014. Language: English. Premiere Status: International Premiere. Runtime: 109 minutes. Executive Producer: Louis Tisné, Riccardo Neri, Olivia Sleiter, Chris Marsh. Producer: Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli. Production Company: Wildside, Rai Cinema. Principal Cast: Adam Driver, Alba Rohrwacher, Roberta Maxwell. Screenplay: Saverio Costanzo. Source Author: Marco Franzoso. Cinematographer: Fabio Cianchetti. Editor: Francesca Calvelli. Sound: Nikolas Zasimczuk. Music: Nicola Piovani. Production Designer: Amy Williams.

– – CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA – ITALY – FRANCESCO MUNZI – “Black Souls” (Anime Nere)

A former narcotics trafficker now living peaceably in the Calabrian hills is drawn back into his family’s drug-trade dynasty by his impetuous teenage son, in this darkly elegant gangster drama.

Director: Francesco Munzi. Country: Italy. Orig. Work Title: Anime Nere. Year: 2014. Language: Italian. Premiere Status: International Premiere. Runtime: 103 minutes. Producer: Olivia Musini, Luigi Musini. Production Company: Cinemaundici, Babe Films, Rai Cinema. Principal Cast: Marco Leonardi, Peppino Mazzotta, Fabrizio Ferracane, Anna Ferruzzo, Giuseppe Fumo, Stefano Priolo, Vito Facciolla, Cosimo Spagnolo, Barbora Bobulova. Screenplay: Francesco Munzi, Fabrizio Ruggirello, Maurizio Braucci. Source Author: Gioacchino Criaco. Cinematographer: Vladan Radovic. Editor: Cristiano Travaglioli. Sound: Stefano Campus. Music: Giuliano Taviani. Production Designer: Luca Servino.

– – CONTEMPORARY WORLD CINEMA – ITALY – MARIO MARTONE – “Leopardi” (Il giovane favoloso)

A luminously beautiful biopic of the celebrated eighteenth-century Italian poet, essayist and philosopher Giacomo Leopardi, who created immortal verse whilst struggling with a debilitating illness.

Director: Mario Martone. Country: Italy. Year: 2014. Language: Italian. Premiere Status: International Premiere. Runtime: 137 minutes. Executive Producer: Patrizia Massa. Producer: Carlo Degli Esposti, Patrizia Massa, Nicola Serra. Production Company: Palomar S.p.A., Rai Cinema S.p.A. Principal Cast: Elio Germano, Michele Riondino, Massimo Popolizio, Anna Mouglalis. Screenplay: Mario Martone, Ippolita Di Majo Cinematographer: Renato Berta. Editor: Jacopo Quadri. Music: Sascha Ring, Gioacchino Rossini. Production Designer: Giancarlo Muselli.

– – DISCOVERY – ITALY – MICHELE ALHAIQUE – 93 – “Senza Nessuna Pietà”

A loyal Mafia enforcer becomes a hunted man when he protects a beautiful young escort from his boss’ sadistic son.

Director: Michele Alhaique. Country: Italy. Year: 2014. Language: Italian. Runtime: 93 minutes. Producer: Maurizio Piazza, Alexandra Rossi, Pierfrancesco Favino. Production Company: Lungta Film. Principal Cast: Greta Scarano, Pierfrancesco Favino. Screenplay: Andrea Garello, Emanuele Scaringi, Michele Alhaique. Cinematographer: Ivan Casalgrandi. Editor: Tommaso Gallone. Sound: Alessandro Bianchi. Music: Pierre-Alexandre (YUKSEK) Busson, Luca Novelli. Production Designer: Mariano Tufano, Sonia Peng.