03/10/2012 - In Edoardo Leo’s second piece of work, the Roman actor plays a womanizer in his thirties who discovers he has a daughter. Producers are Fulvio and Federica Lucisano

Monday, October 1 marked the beginning of shooting for Buongiorno papà (literally ‘hello daddy’) in Rome. The film is Edoardo Leo’s (David di Donatello nomination for best debut director for 18 anni dopo [+see also:
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Starring actor Raoul Bova (photo), will be accompanied by Marco Giallini, Edoardo Leo, Nicole Grimaudo and the young Rosabell Laurenti Sellers, who was most recently seen in Gli equilibristi [+see also:
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The film tells the story of Andrea, a superficial womanizer in his thirties, with a thriving career in a product placement company. His life is a whirlwind of work, fun and one-night stands. This comes to a grinding halt when one day, he walks through the door of his own house to find Layla, a girl who claims to be his daughter, waiting for him. Her ex-rocker grandfather, Andrea’s supposed father-in-law, is with her too. They are there to stay.

Buongiorno papà, to be almost entirely shot in Rome, except for two days in Orvieto, is being produced by Fulvio and Federica Lucisano and will be distributed by Medusa mid-March 2013.

(Translated from Italian)