Filming begins in Turin for Le ultime cose
- The debut piece by Irene Dionisio is being produced by Tempesta with Rai Cinema in co-production with Switzerland (Amka Films) and France (Ad Vitam); Fabrizio Falco stars in the film
Filming has started in Turin for Le ultime cose [+see also:
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“One day, around the same time I entered into discussions over my first film with Tempesta, I walked into the Banco dei Pegni and was struck by how meaningful and lively this ‘debt office’ was”, said the director. “I spent a long time exploring the impact of financial pressure on people’s lives. The Banco dei Pegni became a place of observation for me for several months. Through dialogue, the relationships people have with objects and individual stories, I wanted to paint a tragic yet grotesque picture. I hope I have succeeded in my film in making this place into a metaphor for a society built on the eternal conflict between the debtor and creditor”.
Le ultime cose, which will be shot over five weeks entirely in Toronto, is a co-production with Switzerland (Amka Films Productions) and France (Ad Vitam), and has received financial support from the Film Commission Torino Piemonte and the Italian Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. The cinematography is being taken care of by Caroline Champetier (who works with Dolloin, Rivette and Godard on a regular basis).
“We got in touch with Irene Dionisio after seeing her documentary short La fabbrica è piena and there was an immediate understanding between us that we wanted to work together to recount the present”, said the producer Carlo Cresto-Dina. “Le ultime cose is another Tempesta film, which was born from in-depth research on the ground, fifteen re-writes of the screenplay, and a casting and coaching process which went on for months”. Memorable Tempesta productions include Alice Rohrwacher’s two films Corpo Celeste [+see also:
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(Translated from Italian)
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