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01 Distribution’s line-up features a mix of auteur directors and new talent

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- Paolo Del Brocco presents RAI Cinema's traditional line-up, with a mix of genres and films by Igort, Bellocchio, Garrone, Amelio and Salvatores

01 Distribution’s line-up features a mix of auteur directors and new talent
5 è il numero perfetto by Igort

01 Distribution, RAI Cinema's distribution arm, has recorded a market share of more than 12% this season, confirming an average of 10-13% over the last few years. A share that has brought in €70 million in revenue and 10-11 million viewers, who are mainly opting for Italian cinema. "An important fact that suggests, and in some sense requires us, to continue along the same path," comments Paolo Del Brocco, CEO of RAI Cinema, who presented 01's line-up at Torino Film Festival. "A line-up that's once again been built on variety and quality, consisting essentially of films by great directors, talented newcomers and a few selected international titles, which will allow us to converse with various market segments." 

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During its nine years under Del Brocco’s guidance, RAI Cinema has co-produced 530 films, of which only 12% have been comedies. Some of the names that have contributed to the Italian film industry are Sydney Sibilia, Matteo Rovere, Pif, Giancarlo Fontana and Giuseppe Stasi, Valerio Mastandrea, the Manetti Bros – whose next film will be about the famous cartoon character Diabolik – and master of the graphic novel, Igort.

Igort's film, entitled 5 è il numero perfetto (from the eponymous graphic novel), is an Italian, Belgian and French co-production. Starring in this small Neapolitan tale set in 1970s Italy are Toni Servillo, Valeria Golino and Carlo Buccirosso.

"One of the line-up's predominant features is undoubtedly its variety and mixture of genres. Some directors like to play with the rules of pure genre at close range." Modalità aereo [+see also:
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by Fausto Brizzi is a comedy, but also a family drama. Non ci resta che il crimine [+see also:
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by Massimiliano Bruno is a comedy with gangster movie tones, while Vincenzo Alfieri's Gli uomini d’oro [+see also:
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is a metropolitan noir. Leonardo D’Agostini’s The Champion [+see also:
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is a classic coming-of-age story (news) and Fabio Resinaro's Dolceroma [+see also:
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is a pure Italian giallo. The line-up also includes I'm not a Murderer [+see also:
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 by Andrea Zaccariello, a legal thriller based on the novel by Francesco Caringella, and The Great Spirit [+see also:
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by Sergio Rubini, a bitter comedy about friendship.

"And then we also have some directors who like to use the key aspects and languages ​​of genre film." Gabriele Muccino is backwith I migliori anni, Francesca Archibugi, herself a master in conveying feelings, with Vivere [+see also:
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, an intense family drama, and Gabriele Salvatores with a new on-the-road film entitled Volare [+see also:
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, which tells the story of a father and son and touches on the themes of discomfort and disability." 

All of the auteur directors have made choices that curiously unite them. "Marco Bellocchio, Matteo Garrone, Gianni Amelio and Mario Martone have all chosen to focus on true stories, historical figures, real events or universal stories known all over the world in a totally personal way." Which is what Marco Bellocchio has donewith The Traitor [+see also:
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, Matteo Garrone with Pinocchio [+see also:
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, Gianni Amelio with Hammamet and Mario Martone with Capri – Revolution [+see also:
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. And finally, there are a few international titles thrown into the mix, such as Anna [+see also:
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by Luc Besson, The Lost Prince [+see also:
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by Michel Hazanavicius and Beautiful Boy by Felix Van Groeningen.

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(Translated from Italian)

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