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Fremantle’s ‘Queer’ Producer the Apartment Sets Carolina Cavalli’s Next Project Under New CEO Annamaria Morelli (EXCLUSIVE)
'Amanda' Director Carolina Cavalli is set to direct 'The Kidnapping of Arabella' as Annamaria Morelli takes reins at Fremantle's The Apartment.
Similarly to “Amanda” – an absurdist arrested development comedy that traveled widely and garnered critical praise – “The Kidnapping of Arabella” will see Porcaroli play a young female misfit named Holly who “is convinced that she is the wrong version of herself until she meets a 7-year-old girl who makes her change her mind,” according to the film’s provided synopsis. Morelli also underlined the strategic significance for her being part of Fremantle, the broad-shouldered subsidiary of German media giant RTL Group that under the leadership of COO Andrea Scrosati has assembled a galaxy of independently operated top indies around the world including Ireland’s Element Pictures (“Poor Things”), the U.K.’s Dancing Ledge (“The Responder”) and Denmark’s Miso Film (“The Investigation”). Morelli said that The Apartment is keen on doing co-prods with other Italian labels such as Italy’s Indigo Film, with whom they are currently in production on veteran auteur Mario Martone’s “Fuori,” a biopic of feminist writer Goliarda Sapienza – best known for posthumously published erotic novel “The Art of Joy” – starring Valeria Golino and Matilda De Angelis (“Citadel: Diana”).
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