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Italian Buzz Titles Include Films by Paolo Sorrentino, Luca Guadagnino


Upcoming Italian films include works by Paolo Sorrentino and Luca Guadagnino.

It spans from highly sophisticated new works by maestros such as Paolo Sorrentino and Luca Guadagnino to crassly commercial global megahits like Netflix Italy original “The Tearsmith” and promising fresh fare from Cinema Italiano’s next generation. Main cast comprises Luisa Ranieri, who played the emotionally troubled aunt Patrizia in “The Hand of God,” Gary Oldman and Silvio Orlando, who was Cardinal Voiello in “The Young Pope.” Lead producers are Lorenzo Mieli for Fremantle’s The Apartment Pictures and Anthony Vaccarello for Saint Laurent. “The Tearsmith” This young adult romance based on a turgid Italian best-seller and directed by Alessandro Genovesi shot to number one in April on Netflix’s global non-English language movies chart, an unprecedented feat for an Italian-language film.

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