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Italy’s Indiana Launches Comedy Movies Strand in Tandem With ‘Quo Vado’ Director Gennaro Nunziante (EXCLUSIVE)
Italy's Vuelta-Owned Indiana Production is launching a unit dedicated to comedies in tandem with 'Quo Vado' director and writer Gennaro Nunziante.
Italy’s Indiana Production – which is part of pan-European studio Vuelta Group – is making a significant move into the comedy space by forging a multi-picture deal and a creative collaboration pact with multihyphenate Gennaro Nunziante who has directed top local hits including “Quo Vado” that is the country’s all-time highest grosser. “We’ve spotted this gap in the Italian market,” said Indiana’s Marco Cohen (pictured, left) who noted that local comedies are either made for TV or anchored to a single comic star who is a big draw, or otherwise tend to be “low grade products that just string together a bunch of cheesy skits,” he said. Both pointed to France as a country that, unlike Italy, is able to consistently churn out a stream of comedies, often ensemble concept movies that are made for theatrical and perform well at the home box office and, in some cases, travel widely, either as originals or remakes.
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