see also
original title:
La canarina assassinata
directed by:
cast:
screenplay:
cinematography:
editing:
set design:
costume design:
music:
Bungaro e Aidan Zammit Lupi
producer:
production:
distribution:
country:
Italy
year:
2008
film run:
94'
format:
colour
release date:
26/09/2008
Alberto Ravelli loves his job, which is to produce films. But not quality films. Films that do big at the box office, that people line up to see, even coming to blows over the remaining tickets … But he is not a successful producer. His countless attempts to make it in the jungle of the Italian film industry have all failed. And now Ravelli is presented with one last opportunity: a sure thing. It is a film for young people. The story talks about their loves and their problems. It is a modern version of “Romeo and Juliet”. To get it made, the produce hires a young director who is also desperate for work, plus an executive producer used to coping with very tight budgets and two actors who would pay to work together