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The kidnapping of Arabella (second feature)

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The kidnapping of Arabella (Il rapimento di Arabella)

The kidnapping of Arabella (Il rapimento di Arabella)

original title:

Il rapimento di Arabella

directed by:

Carolina Cavalli

cast:

Benedetta Porcaroli, Lucrezia Guglielmino, Chris Pine

screenplay:

Carolina Cavalli

editing:

Babak Jalali

producer:

Annamaria Morelli, Antonio Celsi, Massimiliano Orfei, Luisa Borella, Davide Novelli

production:

Elsinore Film, The Apartment, PiperFilm, supported by Ministero della Cultura, with the support of Emilia-Romagna Film Commission, Fondazione Veneto Film Commission

distribution:

PiperFilm [Italy], HBO Europe [Albania], Pictureworks [Bangladesh], Pictureworks [Bhutan], HBO Europe [Bosnia and Herzegovina], Providence Filmes - Pandora [Brazil], HBO Europe [Bulgaria], Oscilloscope [Canada], HBO Europe [Croatia], HBO Europe [Czech Republic], HBO Europe [Hungary], Pictureworks [India], Pictureworks [Maldives], HBO Europe [Moldova], HBO Europe [Montenegro], Pictureworks [Nepal], HBO Europe [North Macedonia], Pictureworks [Pakistan], HBO Europe [Poland], HBO Europe [Romania], HBO Europe [Serbia], HBO Europe [Slovakia], HBO Europe [Slovenia], Pictureworks [Sri Lanka], Mars Film [Turkey], Oscilloscope [United States]

world sales:

PiperPlay [Italy], Charades [France]

country:

Italy

year:

2025

film run:

107'

format:

colour

release date:

04/11/2025

festivals & awards:

The film is about a 28-year-old woman who has always felt uncomfortable in her own skin and disappointed in her life’s trajectory until she meets a little girl named Arabella. Convinced the child is her younger self, she sets out to change her fate.