Michael Mann On Finally Bringing Adam Driver & Penélope Cruz Starrer ‘Ferrari’ To Life: “There Were Numerous Times When I Thought This Was An Impossible Film To Make” — Contenders London

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Michael Mann’s upcoming high-octane sports feature Ferrari has been two decades in the making and speaking at Deadline’s Contenders London event on Saturday, the director admitted there were times he thought his passion project about the life of Enzo Ferrari would never take off.  “There were numerous times when I thought this was an impossible film to make,” said Mann. “And then I would go back and reread the screenplay and what was magical and riveting about it would present itself all over again and I constantly stayed completely committed to it.”  The film, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in August, follows the life of Enzo Ferrari.

It’s set in 1957, when the marriage of Enzo (Adam Driver) and Laura (Penelope Cruz) has begun to fracture as a result of his philandering and the tragic recent death of their young son.

Their unsettled domestic world is on a collision course with his work life as Enzo faces a pair of major turning points: financial pressure to increase productivity, which means going against his long-standing desire to only produce race cars, and preparation for the treacherous cross-country open-road Mille Miglia race.

The film, said Mann, “resonates with the way our lives are.” “Our lives don’t resolve,” he said. “We don’t have dualities and then there’s a typical drama that resolves in the end. [In life] there usually isn’t resolution.