Paolo Sorrentino To Begin Filming New Movie In June
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino (The Great Beauty) is due to start filming a new movie in June, we can reveal.
Set between the picturesque Italian island of Capri and Sorrentino’s city of birth, Naples, the movie will reunite the filmmaker with The Apartment producer Lorenzo Mieli after their collaborations on Oscar nominee The Hand Of God and series The New Pope, The Young Pope and Sei Pezzi Facili.
Script comes from Sorrentino. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but we hear the project will deal with “the human condition”.
Naples and its surrounding area were the setting for the director’s most recent film, 2021 drama The Hand Of God. Contrary to a handful of online reports in the past week, we hear the film won’t be based on myths surrounding The Siren of Parthenope or star Gomorrah actor Giampiero De Concilio.
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