Director Francesca Comencini to Make Personal Film About Her Father, Italian Master Luigi Comencini (EXCLUSIVE)
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentProlific Italian director Francesca Comencini (“Gomorrah,” the series “Django”) is set to make a personal feature film that will pay homage to her father Luigi Comencini, the Italian master who made Oscar-nominated Cinema Italiano classic “Bread, Love and Dreams,” with Gina Lollobrigida and Vittorio De Sica.Francesca’s film, with the working title “First Life, Then Cinema,” is being developed by Kavac Film, the Rome-based shingle of veteran Italian auteur Marco Bellocchio. Bellocchio is being honored in Cannes with a Lifetime Achievement honorary Palme d’Or on July 17.Bellocchio’s partner in Kavac, producer Simone Gattoni, will be shopping the Comencini project in Cannes.