RAI Cinema Bolsters New World Sales Unit in Cannes With 4 Titles, Including Toni Servillo-Starrer ‘The Blunder’ (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNick Vivarelli International Correspondent Italian state broadcaster RAI’s new world sales arm is gaining traction in Cannes — following its soft launch in Berlin — with four new titles on its slate, including veteran auteur Roberto Andò’s historical drama “The Blunder” starring Toni Servillo (“The Great Beauty”).
In “The Blunder,” which is currently shooting in Sicily, Servillo plays a Sicilian colonel at the head of a ragtag unit trying to outsmart the enemy during the 1860 battle led by Giuseppe Garibaldi that resulted in the unification of Italy (see first-look image, above). “The Blunder,” which also stars popular Sicilian comic duo Salvatore Ficarra and Valentino Picone, is produced by Tramp Limited and Bibi Film with RAI Cinema and Medusa, in collaboration with Netflix.
Other titles added during Cannes on the RAI Cinema International Distribution slate include – as previously announced – “Of Dogs and Men,” the upcoming drama by Israeli director Dani Rosenberg (“The Death of Cinema and My Father Too”) set and filmed in the wake of the Oct.
7 Hamas attack. The film follows 16-year-old Dar, who is returning to her kibbutz to look for her dog which was lost during the terror spree. “Of Dogs and Men” is an international co-production between Donatella Palermo’s Stemal Entertainment with RAI Cinema, AR Content, and Laila Films.
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