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09/10/09
First-time Italo helmer Giuseppe Capotondi, whose Venice competition entry "The Double Hour" unspooled to warm reaction Thursday, reps a rarity in Italian cinema for a couple reasons.
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Variety
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09/09/09
New kids on the block Music Box brought on the noise last year with breakout French success "Tell No One" ($6.2 million), putting the Chicago-based company on the map.
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Variety
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09/07/09
Italo thesp Toni Servillo ("Il Divo") is attached to star in noir "Una Vita tranquilla" (A Tranquil Life) by sophomore helmer Claudio Cupellini for RAI Cinema.
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Variety
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07/20/09
Drastic funding cuts to the arts planned by the Silvio Berlusconi government prompted Italy's film community on Monday to stage a protest in front of parliament with some industryites threatening a Venice Film Festival boycott as the next step.
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Variety
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07/02/09
Servillo will appear in person on July 27 after the screening of "Il Divo" to discuss the film and his career.
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The Hollywood Reporter
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06/29/09
Slumdog Millionaire has added to its Oscars haul by landing another top prize at Italy's Nastri d'Argento (Silver Ribbon) Awards on Saturday.
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The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
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06/27/09
Paolo Sorrentino's lauded look at the life of Giulio Andreotti, the seven-time, mafia-tainted Italo prime-minister, scooped four prizes - thereby gaining some comeupence on rival mafia pic Gomorrah, by Matteo Garrone, which won this year's Silver Ribbon for best film.
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Variety