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Peccato

Venice Open – Out of Competition
Director:
Valerio Vestoso
Production:
Be Water Film (Mattia Guerra) with the participation of HBO Max in collaboration with Rai Cinema
Running Time:
180’
Language:
Italian, French
Country:
Italy
Main Cast:
Emanuela Fanelli, Francesca Archibugi, Caterina Balivo, Anna Bonaiuto, Alessandro Borghi, Geppi Cucciari, Massimo De Lorenzo, Fabio Fazio, Sabrina Ferilli, Giovanni Floris, Gabibbo, Paolo Genovese, Martufello, Gigi Marzullo, Valerio Mastandrea, Angela Melillo, Stefania Orlando, Ferzan Özpetek, Malcolm Pagani, Tullio Solenghi, Paolo Virzì, Tommaso Zorzi, and with Paola Cortellesi
Screenplay:
Emanuela Fanelli, Giulio Somazzi, Valerio Vestoso
Cinematographer:
Davide Manca
Editor:
Chiara Proietti
Production Designer:
Cristina Del Zotto
Costume Designer:
Sara Fanelli
Sound:
Silvestro Suppa, Federico Tummolo, Flavio Moro, Luca Mendicino

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synopsis

Peccato is a six-part comedy mockumentary, with episodes of around 25 minutes, set in the near future. An irreverent “what if” that looks back on the tumultuous life and career of Emanuela Fanelli.
It’s 2049. Emanuela Fanelli, now sixty-three, lives in seclusion in a remote village in the Aosta Valley. She no longer acts, and she has long since stopped giving interviews or posing for the celebrity magazines. Then again, they stopped looking for her a long time ago, too: after years away from the public eye, her name has faded into oblivion. But why? What scandal drove her into retirement?

Director’s Statement

From the very moment we began writing this story, it seemed inevitable to us that it should take the daring form of a mockumentary, the only one capable of bringing its irreverence fully to the fore. Throughout the six episodes, different styles, languages, eras and distant worlds alternate, held together by the ambition to make the viewer laugh, disorient them and occasionally instil a doubt as to the authenticity of the story. The story is that of an actress on the decline, overwhelmed by obsessions and resentments, but endowed with an unexpected dignity.

production/distribution

PRODUCTION:
Be Water Film S.r.l. – Mattia Guerra
Via Merulana 247 00185 Rome, Italy 
​E-mail: m.guerra@bewatermedia.it
Web: http://bewaterfilm.it/
Social Media: @bewaterfilm - Instagram, bewaterfilm - Facebook, bewaterfilm - YouTube

ITALIAN DISTRIBUTION:
HBO Max
Via Uberto Visconti di Modrone 11
20122 Milan, Italy
E-mail: wbd_ufficiostampa_italy@discovery.com
Web: http://hbomax.com
Social Media: @hbomaxitalia - Instagram

ITALIAN PRESS OFFICE:
Gianni Galli - The Rumors
Tel: 335 8422890
E-mail: info@therumors.it

Additional Italian press officers:
Chiara Bolognesi - Tel: 339 8578872
Greta De Marsanich – Tel: 320 8626213


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