doman, Thierry FremauxGeneral Delegate of the Cannes Film Festival, will illustrate the official selection of Cannes 2023, edition 76. The wait, as always, is great, and as far as Italy is concerned, it obviously has to do with which of our registries will be present at the event scheduled from 16 to 27 May. Below are the predictions of the films between almost sure and in doubt.
Cannes 2023: Italian films in competition, predictions
The sun of the future by Nanni Moretti
The participation of seems almost certain The sun of the future Of Nanni Moretti. For the director it would be the ninth presence in Cannes, where he triumphed with Dear Diary (best director in 1994) and the Son’s room (best film, last Palme d’Or won by Italy). In 2021, despite eleven minutes of applause at Three floorsMoretti returned from the festival empty handed.
At the Festival, Moretti would celebrate an anniversary this year: in fact, 45 years have passed since the presentation of his second film Ecce Bombo.In the meantime The sun of the future will be released at the cinema on April 20, it tells the making of a film set in a circus in the 50s-70s. Next to Moretti, the “usual” play Margherita Buy and Silvio Orlandotogether with Barbora Bobulova and Mathieu Amalric.
Nanni Moretti and Margherita Buy in “Il Sol Dell’Avvenire”. (01 Distribution)
The chimera by Alice Rohrwacher
Another film that we will probably see at Cannes 2023 is The chimera Of Alice Rohrwacherinterpreted by Josh O’Connor – Prince Charles in The Crown 4 who posted a few photos from the film on his Instagram – e Isabella Rossellini. Shot between Lazio and Tuscany, it is the story of an archaeologist involved in an international network of stolen Etruscan artefacts in the 1980s. At the Festival Rohrwacher won Best Screenplay in 2018, with Happy Lazarus.
Matteo Garrone with I captain
Another frequent visitor to the Festival is Matthew Garronewho scored two victories here, with Gomorrah And Reality. Its new I captaincould be ready for the French selection (shooting started in February last year). The film (Rai Cinema and Archimede production, Garrone company founded in 1997) tells the story of the journey of two young people, Seydou and Moussa, who leave Dakar to reach Europe. A sort of Odyssey, today all too seen also in reality, which will see them cross the desert, challenge the sea to land in an Italy that is not too welcoming.
No scene images, but the production designer of the film, Dimitri Capuaniposted on his Instagram beautiful images of location research.
The conversion by Marco Bellocchio
Always ready to arrive at Cannes 2023 is also there The conversion Of Mark Bellocchiowhich would return after passing by Night exterior. This film also tells the story of a historical figure, but much less known. Let’s talk about Edgardo Mortara (played by Enea Sala as a child and by Leonardo Maltese as a boy), a Jewish child who was estranged from his family in 1858 to be brought up as a Catholic in the custody of Pope Pius IX.
“I read the story of this Jewish kid taken away from the family and who later became a Christian and a priest and I found out that Spielberg, after an initial interest, he gave up on making a film out of it,” said the director. “Mine will be a historical reconstruction that will address the mystery of conversion”.
The screenplay is multi-handed: Bellocchio, Stefano Massini e Susanna Nicchiarelli, with the collaboration of Edoardo Albinati, Daniela Ceselli and the historical consultancy of Pina Totaro. They are also in the cast Paolo Pierobon, Barbara Ronchi, Fausto Russo Alesi, Filippo Timi and Fabrizio Gifuni. The filming involved Emilia Romagna, with incursions to Sabbioneta, Mantua and San Benedetto Pothen Rome and Paris.
Lily James. (Edoardo Castaldo/Fremantle)
Saverio Costanzo with Finally dawn
Finally, with Finally dawn, in Cannes 2023 there could also be Xavier Costanzo. Which summarizes the film as a “fairy tale with yellow elements and a Hitchcockian atmosphere, set in the Cinecittà of the 1950s”. In detail, as far as possible, it is the story of a night experienced by an aspiring actress in the 1950s: Josephine Esperantoplayed by Rebecca Antonacirookie.
When the girl goes to Cinecittà for an audition she gets involved in a series of adventures, mingling with the American cast of a film set in ancient Egypt. In the cast there is the surprise of Lily James as Josephine Esperanto a diva who in the Roman nights of the film is aware of being a mediocre actress, no longer suitable for the new cinema. AND Willem Dafoe, an art gallery owner (Rufus Priori).
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