Garibaldi’s Lovers A film by Silvio Soldini

Italy-Switzerland / 2012 / Comedy / Italian/ English Subtitle / 108 min.

/ 2.35:1 / Dolby Digital

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SYNOPSIS

GARIBALDI'S LOVERS presents a fizzy ride through a magical vision of metropolitan Italy, while at the same time casting a critical eye on modern life in the city. Widowed plumber Leo is struggling to deal with the growing pains of his two adolescent children, when his life intersects with penniless artist Diana and her eccentric landlord Amanzio. Through a hilarious series of coincidences, they give each other new hope for their futures - and for the city itself, so emblematic of our times.

FESTIVALS AND AWARDS WINNER – Crystal Bear (Best Film), Swiss Film Prize

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:

Busan International Film Festival Solothurn Film Festival Villerupt Film Festival Festival Cinema Italiano Sao Paulo Italian Film Festival Bastia N.I.C.E. The Italian Film Festival Edinburgh

CREW BIOGRAPHIES

Silvio Soldini - Director Silvio Soldini made PAESAGGIO CON FIGURE, his first medium-length film in 16mm, in 1983. This film and GIULIA IN OTTOBRE were awarded at various national and international festivals. In 1984 Soldini formed his own production company, Monogatari, with his closest collaborators. With VOCI CELATE in 1985, Soldini also began making documentaries. In 1989 he shot his first feature, L'ARIA SERENA DELL'OVEST, which was extremely well received by the public. The film, presented in competition at the Locarno Festival, won the Grolla d'Oro for Best Screenplay at Saint-Vincent, the Grand-Prix at the Annecy Festival, and the Best Actress award for Patrizia Piccinini at La Boule. L'ARIA SERENA DELL'OVEST was invited for screening at numerous international festivals (Montreal, Rotterdam, New Directors New Films, among others). The year 1993 marked the making of UN'ANIMA DIVISA IN DUE, which received the Grolla d’oro for Best Director at Saint-Vincent, and was presented in competition at the Venice Film Festival. At that time, Fabrizio Bentivoglio also won Best Actor for his performance. Soldini directed LE ACROBATE in 1997, selected in competition at the Locarno Festival and the San Francisco

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International Film Festival, and awarded at Rencontres Internationales de Cinéma in Paris. In Saint-Vincent, the film also received the Grolla d'Oro for Valeria Golino. In 2000, Soldini made PANE E TULIPANI / BREAD AND TULIPS, a film that consecrated his rank as an international director. It was a tremendous critical and box office success. Indeed, the film was sold in countries all over the world – from Japan to Australia – with sweeping popularity in Switzerland (the film's grosses placed it an all-time second in the entire history of Swiss cinema), as well as in Germany, Argentina, Brazil and the United States. The film won 9 David di Donatello awards, 5 Nastri d’Argento awards, 9 Ciak d’oro awards, the Premio Flaiano, and received 3 nominations to the European Academy Awards. In 2004, Soldini directed AGATA E LA TEMPESTA / AGATA AND THE STORM with Licia Maglietta and Giuseppe Battiston. After BREAD AND TULIPS, this was a return to comedy, bursting with vivid characters, colors, and an atmosphere and mood that was less fable-like and more surreal. In 2006 he directed BRUCIO NEL VENTO / BURNING IN THE WIND, based on the novel “Ieri” by Agota Kristof, and shot in French Switzerland and the Czech Republic. Presented in competition at the Berlin Festival, the film received eight nominations to the David di Donatello, and won the award for Best Film at the International Festival "Film by the Sea" in Vlissingen, Holland. FILMOGRAPHY

Feature Films

2012 – Garibaldi’s Lovers 2010 – Come Undone 2007 – Days And Clouds 2004 – Agata And The Storm 2002 – Burning In the Wind 2000 – Bread And Tulips 1999 – Rom Tour 1997 – The Acrobates 1993 – A Soul Divided In Two 1990 – The Peaceful Air Of The West

CAST BIOGRAPHIES

Alba Rohrwacher – Diana Alba Caterina Rohrwacher was born in 1980 in Florence, the daughter of a German father and Italian mother. She studied acting at the Centro Sperimentale

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di Cinematografia in Rome. Her first movie role was in 2004 in AN ITALIAN ROMANCE. In 2008 she was awarded the David di Donatello for Best Supporting Actress for her role in DAYS AND CLOUDS directed by Silvio Soldini. In 2009, she again received a David di Donatello (Italian Academy Award) for Best Actress for her performance in Pupi Avati's GIOVANNA’S FATHER. She was also awarded the Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009 for the same film. In the last six years Alba Rohrwacher has become one of the most active, as well as sought, after Italian actresses of her generation. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 2012 – Garibaldi’s Lovers 2012 – Dormant Beauty 2012 – Bliss 2011 – Come Undone 2010 – The Solitude Of Prime Numbers 2009 – I Am Love 2009 – The Man Who Will Come 2008 – Giovanna's Father 2007 – Days And Clouds 2005 – Kiss Me Lorena Valerio Mastandrea – Leo Born on Valentine’s Day in 1972 in Rome, Valerio Mastandrea started out as a philosophy student before becoming an actor. After making his debut in 1993 in the theater, he earned his first film acting role in THIEF (1994 ), a film directed by Piero Natoli. He became known to television audiences for his involvement in the TV episode the Maurizio Costanzo Show. In 1996, his performance in ALL FALL DOWN, directed by Davide Ferrario, won him Best Actor in the Grolla d’Oro Awards (Italian Academy Awards) and in the Locarno Film Festival. While he returned to work in theater, he received astounding recognition with his performance in the musical comedy GARINEI AND GIOVANNINI, based on the interpretation of Rugantino. In 2005 he debuted as a director with the short film TREVIRGOLAOTTANTASETTE, a story that discussed the rising number of the people who died at work in Italy every day. In the same year he played a musician in the film I DO NOT THINK, directed by Gianni Zanasi . In 2010 he played the son of the protagonist Anna, (Stefania Sandrelli) in the movie THE FIRST THING, for which he won Best Actor in the David di Donatello Awards. In the same year he released in Italian cinemas a version of Rob

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Marshall's musical NINE, in which he stared as De Rossi. He also starred in the films THINGS OF THIS WORLD and RUST in 2011. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 2013 – Viva Freedom 2012 – Garibaldi’s Lovers 2012 – Balancing Act 2012 – Piazza Fontana: The Italian Conspiracy 2011 – Things From Another World 2011 – Rust 2011 – Escort In Love 2009 – Nine Claudia Gerini – Teresa

Claudia Gerini, born 18 December 1971 in Rome, is an Italian actress and showgirl. She won the National Competition of Miss Teenager in 1985. She got her first part in a film, LA BALLATA DI EVA, at 14. She subsequently played in CIAO MA, ROBA DA RICCHI and NIGHT CLUB by Sergio Corbucci. At 19 she worked for the popular TV show Non è la Rai, a musical assemble with one hundred girls singing, dancing and gaming. Her first major role was in IL PADRE E IL FIGLIO, directed by Pasquale Pozzessere. She later moved to Paris to learn French for several months, travelling a lot between Italy and France without leaving University. At 22 she returned to Italy and got a role as the protagonist in Angelo e Beatrice, a theatrical work by Francesco Apolloni that was presented on the stage at the Theater Coliseum in Rome. There, director and actor Carlo Verdone noticed her and their encounter produced VIAGGI DI NOZZE and SONO PAZZO DI IRIS BLOND, both of which were Italian box-office successes. Gerini later moved both to Los Angeles and then to Spain to improve her English and Spanish. In Spain she worked in DESAFINADO, by M. G. Pereira, and LA PLAYA DE LOS GALAGOS, by M. Camus. Her latest films include FRANCESCA E NUNZIATA, directed by Lina Wertmuller, and NERO BIFAMILIARE, directed by her partner, singer song-writer Federico Zampaglione. SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 2012 – Garibaldi’s Lovers 2012 – Tulpa 2012 – Love Is In The Air 2011 - Reality

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2009 – Thank Goodness You’re There 2007 – A Dream House Nightmare 2006 - The Unknown Woman 2006 - Secret Journey 2006 – Our Land 2004 – Guardians Of The Clouds 2004 – The Passion Of Christ Giuseppe Battiston - Amanzio

Giuseppe Battiston is a theater and film actor who graduated from the School of

Dramatic Art "Paolo Grassi" in Milan. Soon after, he began his collaboration with

director Silvio Soldini with his first film SOUL SPLIT IN TWO. He went on to be in

Soldini’s film BREAD AND TULIPS, which won him the David di Donatello (Italian

Academy Award) and the Ciak d'oro for Best Actor. Another Silvio Soldini film,

AGATA AND THE STORM, and THE BEAST IN THE HEART OF COMENCINI, directed

by Cristina Comencini, earned him a David di Donatello nomination for Best Actor

and a Silver Ribbon for Best Supporting Actor respectively. He has acted in al of

Silvio Soldinis films since 2004.

SELECTED FILMOGRAPHY 2012 – Garibaldi’s Lovers 2010 – Come Undone 2007 – Days And Clouds 2005 – The Beast In The Heart Of Comencini 2004 – Agata And the Storm 2000 – Bread And Tulips

CREDITS CREW

Director and Scriptwriter Silvio Soldini Producers Lionello Cerri

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Co-producers Elda Guidinetti Andres Pfaeffli

Story and Screenplay Doriana Leondeff Marco Pettenello Silvo Soldini

Photography Ramiro Civita Editing Carlotta Cristiani Music Banda Osiris Set designer Paola Bizzarri Costumes Silva Nebiolo Casting director Jorgelina Depetris

Assistant director Cinzia Castania

Sound Francois Musy Sound editing Gabriel Hafner

Francois Musy

CAST

Teresa Claudia Gerini Diana Alba Rohrwacher Leo Valerio Mastandrea Amanzio Giuseppe Battiston Cinzia Maria Paiato For the first time on screen

Elia Luca Dirodi Maddalena Serena Pinto Fiorenzo Yang Shi Emiliano the detective Michele Maganza