Filming of “The cure“, the new film directed by Eleonora Grilli and produced by P1production by Patrizia Alagna, who gives Monday 1st to Sunday 12 August they interested Naples and then moved from Tuesday 16 to Thursday 25 August in the countryside around Orvieto. The distribution of the film in cinemas is expected by the beginning of 2023. Before leaving Umbria, in the villa of Torre Collevento there was time for a convivial dinner based on local products, washed down with wines from the nearby estate ” Le Velette “, a member cellar of the Etruscan-Roman Wine Route.
“My Umbrian origins – reiterated the director, Eleonora Grilli – they guided me in choosing Orvieto as a second location. It is a city that I have always appreciated because it manages to support nature, culture and spirituality. The volcanic eruption that formed the tuff cliff is a symbolic reminder for the film. The feelings of the characters, muffled by the urban noise, here are free to flow like rivers of lava. Furthermore, the vast cultural tradition has prompted me personally and the actors to rediscover links with the past and to perceive something new within us “.
Synopsis in hand, “La Cura” tells the story of Lola Blue, an established Neapolitan cabaret artist, to whom Cinzia Mabel Cordella lends her face. The disorder in which she lives swallows her slowly and for her a holistic path is necessary, according to New Age precepts, in a farmhouse surrounded by greenery, near Orvieto. The first few days will be tough to deal with. The skeletons of the past will in fact resurface from the closet in which they were crammed. And, just when the protagonist seems to have found her stability and her love, she will be called back to Campania for her consecration on the stage.
Alongside the protagonist, the cast also includes Alessio Sica in the role of Karl, Errico Liguori in that of Ravi, Ornella Varchetta in the role of Cecilia and again Monica Carpanese (Emma), Alfie Nze (Leon), Syama Ryaner (Debbie) and Salvatore Catanese (Giulio). Two cameos. That of the Roman actor Kaspar Capparoni, historical face of “Il Commissario Rex” and one of the protagonists of the TV series “Capri” and “Le Tre Rose di Eva”, also shot in part among the rows of Canale, and Gianfranco Gallo, appreciated in “Gomorrah” and “Return to Crime”. Project and financial manager, Sonia Giacometti.
In all, about forty people involved at the local level. “We thank the production and the director – says the mayor and councilor for Culture and Tourism, Roberta Tardani – for having chosen Umbria and Orvieto as a location. Our city is confirmed as attractive for film productions, not only as a natural set, for the beauties it can offer, but also for the hospitality and facilities developed over the years. Those who arrive here know they will find assistance on the hospitality front, flexibility in making beautiful places available and reductions on the tourist tax.
A small big investment that guarantees returns in terms of economic and promotional activities“. This is the case with”Carla“- the TV film with Alessandra Mastronardi dedicated to the dance star Carla Fracci, directed by Emanuele Imbucci, co-produced by Rai Fiction and Anele and distributed by QMI – whose shooting took place between February and March 2021 also in Orvieto and which Tuesday 23 August flew to Serbia at the Belgrade Dance Festival. And still de “The Prince of Rome“, personified by Marco Giallini, shot eight months later on the Rupe by Edoardo Falcone and expected in cinemas by Thursday 3 November.
The shooting of the film “La Cura” was completed. It will hit theaters in early 2023