Aug. 1 – “La Grande Bellezza” by Paolo Sorrentino, “L’Intrepido” by Gianni Amelio, and “Anni Felici ” by Daniele Luchetti will participate in this year’s edition of the Toronto International Film Festival, to be held in Canada September 5-15. Luchetti’s film – played by Kim Rossi Stuart and Micaela Ramazzotti – will have its world premiere at the festival three years after the hit film – “La Nostra Vita” – which saw Elio Germano win Best Actor at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. Sorrentino is running with a film starring Toni Servillo, Carlo Verdone and Sabrina Ferilli, produced by Indigo Film in collaboration with Medusa Film, that has been the Italian movie phenomenon of the last two months. “The great beauty” is made €6,097,733 after just six weeks in cinemas. The film has already been sold in twenty countries – Germany, Australia, England, Portugal, Greece, Brazil, Israel, Canada, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, New Zealand, Bulgaria, Romania, Norway, Denmark, Poland, Japan, Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic – and it arrives in Toronto after an extraordinary box-office success and an amazing reception from critics around the world. Finally, in the Special Presentations section, which showcases films by great authors, “L’Intrepido” by Gianni Amelio, will have its North American premiere, starring Antonio Albanian.
