25 August 2015 – “Caffè” is the first official co-production in the film industry between Italy and China, after the signing of the recent treaty. The director, Cristiano Bortone, is currently shooting in Bolzano and will then continue in Belgium and China, including Beijing and the picturesque area of Yunnan. The film is produced by Orisa Produzioni with Rai Cinema, Savage Movies, Road Pictures and China Blue and production will remain in Alto Adigr until the end of the month. After years of studying the language and culture of China (and teaching screenwriting and production of the Beijing Film Academy since 2013), Bortone co-produces a three-story movie, all linked by the common element of coffee. Sommeliers say that coffee has three flavors: bitter, sour and fragrant. And these three tones inspired the stories of this film, which tells three stories set in three parts of the world very far from each other, three fates that intertwine… (Red)