Toronto – “Sotto una buona stella” is a film written and directed by Carlo Verdone; and it recently won the Audience Award at the Italian Contemporary Film Festival in Toronto. A jury composed of about 23.000 spectators scattered in 5 cities of Canada (Toronto, Vaughan, Montreal, Quebec, and Hamilton) voted for different movies, the most appreciated of which received the award during the closing night of the only Festival of Italian Cinema in Canada. “Winning this award gives me great satisfaction, especially because it comes from the public abroad,” said Carlo Verdone, who also received the Lifetime Achievement Award. His movie stars Carlo Verdone, Paola Cortellesi, Tea Falco and Lorenzo Richelmy; it was produced by Filmauro di Aurelio e Luigi De Laurentiis; and it crushed the competition of other 34 films, including “La mafia uccide solo d’estate” by Pif, “La migliore offerta” by Giuseppe Tornatore, and “Anni felici” by Daniele Luchetti. (9Colonne)
