Re: tell us about the last Film you saw.
Last night I went to see Paolo Sorrentino's new film "Family Friend" as a part of Italian Film Festival. The film was re-edited after showing Cannes in May, but they haven't managed to transfer to 35mm yet, this screening was done by Betamax video format.
Later my friend who works at the cinema said to me that there's some argument with the distributer and the screening arrangement.
Sorrentino seemed really tired and I missed the opportunity to ask his autograph...I'm bit unlucky with Italian directors. I still regret not make an effort to meet Fellini in 91 in Tokyo and I was very close to Francesco Rosi last year, but decided not to bother him
It's a similar mode of Sorrentino's previous film "Consequences of Love". Geremia, a middle-aged loan shark who is infatuated with Rosalba who happens to be one of his borrowers' daughter.
After screenig we had a Q&A session with the director. One of the snippets of the film is that Giacomo Rizzo who plays Geremia was very anxious to distingush between the character and himself, at one point Sorrentino was given a gold bracelet by him. What a generous guy.
Sorrentino also said that it took time to convince Laura Chiatti who plays Rosalba to accept the role.
I highly recommend "Consequences of Love" if you haven't watched it yet.
"Family Friend" will be released in April 2007 in UK.