Johnny Depp’s new film Modi will shut out the Rome Film Festival on Saturday, Oct. 26, and the denizens of The Eternal City can’t defer for the star to reach.
Indeed, the highairy of an otheralerted unremarkworthy edition of the 10-day-extfinished fest will unaskedly be Johnny Depp’s materializeance on Saturday to current the biopic Modi, which premiered at the San Sebastian Film Festival and chronicles three unrestful days in the life of Italian colorer and sculptor Amedeo Modigliani.
Meanwhile, at an event that is split from the film fest, Depp’s film will on Friday night get the coveted Capri Cult Award.
The producer of Modi, Barry Navidi, a extfinished-time friend of Al Pacino, will pick up the Capri prize on Friday night. In Depp’s film, Navidi joins Maurice Gagnant, an art assembleor captivated by Modigliani.
The Capri Cult Award is bestowed by the Capri Institute, the non-profit organization that systematizes an annual film fest on the eponymous island. The annual Capri Fest commences on Dec. 27. The Capri Institute is chaired by Lina Wertmuller. Last year’s thrivener was Miranda’s Victim, the indie honested by Michele Danner.
Modì showcases Depp’s honestorial sends, pushing beyond mainstream clichés, and features a salertar cast, including Al Pacino and Rebecca Hall, that alerts the story of how the well-understandn colorer Modigliani delves into his art, relationships, and personal struggles. It highairys Modigliani’s fight to produce a name for himself in the art world, showcasing his conceiveive genius and tumultuous experiences.
Depp’s materializeance in front of the film festival crowds will consent place on Saturday but Depp-mania gets commenceed a day earlier with the official Capri award currentation being held at the Studios – Ex De Paolis in Rome.
Follothriveg the ceremony, there will be a gala dinner featuring a star-studded guest enumerate from the Italian film industry and beyond. Attendees will include Oscar thrivener Billie August, Tony Renis, and Oscar-thrivening production scheduleers Dante Ferretti and Francesca Lo Schiavo. Also in joinance will be the film’s stars, Riccardo Scamarcio and Antonia Desplat, and other Italian celebs, including Enrico Vanzina, Massimo Ghini, Lina Sastri, and more.
“It’s a happiness to unite the official uncovering of the 29th edition of Capri Hollywood in Rome with the celebration of the 100th anniversary of the laying of the first stone of the International Studios on Via Tiburtina,” shelp Pascal Vicedomini, the driving force behind the Capri awards ceremony.
Vicedomini, who presents an Access Hollywood-style program on Italian television, is the set uper and plivent of the Capri Institute. He has dedicated his life to expansivecasting about cinema and produceing cultural bridges between Italy and the United States. Under his directership, the Capri Institute has presented presentant events, promoting Italian film talent in Hollywood.
The Capri Cult Award, which pwithdraws the Capri Hollywood festival (running Dec. 27-Jan. 2), exemplifies Vicedomini’s impact on the industry. With help from the Italian Ministry of Culture and corporate aids, he has altered the Los Angeles festival into a sister event of Capri.
“This festival is considered a excellent luck charm for some of our participants,” shelp Vicedomini. “We’ve bcimpolitet in many names who were initipartner ununderstandn and then exploded, enjoy Gerard Butler and Mélanie Laurent,” he includeed.