(by Francesco Gallo).
Directors Paolo Sorrentino and
Nanni Moretti and singer Rita Pavone are among the guests
expected to attend the 34th Turin Film Festival (TFF), which
opens in the northern Piedmont city on November 18.
Some 158 films will be screened during the nine-day event,
starting with the comedy drama 'Between Us' by Rafael Palacio
Illingworth and ending with the action-thriller 'Free Fire' by
Britain's Ben Wheatley.
The only Italian movie in competition is 'I figli della
notte', the directorial debut of the grandson of renowned
Italian director Vittorio De Sica, Andrea de Sica.
"The film is inspired by my years at secondary school and
several people who have marked by life," De Sica said.
The 15 films in competition with a strong Latin American
presence will be judged by a jury comprising director of
photography Edward Lachman (president); Canadian writer and
director Don McKellar; Mariette Rissenbeek of the German Films
Service; Romanian director Adrian Sitaru and Israeli actress
Hadas Yaron.
The 2016 festival is directed by Emanuela Martini, with
Gabriele Salvatores as guest director.
The Neapolitan filmmaker presents an original section
titled 'Five easy pieces' comprising the five films that made
him realise it would be better to abandon a career as a lawyer.
The section Festa mobile del Festival includes two
not-to-be-missed true-life dramas: 'Sully' by Clint Eastwood and
starring Tom Hanks as the pilot of US Airways flight 1549 who
was forced to make an emergency landing on the Hudson River in
2009; and Free State of Jones by Gary Ross and starring Matthew
McConaughey, which tells the story of the Southern peasant
farmer who rebelled against the Confederate army during the
American Civil War.
This section also includes a documentary by Francesca
Pedroni on La Scala étoile Roberto Bolle, 'Slam - Tutto per una
ragazza' by Andrea Molajoli based on the novel by Nick Hornby,
and 'Nessuno ci può Giudicare' by Steve Della Casa on the 1960s
and Italian rock.
Moretti will present the restored version of his 1989 film
'Palombella Rossa' and there will also be a homage to music
legend David Bowie, who died in January this year.
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