Emir Kusturica to film Monica Bellucci in Bosnia-set “Love and War”May 22, 2013 - 14:44 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Italian actress Monica Bellucci is to play the main role in Emir Kusturica’s new movie “Love and War” set in Bosnia, the Serbian director said, according to AFP. “The movie ‘Love and War’ will be filmed from May until the end of June in Trebinje” in southeastern Bosnia, the Sarajevo-born Kusturica, two-time winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes, told journalists. The 48-year-old Italian star is to play the main female role, he said after the two arrived in the northern town Bosnian town of Banja Luka. “Love and War” is planned as a three-part love story about a woman and a man at war, with the latter eventually becoming a monk. Bellucci was later to head to Serbia to be a guest of honour at the sixth Kuestendorf film and music festival, organised by Kusturica. The festival is to be held in Drvengrad, a wooden village he built as a movie set some 250 kilometres (150 miles) southwest of Belgrade. Kusturica, who won the Palme d’Or at Cannes for “When Father Was Away on Business” and “Underground”, said earlier that he would play the main male role in his new movie. Top stories Ara Aivazian said Azerbaijan continues the traditions of Turkey after seizing territories and forced Armenians out. The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. Partner news | Putin congratulates Pashinyan’s birthday Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on his birthday on June 1. Opposition motorcade en route to Gyumri for large rally A motorcade of protesters headed by Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan is heading to the city of Gyumri. Ruling MPs, Foreign Minister talk Armenia-Azerbaijan processes MOs from the ruling Civil Contract party met with the Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in the Armenian parliament. Russia: Armenia’s frozen membership weakens CSTO position in Caucasus A Russian envoy said any step that could alienate the CSTO member states from each other is “deeply wrong”. |