Oscar winner Paolo Sorrentino to direct Silvio Berlusconi dramaSeptember 6, 2016 - 14:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Oscar-winning Italian director Paolo Sorrentino (“The Great Beauty”) will next direct a drama about Silvio Berlusconi and the former Italian prime minister’s inner circle, Variety said. The film is working-titled “Loro,” according to a reliable source. That translates in Italian as “Them.” The title also involves some wordplay, given the assonance with another word, “L’oro,” which in Italian means gold. Sorrentino is writing the screenplay for the Italian-language film which could start shooting as early as summer 2017, given that he known to be a rapid screenwriter. “Loro” will follow Sorrentino’s recently completed 10-part English-language TV series “The Young Pope,” starring Jude Law, which premiered positively Saturday, September 3 at the 73rd Venice Film Festival. The prolific director has already made several features involving powerful men who are lonely at the top, including “Il Divo,” about Giulio Andreotti, Italy’s late former seven-time premier, who was a symbol of postwar Italy. Berlusconi, who turns 80 this month, is believed to be preparing to exit Italy’s political arena after more than two decades in the spotlight during which he served four times as prime minister and defined an era in the country’s life. He had open heart surgery in July and in August sold his A.C. Milan soccer team, a symbol of his success, to a Chinese consortium. “Loro” is expected to be a depiction of Berlusconi’s world, but not a scathing sterile criticism. Indigo Films, the company that has made all of Sorrentino’s movies to date, is expected to produce the film. But Silvio Berlusconi-controlled Medusa, which has co-financed his most recent works, including “The Great Beauty” and “Youth,” is instead highly unlikely to be involved in this one. Berlusconi has previously been fodder for several Italian pictures, most notably Nanni Moretti’s 2006 “The Caiman,” about a washed-up B-movie director hired to make a Berlusconi satire. Photo: Getty Images Top stories 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”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | India wants Armenia’s proposals on use of Chabahar port India is expecting proposals from Armenia regarding the use of Chabahar port in Iran, Indian ambassador says. EU welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan “progress” The EU has welcomed “progress” made in the framework of the Armenia-Azerbaijan border delimitation process. Belarus opposition leader slams Lukashenko for Karabakh trip Belarusian opposition politician Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has harshly criticized the visit of Lukashenko to Karabakh. Mkhitaryan raises arrest of former Karabakh leaders in Azerbaijan Inter Milan star Henrikh Mkhitaryan has shared a news story about the extension of the arrest of former Karabakh leaders. |