Netflix has ordered a new Italian original series titled “Generation 56K” from Cattleya, the Italian “Gomorrah” producer, backed by the U.K.’s ITV Studios.
The eight-episode show is made in collaboration with The Jackal, a collective of Italian comedians that launched on YouTube more than a decade ago and have since entered the mainstream having made several films and worked with public broadcaster Rai.
The series, which targets thirty-somethings, revolves around a group of teens who in the late aughts were “overwhelmed by the arrival of the internet on the threshold of adolescence,” according to promotional materials. The title refers to the watershed dial-up modem speed of new generation modems in the latter 2000s.
The show focuses on two central characters named Daniel and Matilda who have known each other since adolescence and fell in love as adults. “All episodes in the series intertwine two timelines, two points of view,...
The eight-episode show is made in collaboration with The Jackal, a collective of Italian comedians that launched on YouTube more than a decade ago and have since entered the mainstream having made several films and worked with public broadcaster Rai.
The series, which targets thirty-somethings, revolves around a group of teens who in the late aughts were “overwhelmed by the arrival of the internet on the threshold of adolescence,” according to promotional materials. The title refers to the watershed dial-up modem speed of new generation modems in the latter 2000s.
The show focuses on two central characters named Daniel and Matilda who have known each other since adolescence and fell in love as adults. “All episodes in the series intertwine two timelines, two points of view,...
- 11/10/2020
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Title: Fratelli Unici (Only Siblings) Director: Alessio Maria Federici Starring: Raul Bova, Luca Argentero, Carolina Crescentini, Miriam Leone. A couple of siblings, that is two brothers who have always led the lives of only children, will reconcile happily ever after, through a series of mishaps in a rhythmical Italian comedy. Director Alessio Maria Federici, accomplished in his home country for entertaining movies, delivers a bliss story through a majestic use of the camera and assemblage of the shots in the cutting room. Pietro (Raoul Bova) is an established surgeon who lives in solitude, divorced from Giulia (Carolina Crescentini), and is an absent father of their only daughter Stella (Eleonora Gaggero). [ Read More ]
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- 10/6/2014
- by Chiara Spagnoli Gabardi
- ShockYa
Carlo Verdone’s Under A Lucky Star (Sotto Una Buona Stella) picked up the top prize at the Italian Contemporary Film Festival, where Ambi Pictures’ 2047 – Sights Of Death scored a hat trick.
Verdone’s film, about a successful businessman living in luxury with his young girlfriend, won the People’s Choice Award. On winning the award, Verdone said the reception the film has received around the world thus far has been overwhelming.
“This proves that Under A Lucky Star is an international film that can be understood by audiences of every kind,” he said.
Also at the festival in Toronto, sci-fi action film 2047 – Sights Of Death, distributed by Ambi, received three awards after having its world premiere at the festival.
Lady Monika Bacardi picked up the Best Produer Award, and actors Stepehn Baldwin and Danny Glover earned the Best Actor Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award, respectively. The film is set to premiere in Italy on June...
Verdone’s film, about a successful businessman living in luxury with his young girlfriend, won the People’s Choice Award. On winning the award, Verdone said the reception the film has received around the world thus far has been overwhelming.
“This proves that Under A Lucky Star is an international film that can be understood by audiences of every kind,” he said.
Also at the festival in Toronto, sci-fi action film 2047 – Sights Of Death, distributed by Ambi, received three awards after having its world premiere at the festival.
Lady Monika Bacardi picked up the Best Produer Award, and actors Stepehn Baldwin and Danny Glover earned the Best Actor Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award, respectively. The film is set to premiere in Italy on June...
- 6/24/2014
- ScreenDaily
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