Fandango Takes Sales on Andrea Segre’s ‘The Great Ambition,’ Starring Elio Germano as Italian Communist Party Leader Enrico Berlinguer (Exclusive)
Italy’s Fandango Film Sales has taken world rights outside Italy on Andrea Segre’s “The Great Ambition,” a biopic of late Italian political leader Enrico Berlinguer, who during the 1970s was secretary of Western Europe’s largest Communist Party.
The film, which is lead-produced by Rome-based indie Vivo film has been set as the Rome Film Festival opener, as previously announced.
Elio Germano, who won the actor top honors in Cannes with Daniele Luchetti’s “Our Life,” plays Berlinguer, who led the Italian Communist Party (Pci) from 1972 until his death in 1984. Berlinguer nearly brought the Pci to power in the Italian parliamentary elections of 1976.
Germano is currently at Venice Film Festival with the Mafia drama “Sicilian Letters.” Segre was last at Venice with the 2021 drama “Welcome Venice,” which played in Venice Days.
“When a way forward seems impossible to everyone, do you have to stop? Enrico Berlinguer did not,...
The film, which is lead-produced by Rome-based indie Vivo film has been set as the Rome Film Festival opener, as previously announced.
Elio Germano, who won the actor top honors in Cannes with Daniele Luchetti’s “Our Life,” plays Berlinguer, who led the Italian Communist Party (Pci) from 1972 until his death in 1984. Berlinguer nearly brought the Pci to power in the Italian parliamentary elections of 1976.
Germano is currently at Venice Film Festival with the Mafia drama “Sicilian Letters.” Segre was last at Venice with the 2021 drama “Welcome Venice,” which played in Venice Days.
“When a way forward seems impossible to everyone, do you have to stop? Enrico Berlinguer did not,...
- 9/5/2024
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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