| PRODUCTION: Itaker Begins Shooting in Romania |
| 21 November 2011 | By Iulia Blaga |
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BUCHAREST: Toni Trupia's film Itaker, which began filming in Italy on 7 November 2011, moved to Romania in 21 November 21, for the final three weeks of shooting. The story follows a boy who leaves the Northern Italy in
the 1960's to look for his father in Germany, at a time of largescale Italian
imigration to Germany. The film is produced by Michele Placido and Bobby
Păunescu, through their companies, the Italian Golden Art and Mandragora Movies
(site under construction). The Italians are covering 70% of the budget, and the
Romanians are covering the remaining 30%, Păunescu told FNE. The budget is slightly over 2 million euro. About half of
it will be spent in Romania, Păunescu told FNE. He added that getting involved
in this project was natural for him, since the theme of immigration highlights
his first feature as a director, Francesca. Placido and Trupia wrote the script, Arnaldo Catinari is the DOP and the main characters are played by Michele Placido, Francesco Scianna and Monica Bîrlădeanu. Postproduction will take place in Italy, and the premiere is set for fall 2012.
Production Information Goldenart Production s.r.l. Via degli Artisti 23, 00187, Roma, Italy Phone/Fax: +39 06 64 82 41 48 Mandragora Movies 8, A.P. Cehov street Sector 1, Bucureşti, Romania Phone: +40.31.620.3503 Fax:
+40.21.315.1000 www.mandragoramovies.ro (under construction) Gilda Conon, Managing Director: gilda.conon@mandragora.ro
Credits Director: Toni Trupia Script: Michele
Placido Toni Trupia Cast: Michele
Placido Francesco Scianna Monica Bîrlădeanu
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