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)

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Credits

Director: Toni Trupia

Script: Michele Placido

Toni Trupia

Cast: Michele Placido

Francesco Scianna

Monica Bîrlădeanu