Honor Swinton Byrne (“The Souvenir”) and Greta Bellamacina (“Tell That To The Winter”) are set to star in Jaclyn Bethany’s upcoming feature film “All Five Eyes.”
Co-written by Bethany and Bellamacina, the film tells the story of Marion (Swinton Byrne) and Cecily (Bellamacina) as they care for their disabled younger sister Willa. It is set to shoot in the U.K. in August.
Set in a small English village in 1967, liberated Marion is exploring the new social freedoms enjoyed by women in the late 1960s while conscientious and self-conscious Cecily runs the local girls school and is Willa’s main carer.
“Their differences reach a boiling point over their relationship with Willa, which leads to each sister making their own decision on what it means to have a life worth living,” reads the logline.
The screenplay was informed by Bellamacina’s own experience of caring for a child with autism.
Co-written by Bethany and Bellamacina, the film tells the story of Marion (Swinton Byrne) and Cecily (Bellamacina) as they care for their disabled younger sister Willa. It is set to shoot in the U.K. in August.
Set in a small English village in 1967, liberated Marion is exploring the new social freedoms enjoyed by women in the late 1960s while conscientious and self-conscious Cecily runs the local girls school and is Willa’s main carer.
“Their differences reach a boiling point over their relationship with Willa, which leads to each sister making their own decision on what it means to have a life worth living,” reads the logline.
The screenplay was informed by Bellamacina’s own experience of caring for a child with autism.
- 1/24/2024
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
New Project
Update: The title of Vannuccini’s sequel to “Commedia” has been changed to “Things and Other Things.”
Riccardo Vannuccini has set a sequel to his feature “Commedia.” Titled “Tarzan,” the project will see him again team up with “This England” star Greta Bellamacina, with whom he starred in “Commedia.”
The duo will reprise their roles as Rocco and Irene, this time in a post-industrial landscape. Manolo Cinti is on board as Dp. “Tarzan,” which begins shooting in Italy this November, is co-produced by Artestudio in Rome and Sulk Youth in the U.K.
“Commedia” is set to be released on Prime Video in the U.K. and U.S. this month.
“Our heroes have managed to mysteriously escape from where they were – but where were they?” says Vannuccini. “They are busy doing nothing, making small acts, to leave imaginative traces of their passage, imagined signs of being in the world.
Update: The title of Vannuccini’s sequel to “Commedia” has been changed to “Things and Other Things.”
Riccardo Vannuccini has set a sequel to his feature “Commedia.” Titled “Tarzan,” the project will see him again team up with “This England” star Greta Bellamacina, with whom he starred in “Commedia.”
The duo will reprise their roles as Rocco and Irene, this time in a post-industrial landscape. Manolo Cinti is on board as Dp. “Tarzan,” which begins shooting in Italy this November, is co-produced by Artestudio in Rome and Sulk Youth in the U.K.
“Commedia” is set to be released on Prime Video in the U.K. and U.S. this month.
“Our heroes have managed to mysteriously escape from where they were – but where were they?” says Vannuccini. “They are busy doing nothing, making small acts, to leave imaginative traces of their passage, imagined signs of being in the world.
- 6/20/2023
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
First look images from upcoming U.K./Italian co-production “Commedia” have been released, Variety can exclusively reveal.
Actor and writer Greta Bellamacina, who will next be seen in Sky Atlantic’s “This Sceptred Isle,” plays the lead, Irene.
Helmed by Italian film and theater director Riccardo Vannuccini, “Commedia” will be Vannuccini’s first English-language film and is intended as an homage to renowned Italian filmmaker Marco Ferreri.
Set as a “film within a film,” Vannuccini also co-stars in the feature, playing a director called Rocco Cucovaz who unsuccessfully directs Bellamacina in a variety of scenes, each one descending into chaos until the female actors eventually take over the production.
The film will explore Rocco and Irene’s “intense relationship” starting in the mental institution where they meet and continuing as they dip in and out of madness and sanity, fantasy and reality.
“‘Commedia’ is a harsh comedy which examines the...
Actor and writer Greta Bellamacina, who will next be seen in Sky Atlantic’s “This Sceptred Isle,” plays the lead, Irene.
Helmed by Italian film and theater director Riccardo Vannuccini, “Commedia” will be Vannuccini’s first English-language film and is intended as an homage to renowned Italian filmmaker Marco Ferreri.
Set as a “film within a film,” Vannuccini also co-stars in the feature, playing a director called Rocco Cucovaz who unsuccessfully directs Bellamacina in a variety of scenes, each one descending into chaos until the female actors eventually take over the production.
The film will explore Rocco and Irene’s “intense relationship” starting in the mental institution where they meet and continuing as they dip in and out of madness and sanity, fantasy and reality.
“‘Commedia’ is a harsh comedy which examines the...
- 2/18/2022
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
“This Sceptred Isle” star Greta Bellamacina has been cast as the lead in Italian-u.K. film “Commedia,” produced by Cane Pezzato.
Helmed by Italian film and theater director Riccardo Vannuccini, the feature is intended as an homage to renowned Italian filmmaker Marco Ferreri.
Set as a “film within a film,” Vannuccini also stars in the feature, playing a director called Rocco Cucovaz who unsuccessfully directs Bellamacina in a variety of scenes, with each one descending into chaos until the female actors eventually take over the production.
Manolo Cinti (“Così parlò De Crescenzo”) is the director of cinematography while Thai fashion designer Pim Sukhahuta will design the costumes.
The film is produced by Cane Pezzato. Principle photography commences in Rome on Nov. 2.
Bellamacina is an actor, writer and director. She will soon be seen in Sky Atlantic’s “This Sceptred Isle,” Michael Winterbottom’s series about the Boris Johnson administration in...
Helmed by Italian film and theater director Riccardo Vannuccini, the feature is intended as an homage to renowned Italian filmmaker Marco Ferreri.
Set as a “film within a film,” Vannuccini also stars in the feature, playing a director called Rocco Cucovaz who unsuccessfully directs Bellamacina in a variety of scenes, with each one descending into chaos until the female actors eventually take over the production.
Manolo Cinti (“Così parlò De Crescenzo”) is the director of cinematography while Thai fashion designer Pim Sukhahuta will design the costumes.
The film is produced by Cane Pezzato. Principle photography commences in Rome on Nov. 2.
Bellamacina is an actor, writer and director. She will soon be seen in Sky Atlantic’s “This Sceptred Isle,” Michael Winterbottom’s series about the Boris Johnson administration in...
- 7/30/2021
- by K.J. Yossman
- Variety Film + TV
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