(ANSA) - ROME, APRIL 27 - Leonardo DiCaprio with his AppianWay has acquired the rights to the English-language remake of Another Round, which has just won the Academy Award for Best International Film. The rights to the Danish work Thomas Vinterberg were sold at an auction and the project was in high demand even before he won the last painting at Los Angeles Union Station on the evening of April 25. According to Deadline, what made the difference was the possibility of seeing DiCaprio in a new role, the vulnerable middle-aged man in existential crisis played by MadsMikkelsen. The film will be fully funded by EndeavorContent and Makeready.
Another Giro that also triumphed at the Bafta in the Best Foreign Film category, at the European Film Awards, at the BFI London Film Festival and was welcomed with enthusiasm by critical audiences also at the last Rome Film Festival has also found Italian distribution: #SoloAlCinema will be released at May distributed by Medusa Film and Movies Inspired.
Among the illustrious fans Paolo Sorrentino, who after the Oscar of the other night posted a photo with Vinterberg: "This film is a work of art for me, a great example for cinema. A film that is sincere, courageous and melancholy. own hands all the qualities that a film should have. ", he said. LucaGuadagnino, underlined the importance of the tone of the film, praising the bitter comedy and the serene approach that do not seek the conventions of the drama. Indelible for Guillermodel Toro is the dance scene starring MadsMikkelsen; according to the Mexican filmmaker, the protagonist "is possessed by a spirit, which leads him to dance. The whole film is about having to choose fear or love and life. And in that moment he chooses life.".
The story begins, to become much more, from a bizarre theory: a moderate intoxication and a controlled alcohol level in the veins would open our minds, increasing our creativity and chasing away the dramas of life (ANSA).