(ANSA) - ROME, SEPTEMBER 14 - The Colibrì by Francesca Archibug will be the opening film of the seventeenth edition of the Rome Film Festival which will take place from 13 to 23 October 2022 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica.
Based on the novel of the same name by Sandro Veronesi, winner of the Premio Strega 2020, published by La Nave di Teseo, the film with a choral cast sees Pierfrancesco Favino protagonist in the role of Marco Carrera, "the Hummingbird", whose existence is crossed by fatal coincidences, losses and absolute loves.
The story proceeds according to the force of memories, from one era to another, in a liquid time that goes from the early 1970s to the near future.
The Hummingbird is the story of the ancestral force of life, of the strenuous struggle to resist what sometimes seems unsustainable, also thanks to the powerful weapons of
This was announced by the Artistic Director Paola Malanga, in agreement with Gian Luca Farinelli, President of the Cinema Foundation for Rome, and Francesca Via, General Director.
Written by Laura Paolucci, Francesco Piccolo and FrancescaArchibugi, it is produced by Domenico Procacci for Fandango with RaiCinema, Les Films des Tournelles - Orange Studio and will be distributed by 01 Distribution.
In the cast Kasia Smutniak, Bérénice Bejo, Laura Morante and among others Sergio Albelli, Benedetta Porcaroli, Massimo Ceccherini, Alessandro Tedeschi, Fotiní Peluso, Francesco Centorame, Pietro Ragusa, ValeriaCavalli and with Nanni Moretti.
The credits of the film, whose soundtrack is signed by Battista Lena, host an unpublished song by Sergio Endrigo and Riccardo Sinigallia entitled "Caroamore distant" that Claudia Endrigo, daughter of the great songwriter, wanted to entrust solely to the voice of MarcoMengoni.
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