Filming begins on Naples-New York of Salvatores with Favino

(ANSA) - ROME, JUNE 06 - Filming begins on Naples - NewYork, the new film directed by Oscar-winning director Gabriele Salvatores, based on an unpublished story by Federico Fellini and Tullio Pinelli. Pierfrancesco Favino has been entrusted with the role of the purser who will help two children on an epic journey from one side of the Atlantic to the other, played by Dea Lanzaro and Antonio Guerra. The cast also counts on the presence of Anna Ammirati, Anna Lucia Pierro with the participation ofOmar Benson Miller, Tomas Arana, Antonio Catania.
Twelve weeks of filming are planned between Naples, Trieste, Rijeka and the Cinecittà studios. The photography is by DiegoIndraccolo, the set design by Rita Rabassini, the costumes by Patrizia Chericoni, the music by Federico De Robertis, the editing by Julien Panzarasa, the casting by Francesco Vedovati, Anna Pennella and Julie Schubert and the Visual Effects Supervision by Victor Perez.
apoli - New York was produced by Isabella Cocuzza and Arturo Paglia for Paco Cinematografica with Rai Cinema, with the contribution ofFVG Film Commission - PromoTurismoFVG. The film will be distributed by 01Distribution.
In the immediate post-war period, among the rubble of a Naples bent by poverty, the little Carmine and Celestina try to survive as they can, helping each other. One night, they embark as illegal immigrants on a ship bound for New York to go and live with Celestina's sister who emigrated years before.
The two children join the many Italian emigrants seeking their fortune in America and land in an unknown metropolis, which after numerous vicissitudes, they will learn to call home.
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