Faye Dunaway, the Oscar winner known for films such as “Bonnie and Clyde,” “Chinatown” and “Network,” has joined the cast of what will be Kevin Spacey’s first film since being accused of sexual assault, “The Man Who Drew God.”
The film’s producer Louis Nero told TheWrap that Dunaway (not pictured above) has joined the cast, which also includes Diego Casale, Stefania Rocca, Robert Davi and Franco Nero, who both stars in and directs “The Man Who Drew God.”
The film, also known under its Italian title, “L’uomo che disegnò Dio,” is the story of a blind artist who can draw portraits just by listening to human voices. According to Nero, Dunaway plays Tasha, an elderly woman with “a pained face but a vivid light in her eyes.” She was formerly the main character’s Braille teacher and becomes something of a mother figure in his life.
Faye Dunaway...
The film’s producer Louis Nero told TheWrap that Dunaway (not pictured above) has joined the cast, which also includes Diego Casale, Stefania Rocca, Robert Davi and Franco Nero, who both stars in and directs “The Man Who Drew God.”
The film, also known under its Italian title, “L’uomo che disegnò Dio,” is the story of a blind artist who can draw portraits just by listening to human voices. According to Nero, Dunaway plays Tasha, an elderly woman with “a pained face but a vivid light in her eyes.” She was formerly the main character’s Braille teacher and becomes something of a mother figure in his life.
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- 7/7/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
Faye Dunaway will appear alongside Kevin Spacey in his controversial new project, “The Man Who Drew God.”
Directed by Italian actor Franco Nero, who also stars, the feature will be Spacey’s first role since 2017, when dozens of accusations of sexual harassment and assault saw the “House of Cards” actor effectively ostracized from Hollywood.
Nero’s wife, the actor Vanessa Redgrave, was originally believed to be appearing in the film, and received social media backlash regarding her starring role alongside Spacey, who has never publicly acknowledged the multiple allegations against him. Shortly after she was linked with the project, Redgrave’s reps issued a statement distancing the actor from the project.
“The Man Who Drew God” producer Louis Nero has confirmed to Variety that Dunaway will be playing the role Redgrave had been rumored to play. “She plays an old Braille teacher who is an old friend of the blind...
Directed by Italian actor Franco Nero, who also stars, the feature will be Spacey’s first role since 2017, when dozens of accusations of sexual harassment and assault saw the “House of Cards” actor effectively ostracized from Hollywood.
Nero’s wife, the actor Vanessa Redgrave, was originally believed to be appearing in the film, and received social media backlash regarding her starring role alongside Spacey, who has never publicly acknowledged the multiple allegations against him. Shortly after she was linked with the project, Redgrave’s reps issued a statement distancing the actor from the project.
“The Man Who Drew God” producer Louis Nero has confirmed to Variety that Dunaway will be playing the role Redgrave had been rumored to play. “She plays an old Braille teacher who is an old friend of the blind...
- 7/7/2021
- by K.J. Yossman and Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
A film we've been following since its 2011 premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, but none of us has seen yet - although it's a film I've been intrigued by and interested in seeing in - is now finally available to USA audiences! Titled The Invader, the film stars Burkinabé actor Issaka Sawadogo and Italian actress Stefania Rocca, as pair who meet, get involved against all expectations, and have an intense but brief love affair, that seemingly ends in tragedy. Vyer Films (www.vyerfilms.com), a new curation-oriented film streaming service, acquired U.S. VOD rights for the stylish, moody, and provocative...
- 8/9/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
A film we've been following since its 2011 premiere at the Venice International Film Festival, but none of us has seen yet - although it's a film I've been intrigued by and interested in seeing in - will now finally be released in the USA! Titled The Invader, the film stars Burkinabé actor Issaka Sawadogo and Italian actress Stefania Rocca, as pair who meet, get involved against all expectations, and have an intense but brief love affair, that seemingly ends in tragedy. I've just been informed by Vyer Films (www.vyerfilms.com), a new curation-oriented film streaming service, that the company has acquired U.S. VOD...
- 7/31/2013
- by Tambay A. Obenson
- ShadowAndAct
The name Issaka Sawadogo may not immediately sound familiar to you, but his face and the last film he starred in, which got lots of pub on this site, probably will, since your reactions to it were mostly, strongly negative. That film was The Invader, which stars Burkinabé actor Issaka Sawadogo and Italian actress Stefania Rocca, as Amadou ("a robust and bold illegal immigrant"), and Agnès ("a married upper-class woman who works in the real-estate and artistic sectors"). The pair meet, get involved against all expectations, and have an intense but brief love affair. When they break up,...
- 12/7/2012
- by Courtney
- ShadowAndAct
Main Competition
Golden Marc.Aurelio for Best Film: "Marfa Girl" by Larry Clark
Best Director Award: Paolo Franchi, "And They Call It Summer" ("E la Chiamano Estate")
Special Jury Prize: "Ali Has Blue Eyes" ("Alì ha gli occhi azzurri") by Claudio Giovannesi
Best Actor Award: Jérémie Elkaïm, "Hand in Hand" ("Main dans la main")
Best Actress Award: Isabella Ferrari, "And They Call It Summer" ("E la Chiamano Estate")
Best Emerging Actor Award: Marilyne Fontaine, "A Child With You" ("Un enfant de toi")
Best Technical Contribution: Arnau Valls Colomer, for the cinematography of "Never Die" ("Mai morire")
Best Screenplay Award: Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue for "The Motel Life"
Cinemaxxi Competition
The International Jury, chaired by Douglas Gordon and composed of Hans Hurch, Ed Lachman, Andrea Lissoni and Emily Jacir, awarded:
CinemaXXI Award (for feature-length films): "Avanti Popolo" by Michael Wahrmann
Special Jury Prize . CinemaXXI (for feature-length films): "Picas...
Golden Marc.Aurelio for Best Film: "Marfa Girl" by Larry Clark
Best Director Award: Paolo Franchi, "And They Call It Summer" ("E la Chiamano Estate")
Special Jury Prize: "Ali Has Blue Eyes" ("Alì ha gli occhi azzurri") by Claudio Giovannesi
Best Actor Award: Jérémie Elkaïm, "Hand in Hand" ("Main dans la main")
Best Actress Award: Isabella Ferrari, "And They Call It Summer" ("E la Chiamano Estate")
Best Emerging Actor Award: Marilyne Fontaine, "A Child With You" ("Un enfant de toi")
Best Technical Contribution: Arnau Valls Colomer, for the cinematography of "Never Die" ("Mai morire")
Best Screenplay Award: Noah Harpster and Micah Fitzerman-Blue for "The Motel Life"
Cinemaxxi Competition
The International Jury, chaired by Douglas Gordon and composed of Hans Hurch, Ed Lachman, Andrea Lissoni and Emily Jacir, awarded:
CinemaXXI Award (for feature-length films): "Avanti Popolo" by Michael Wahrmann
Special Jury Prize . CinemaXXI (for feature-length films): "Picas...
- 11/19/2012
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
A sort of Taxi Driver set within the world of European immigrant culture, Nicolas Provost’s The Invader is one of the most intriguing and seductive films currently on the festival circuit. It premiered in Venice before screening in Toronto (where the below interview was conducted) and now Rotterdam, and it marks the feature debut of Provost (pictured above), a Belgian video and installation artist whose work has always taken as its subject the way cinema orders images into narrative.
The story opens with the camera fixed on the vagina of a beautiful blonde woman, sunbathing nude on a Southern European beach. It pulls back, taking in the scene of vacation frolickers until we spy Amadou (Issaka Sawadogo), an immigrant from Africa literally washing up on shore. After a hallucinatory sequence that sends Amadou from the beach to the city (Brussells), the film proper begins. Amadou is now part of...
The story opens with the camera fixed on the vagina of a beautiful blonde woman, sunbathing nude on a Southern European beach. It pulls back, taking in the scene of vacation frolickers until we spy Amadou (Issaka Sawadogo), an immigrant from Africa literally washing up on shore. After a hallucinatory sequence that sends Amadou from the beach to the city (Brussells), the film proper begins. Amadou is now part of...
- 2/2/2012
- by Scott Macaulay
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Jean-Marc Vallée's Café du Flore Chantal Akerman, Joseph Cedar, Béla Tarr, Nuri Bilge Ceylan: AFI Fest 2011 World Cinema Selections Arirang: Traumatized by a near-fatal accident during filming, director Kim Ki-duk offers a visionary self-portrait of a troubled artist reeling from an emotional breakdown. Dir Kim Ki-duk. South Korea. U.S. Premiere. CAFÉ Du Flore: In his follow-up to C.R.A.Z.Y., Jean Marc Vallée tells two parallel stories connected by music about a Montreal D.J. and a mother devoted to her special-needs son. Dir/Scr Jean-Marc Vallée. Cast Vanessa Paradis, Kevin Parent, Hélène Florent, Evelyne Brochu, Marin Gerrier. Canada. U.S. Premiere. Extraterrestrial: Timecrimes director Nacho Vigalondo’s surprising second feature finds an alien invasion providing the backdrop for one of the most delightful romantic comedies in years. Dir/Scr Nacho Vigalondo. Cast Julian Villagran, Michelle Jenner, Raul Cimas, Carlos Areces, Miguel Noguera. Spain. Faust: Russian Ark director...
- 10/23/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
To celebrate the release of their latest batch of Dario Argento DVDs, Arrow Video and The Associates are teaming up with Dread Central to give two lucky UK readers a triple-threat pack including The Card Player, The Stendhal Syndrome, and Terror at the Opera!
The Card Player (review here)
“A serial killer is on the loose in Rome, kidnapping women and using them as the stake in a series of deadly games of poker played with the police over the internet. If the police win, the victim is set free; if they lose, the victim dies and the police are rewarded with a gruesome video of the murder being committed. When a British tourist becomes involved, disgraced Irish cop John Brennan (Liam Cunningham) is sent to Rome to investigate. There, he teams up with Anna Mari (Stefania Rocca), the no-nonsense Italian detective heading up the investigation. Once they set about tracking down the killer,...
The Card Player (review here)
“A serial killer is on the loose in Rome, kidnapping women and using them as the stake in a series of deadly games of poker played with the police over the internet. If the police win, the victim is set free; if they lose, the victim dies and the police are rewarded with a gruesome video of the murder being committed. When a British tourist becomes involved, disgraced Irish cop John Brennan (Liam Cunningham) is sent to Rome to investigate. There, he teams up with Anna Mari (Stefania Rocca), the no-nonsense Italian detective heading up the investigation. Once they set about tracking down the killer,...
- 3/23/2010
- by Pestilence
- DreadCentral.com
VENICE -- Cristina Comencini's multilayered drama Don't Tell is a refreshingly insightful look at the lingering impact of child abuse, a subject that has been dealt with in all too many trite and exploitive television shows and feature films.
The well-crafted screenplay by Francesca Marciano, Giulia Calenda and Comencini, based on a novel by the director, explores how a brother and sister deal with their grown-up recollections of being abused by their late father.
The film, which screened In Competition at the Venice International Film Festival, goes beyond the fate of Sabina (Giovanna Mezzogiorgno) and Daniele Luigi Lo Cascio) to include their lovers, friends and children.
Powerfully moving but laced with incisive wit, Don't Tell has terrific performances with a wise tone and polished look that should find appreciative audiences well beyond art houses.
There is a Richard Curtis feel to the intertwining relationships although the subject matter is handled with a depth way beyond the shallow waters of Four Weddings and a Funeral or Notting Hill.
Sabina's nightmares begin after she arranges for her father's cremation and while she wants a baby with her genial actor lover Franco (Alessio Boni), the reality of it spins her into an emotional trauma. Seeking answers, she flies to America to see her older brother Daniele, but she quickly sees in his awkward dealings with his own children that he has been traumatized too.
There are searing scenes that leave Sabina with some answers but no resolution and when she returns to Italy, her pregnancy becomes the nucleus of all her fears. Her friends, Emilia (Stefania Rocca), who is gay and blind, and Maria (Angela Finocchiaro), who is divorced and lonely, lend their support and develop an unlikely liaison themselves.
Franco's director (Giuseppe Battiston) also plays an important role as the characters deal with their own failings and strengths, helping each other to find a kind of love that is understanding and forgiving.
The well-crafted screenplay by Francesca Marciano, Giulia Calenda and Comencini, based on a novel by the director, explores how a brother and sister deal with their grown-up recollections of being abused by their late father.
The film, which screened In Competition at the Venice International Film Festival, goes beyond the fate of Sabina (Giovanna Mezzogiorgno) and Daniele Luigi Lo Cascio) to include their lovers, friends and children.
Powerfully moving but laced with incisive wit, Don't Tell has terrific performances with a wise tone and polished look that should find appreciative audiences well beyond art houses.
There is a Richard Curtis feel to the intertwining relationships although the subject matter is handled with a depth way beyond the shallow waters of Four Weddings and a Funeral or Notting Hill.
Sabina's nightmares begin after she arranges for her father's cremation and while she wants a baby with her genial actor lover Franco (Alessio Boni), the reality of it spins her into an emotional trauma. Seeking answers, she flies to America to see her older brother Daniele, but she quickly sees in his awkward dealings with his own children that he has been traumatized too.
There are searing scenes that leave Sabina with some answers but no resolution and when she returns to Italy, her pregnancy becomes the nucleus of all her fears. Her friends, Emilia (Stefania Rocca), who is gay and blind, and Maria (Angela Finocchiaro), who is divorced and lonely, lend their support and develop an unlikely liaison themselves.
Franco's director (Giuseppe Battiston) also plays an important role as the characters deal with their own failings and strengths, helping each other to find a kind of love that is understanding and forgiving.
- 9/10/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
VENICE -- Cristina Comencini's multilayered drama "Don't Tell" is a refreshingly insightful look at the lingering impact of child abuse, a subject that has been dealt with in all too many trite and exploitive television shows and feature films.
The well-crafted screenplay by Francesca Marciano, Giulia Calenda and Comencini, based on a novel by the director, explores how a brother and sister deal with their grown-up recollections of being abused by their late father.
The film, which screened In Competition at the Venice International Film Festival, goes beyond the fate of Sabina (Giovanna Mezzogiorgno) and Daniele Luigi Lo Cascio) to include their lovers, friends and children.
Powerfully moving but laced with incisive wit, "Don't Tell" has terrific performances with a wise tone and polished look that should find appreciative audiences well beyond art houses.
There is a Richard Curtis feel to the intertwining relationships although the subject matter is handled with a depth way beyond the shallow waters of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" or "Notting Hill".
Sabina's nightmares begin after she arranges for her father's cremation and while she wants a baby with her genial actor lover Franco (Alessio Boni), the reality of it spins her into an emotional trauma. Seeking answers, she flies to America to see her older brother Daniele, but she quickly sees in his awkward dealings with his own children that he has been traumatized too.
There are searing scenes that leave Sabina with some answers but no resolution and when she returns to Italy, her pregnancy becomes the nucleus of all her fears. Her friends, Emilia (Stefania Rocca), who is gay and blind, and Maria (Angela Finocchiaro), who is divorced and lonely, lend their support and develop an unlikely liaison themselves.
Franco's director (Giuseppe Battiston) also plays an important role as the characters deal with their own failings and strengths, helping each other a kind of love that is understanding and forgiving.
The well-crafted screenplay by Francesca Marciano, Giulia Calenda and Comencini, based on a novel by the director, explores how a brother and sister deal with their grown-up recollections of being abused by their late father.
The film, which screened In Competition at the Venice International Film Festival, goes beyond the fate of Sabina (Giovanna Mezzogiorgno) and Daniele Luigi Lo Cascio) to include their lovers, friends and children.
Powerfully moving but laced with incisive wit, "Don't Tell" has terrific performances with a wise tone and polished look that should find appreciative audiences well beyond art houses.
There is a Richard Curtis feel to the intertwining relationships although the subject matter is handled with a depth way beyond the shallow waters of "Four Weddings and a Funeral" or "Notting Hill".
Sabina's nightmares begin after she arranges for her father's cremation and while she wants a baby with her genial actor lover Franco (Alessio Boni), the reality of it spins her into an emotional trauma. Seeking answers, she flies to America to see her older brother Daniele, but she quickly sees in his awkward dealings with his own children that he has been traumatized too.
There are searing scenes that leave Sabina with some answers but no resolution and when she returns to Italy, her pregnancy becomes the nucleus of all her fears. Her friends, Emilia (Stefania Rocca), who is gay and blind, and Maria (Angela Finocchiaro), who is divorced and lonely, lend their support and develop an unlikely liaison themselves.
Franco's director (Giuseppe Battiston) also plays an important role as the characters deal with their own failings and strengths, helping each other a kind of love that is understanding and forgiving.
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