#32. Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi’s A Castle in Italy
Gist: An actress of charm and intelligence, Bruni-Tedeschi (Un couple parfait, Rien a faire, 5×2, The Milk of Human Kindness) has directed 2 films previously, 2003’s It’s Easier For a Camel… and 2007’s Actresses. Her latest effort focuses on an upper-class Italian family that fall apart after they are forced to sell their family home: “This is the story of a woman who meets a man and allows herself to dream again. This is also the story of her sickly brother and their mother. It is the story of a destiny – that of a large family from the Italian industrial bourgeoisie.”
Prediction: Starring the type of folk you want to see on the Croisette in Louis Garrel and Xavier Beauvois, Bruni-Tedeschi (who stars in the film herself) has been at the festival at least seven previous times in the past accompanying a film as an actress, and of course, she was there in 2007 with the triple functions for Actresses which was included in the Un Certain Regard category. We think she’ll be in the same section again this time out.
