Perhaps Italians do it better and this is why fellow countryman Francis Ford Coppola will premiere his Romanian-shot Youth Without Youth in an unspecified slot at RomeFilmFest's second edition. The fest runs between Oct. 18-27 and if Coppola decides to preem his film here then that means that the fest has quickly become an important player on the fest circuit.
Featuring the international cast of Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara and Bruno Ganz, this is based on the novella by Romanian author and intellectual Mircea Eliade. This stars Tim Roth as Dominic Matei, an elderly professor whose mysterious rejuvenation heightens his intelligence and whose apparent immortality makes him a target for the Nazis in this World War II-era parable. Becoming a fugitive, he is pursued through far-flung locations including Romania, Switzerland, Malta and India.
