About a week ago, I saw June release listing for Francis Ford Coppola‘s next film and what this listing confirmed was that a.) a Cannes Film Festival debut appears likely, and b.) Coppola appears to be choosing the DIY route?! I think Coppola going the DIY route in terms of domestic distribution might have to do with the lessons learned with his last feature — a dismal perf at the box office with Youth Without Youth (a less than a quarter million dollar cull with Sony Pictures Classics). There is also the fact that this might be a project closer to his heart – it is his first screenplay since The Conversation. A press release today mentioning the film’s official website has been launched also confirms that Coppola’s production co. American Zoetrope is seconding as the film’s distribution co.
Returning to perhaps some of the themes we found in his Godfather trilogy, this is an Argentine family saga which revolves around an artistic immigrant family marred by fierce rivalries, handed down through several generations. A young man (Alden Ehrenreich) journeying to Buenos Aires to find his brother (Vincent Gallo), who left the family years earlier. Maribel Verdú (see pic below) will play the brother’s girlfriend. Maura would play an Argentinean literary critic named Unknown. The film’s lead is Gallo – it would be nice to see his return on the Croisette since the much talked about The Brown Bunny back in 2003.
Btw: Tetro gets released in theaters June 11th.
