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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2008: #33 Genova

Published on January 31, 2008

#33. Genova

Director: Michael
Winterbottom
Writers: Winterbottom and Laurence Coriat (Me Without You)
Producers: Longtime producer friend Andrew Eaton and Winterbottom
Distributor: Currently Seeking Distribution

The Gist: Written by Laurence Coriat, the exotic Italian town of Genova provides a fresh start for Joe (Firth) and his two
young daughters – a family seeking new lives after the sudden death of their
mother. Kelly, the 16-year-old, explores the sexy and dangerous underbelly of
this mysterious new world. While the youngest, Mary, has just seen the ghost of
her mother wandering the streets.

Fact: Winterbottom is currently filming a television project entitled: Seven Days.

See It: Winterbottom is one of the rare directors who isn’t afraid to switch genres – he went from docu to A Mighty Heart to a ghost story.

Release Date/Status?: Currently in post prod – this should make a festival presence. Hanway is handling international sales.

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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist and critic at IONCINEMA.com (founded in 2000). Eric is a regular at Sundance, Cannes and TIFF. He has a BFA in Film Studies at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013 he served as a Narrative Competition Jury Member at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson's This Teacher (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). In 2022 he served as a New Flesh Comp for Best First Feature at the 2022 Fantasia Intl. Film Festival. Current top films for 2022 include Tár (Todd Field), All That Breathes (Shaunak Sen), Aftersun (Charlotte Wells).