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\nThe kidnapping of Arabella<\/em>[\/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”186320″]Regia \/ Directed by: Carolina Cavalli<\/strong>
\n<\/b>Interpreti \/ Cast: Benedetta Porcaroli, Lucrezia Guglielmino, Chris Pine<\/strong>
\nSceneggiatura \/ Screenplay: Carolina Cavalli<\/strong>
\n<\/b>Fotografia \/ Cinematography: Lorenzo Levrini
\n<\/b>Montaggio \/ Editing: Babak Jalali
\n<\/strong>Scenografia \/ Set design: Martino Bonanomi<\/strong>
\n<\/b>Costumi \/ Costume design: Francesca Cibischino
\n<\/strong>Musiche \/ Music: Thomas Moked Blum, Noaz Deshe
\n<\/strong>Produttori \/ Producers: Annamaria Morelli, Antonio Celsi, Massimiliano Orfei, Luisa Borella, Davide Novelli
\n<\/b>Produzione \/ Production: Elsinore Film, The Apartment, PiperFilm, con il contributo del Ministero della Cultura, con il sostegno di Emilia-Romagna Film Commission, Fondazione Veneto Film Commission
\n<\/b>Distribuzione \/ Distribution: PiperFilm (Italia)<\/b>
\nPaese \/ Country: Italia \/ Italy
\n<\/strong>Anno \/Year: 2025<\/b>
\nDurata \/ Film run: 107\u2019<\/b>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=”157414″]Holly, 28 anni, ha sempre pensato di essere la versione sbagliata di s\u00e9 stessa e che la sua vita non sia andata nel modo giusto. Quando incontra una bambina di nome Arabella, si convince di aver trovato s\u00e9 stessa da piccola. Decisa a scappare di casa, la bambina nasconde la sua identit\u00e0 e asseconda il desiderio di Holly: tornare indietro e diventare qualcuno di speciale.<\/p>\n

Holly, twenty-eight, has always felt like the wrong version of herself and that her life hasn\u2019t turned out as expected. When she meets a little girl named Arabella, she becomes convinced the child is her younger self. Eager to run away from home, Arabella decides to play along with Holly\u2019s mission: to go back and become someone special.<\/em><\/p>\n

Carolina Cavalli \u00e8 una regista e sceneggiatrice italiana di Milano. Il suo lungometraggio d\u2019esordio, Amanda<\/em>, \u00e8 stato presentato alla Mostra del Cinema di Venezia nel 2022 e, nello stesso anno, al Toronto International Film Festival. \u00c8 stata destinataria del San Francisco Film Society Rainin Grant come co-sceneggiatrice del film Fremont<\/em> (regia di Babak Jalali), che ha avuto la sua anteprima mondiale al Sundance Festival 2023 e a Karlovy Vary. Fremont<\/em> ha vinto il premio John Cassavetes agli Independent Spirit Awards nel 2024. Il suo secondo lungometraggio, The Kidnapping of Arabella<\/em>, \u00e8 stato presentato nella sezione Orizzonti della Mostra del Cinema di Venezia, dove ha vinto il premio per la Miglior Attrice. \u00c8 stato presentato a livello internazionale al BFI London Film Festival e uscir\u00e0 presto negli Stati Uniti. Il suo primo romanzo, Metropolitania<\/em>, \u00e8 stato pubblicato nel 2022.<\/p>\n

Carolina Cavalli is an Italian writer-director from Milan. Her debut feature Amanda premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2022 and at the Toronto International Film Festival on the same year.\u00a0 She is recipient of the San Francisco Film Society Rainin Grant as co-writer of the feature film Fremont (director, Babak Jalali) which made its world\u00a0premiere at Sundance Festival 2023 and Karlovy Vary. Fremont won the John\u00a0Cassavetes award at the Independent Spirit Awards in 2024. Her sophomore feature, The Kidnapping of Arabella premiered in the Orizzonti section of the Venice Film Festival where it won the award for Best Actress. It premiered internationally at the BFI London Film Festival and will be soon released in US. Her first novel Metropolitania was published in 2022.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][uncode_share layout=”multiple” bigger=”yes” el_class=”share-icons”][vc_empty_space empty_h=”2″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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