19° TORINO FILM FESTIVAL
Live Cinema 2001

KISSING PAUL NEWMAN

KISSING PAUL NEWMAN

Country: Italy
Year: 2001
Duration: 16'


Patrizia, a young woman with an intense and almost angelic gaze, works at an ice cream stand. One day a street person draws a portrait of Paul Newman on the asphalt and this sets off a perverse game of attraction and repulsion.

Biography

film director

Fabio Tagliavia

Fabio Tagliavia (Lavagna, Genova; 1967) graduated the university specializing in Film History and Criticism. She then began to work in the world of cinema. At first she worked in the production department for films such as Mimmo Calopresti's La seconda volta, Davide Ferrario's Tutti giù per terra, Giacomo Campiotti's Il tempo dell'amore, Gianni Amelio's Così ridevano, and Sergio Castellitto's Libero Burro. She then worked as assistant director to Nino Russo in Fondali notturni, Sandro Cecca in Maestrale, Alberto Ferrari in Tra due donne, Flavio Moretti in Il mondo di Rupert, Giovanni Robbiano in Hermano, Marco Ponti in Santa Maradona, and Massimo Costa in Casa di frontiera.

FILMOGRAFIA

Kissing Paul Newman (cm, 2001), Playgirl (cm, 2002).

Cast

& Credits

Director and editor: Fabio Tagliavia.
Plot: liberamente ispirato al racconto Paul Newman di Vincenzo Cerami.
Screenplay: Luca Bianchini, Marco Ponti.
Director of photography: Pietro Sciortino.
Cast: Palma Valentina di Nunno, Vincenzo Crivello.
Production company: Cinema in Diretta, Promoval, corso Lancieri d'Aosta 14, 11100 Aosta, Italia, tel. +39-0165-239550, fax +39-0165-239538, e-mail info@promoval.it, www.promoval.it.
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