Filming began on Monday for the
movie "Il Peccato. Una visione" (Sin. A vision) by Russian film
director Andrei Konchalovsky on the life and times of Italian
Renaissance artist and sculptor Michelangelo.
The film is an Italian and Russian co-production involving
the Andrei Konchalovsky Foundation, Jean Vigo Italia and Rai
Cinema and will be shot over the course of 14 weeks on location
in Lazio and Tuscany.
The part of Michelangelo is played by Alberto Testone, the
Marquis Malaspina, lord of the marble quarries at Carrara, by
Umberto Orsini and Pope Julius II, the sculptor's greatest
patron, by Massimo De Francovich.
However, for the most part Konchalovsky has chosen to use
non-professional actors.
The screenplay, co-authored by the Russian director and Elena
Kiseleva ("Paradise"), is a loose interpretation of the life of
the artist focusing on the idea of the 'vision'.
"What I want to transmit is not only the essence of the
figure of Michelangelo, but also tastes and smells of a period
charged with inspiration and beauty, but also with bloody and
cruel episodes," said Konchalovsky, who won the Silver Lion for
best direction at the 2016 Venice Film Festival for "Paradise"
and in 2014 for "Le notti bianche del postino".
"Production of this film, which will be shot entirely in
Italian, allows us to take advantage of the co-production
formula with regards to content and from an artistic and
technical point of view," said co-producer Elda Ferri of Jean
Vigo.
"In addition to ensuring artistic quality, the long
preparation has allowed for cultural and commercial integration
between the two countries, reflecting the spirit of
international cinema co-productions," she added.
"For us it is an honour to work with a maestro such as
Konchalovsky, who has chosen to devote himself to narrating one
of the greatest Italian geniuses of all time," said Rai Cinema
CEO Paolo Del Brocco.
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