Mario Martone, who is active as a director in theatre as well as in film, first made a splash on the festival circuit in 1995 with his Elena Ferrante adaptation “L’amore molesto” which went to Cannes. The last time he was in Venice was in 2014 with “Leopardi” which did great at the Italian box office and also travelled. Martone’s latest work “Capri-Revolution” is set in 1914 on the Italian island where a group of Northern European artists at the time formed a commune which helps emancipate an independent-minded young local woman, a goat herder named Lucia. Martone spoke to Variety about his fascination with Capri as a germinator of big societal changes that were to come. Excerpts
Let’s start with Capri. There’s a great quote at the beginning of the film describing the island as a place that is still “virgin territory.”
Yes that’s a homage to...
Let’s start with Capri. There’s a great quote at the beginning of the film describing the island as a place that is still “virgin territory.”
Yes that’s a homage to...
- 9/6/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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