Sky has unveiled its Italian “Call My Agent” adaptation set in Rome featuring high-caliber Italian guest stars such as Paolo Sorrentino – in a side-splitting turn – and actor Matilda De Angelis.
The six-episode season is produced by Palomar, the Italian company controlled by France’s Mediawan which originated the hit show set at a Parisian talent agency.
In episode two Oscar-winner Sorrentino waltzes into the Rome agency called CMA with a “brilliant” new idea for a third instalment to his “The Young Pope” TV series.”
It’s “The Lady Pope” for whom the God-like director wants 1980s Italian disco queen Ivana Spagna to be cast in the titular role. And also Denzel Washington as the female pope’s chamberlain, and Madonna as her mother.
The gag was thought of by Sorrentino who spoofs himself with biting irony.
In real life De Angelis recently scored the lead role on the upcoming Italian...
The six-episode season is produced by Palomar, the Italian company controlled by France’s Mediawan which originated the hit show set at a Parisian talent agency.
In episode two Oscar-winner Sorrentino waltzes into the Rome agency called CMA with a “brilliant” new idea for a third instalment to his “The Young Pope” TV series.”
It’s “The Lady Pope” for whom the God-like director wants 1980s Italian disco queen Ivana Spagna to be cast in the titular role. And also Denzel Washington as the female pope’s chamberlain, and Madonna as her mother.
The gag was thought of by Sorrentino who spoofs himself with biting irony.
In real life De Angelis recently scored the lead role on the upcoming Italian...
- 1/19/2023
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
The Double Hour
Directed by Giuseppe Capotondi
Italy, 2009
Equal parts Under the Sand, Tell No One and Femme Fatale, The Double Hour is a genre-hybrid that starts off with a roar, wriggles its way through a slippery second act, and steps in a few potholes on its way to satisfying if muted conclusion.
Guido (Filippo Timi) is a taciturn security guard and a veteran of Italy’s speed-dating scene. Sonia (Kseniya Rappoport) is a taciturn maid making her first foray into the blind dating pool. He’s an ex-cop; she has an unspoken criminal background. True love seems to be peeking around the corner until a robbery leaves Guido dead and Sonia with the fragment of a bullet in her head. Soon Sonia starts seeing Guido everywhere – on security cameras at work, in her apartment, on the street.
To make matters worse a creepy hotel resident, Bruno (Fausto Russo Alesi), takes a liking to her,...
Directed by Giuseppe Capotondi
Italy, 2009
Equal parts Under the Sand, Tell No One and Femme Fatale, The Double Hour is a genre-hybrid that starts off with a roar, wriggles its way through a slippery second act, and steps in a few potholes on its way to satisfying if muted conclusion.
Guido (Filippo Timi) is a taciturn security guard and a veteran of Italy’s speed-dating scene. Sonia (Kseniya Rappoport) is a taciturn maid making her first foray into the blind dating pool. He’s an ex-cop; she has an unspoken criminal background. True love seems to be peeking around the corner until a robbery leaves Guido dead and Sonia with the fragment of a bullet in her head. Soon Sonia starts seeing Guido everywhere – on security cameras at work, in her apartment, on the street.
To make matters worse a creepy hotel resident, Bruno (Fausto Russo Alesi), takes a liking to her,...
- 6/1/2011
- by Neal Dhand
- SoundOnSight
Title: The Double Hour Director: Giuseppe Capotondi Starring: Filippo Timi, Ksenia Rappoport, Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno, Fausto Russo Alesi, Michele Di Mauro A sort of poison pill for arthouse enjoyers of square-jawed foreign film literalism, Italian import The Double Hour, which scored three top prizes at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, is a woozy and engaging romantic mystery loosely in the vein of Wicker Park, Swimming Pool or even Jacob’s Ladder. It’s not for all tastes, but the movie’s superlative lead performances give it an undeniable hold. The film starts out as a seemingly fairly straightforward drama of lonely hearts disengagment. At a speed-dating event, mousey, unhappy hotel maid Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport) meets the mysterious Guido (Filippo Timi), who turns...
- 4/30/2011
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
See new movie clips from The Double Hour (La doppia ora) starring Ksenia Rappoport and Filippo Timi. Giuseppe Capotondi directs the thriller from the writing by Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi and Stefano Sardo. Samuel Goldwyn Films releases The Double Hour into theatres April 15th, with a cast which also includes Fausto Russo Alesi and Michele Di Mauro. The film was a winner of Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Italian Film at the Venice International Film Festival. Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport), a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops...
- 4/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See new movie clips from The Double Hour (La doppia ora) starring Ksenia Rappoport and Filippo Timi. Giuseppe Capotondi directs the thriller from the writing by Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi and Stefano Sardo. Samuel Goldwyn Films releases The Double Hour into theatres April 15th, with a cast which also includes Fausto Russo Alesi and Michele Di Mauro. The film was a winner of Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Italian Film at the Venice International Film Festival. Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport), a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops...
- 4/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See new movie clips from The Double Hour (La doppia ora) starring Ksenia Rappoport and Filippo Timi. Giuseppe Capotondi directs the thriller from the writing by Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi and Stefano Sardo. Samuel Goldwyn Films releases The Double Hour into theatres April 15th, with a cast which also includes Fausto Russo Alesi and Michele Di Mauro. The film was a winner of Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Italian Film at the Venice International Film Festival. Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport), a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops...
- 4/14/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Reviewed by Jay Antani
(April 2011)
Directed by: Giuseppe Capotondi
Written by: Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi and Stefano Sardo
Starring: Ksenia Rappoport, Filippo Timi, Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno, Fausto Russo Alesi and Michele Di Mauro
When a movie goes by the tagline “Nothing Is What It Seems,” you know you’re in for a long guessing game. For much of director Giuseppe Capotondi’s 96-minute “The Double Hour,” the viewer is wondering whether what’s unfolding up on the screen should be believed or not. What’s more, reviewing the film is an inherently dodgy exercise since one can’t really discuss or critique the movie without giving away its central conceit. Suffice it to say that Capotondi tries for a romantic mystery/thriller in the vein of Christopher Nolan’s structurally snarled “Memento” and “Inception.”
The fundamental difference between “The Double Hour” and the Nolan movies, however, is that, in “Memento” and “Inception,...
(April 2011)
Directed by: Giuseppe Capotondi
Written by: Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi and Stefano Sardo
Starring: Ksenia Rappoport, Filippo Timi, Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno, Fausto Russo Alesi and Michele Di Mauro
When a movie goes by the tagline “Nothing Is What It Seems,” you know you’re in for a long guessing game. For much of director Giuseppe Capotondi’s 96-minute “The Double Hour,” the viewer is wondering whether what’s unfolding up on the screen should be believed or not. What’s more, reviewing the film is an inherently dodgy exercise since one can’t really discuss or critique the movie without giving away its central conceit. Suffice it to say that Capotondi tries for a romantic mystery/thriller in the vein of Christopher Nolan’s structurally snarled “Memento” and “Inception.”
The fundamental difference between “The Double Hour” and the Nolan movies, however, is that, in “Memento” and “Inception,...
- 4/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Reviewed by Jay Antani
(April 2011)
Directed by: Giuseppe Capotondi
Written by: Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi and Stefano Sardo
Starring: Ksenia Rappoport, Filippo Timi, Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno, Fausto Russo Alesi and Michele Di Mauro
When a movie goes by the tagline “Nothing Is What It Seems,” you know you’re in for a long guessing game. For much of director Giuseppe Capotondi’s 96-minute “The Double Hour,” the viewer is wondering whether what’s unfolding up on the screen should be believed or not. What’s more, reviewing the film is an inherently dodgy exercise since one can’t really discuss or critique the movie without giving away its central conceit. Suffice it to say that Capotondi tries for a romantic mystery/thriller in the vein of Christopher Nolan’s structurally snarled “Memento” and “Inception.”
The fundamental difference between “The Double Hour” and the Nolan movies, however, is that, in “Memento” and “Inception,...
(April 2011)
Directed by: Giuseppe Capotondi
Written by: Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi and Stefano Sardo
Starring: Ksenia Rappoport, Filippo Timi, Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno, Fausto Russo Alesi and Michele Di Mauro
When a movie goes by the tagline “Nothing Is What It Seems,” you know you’re in for a long guessing game. For much of director Giuseppe Capotondi’s 96-minute “The Double Hour,” the viewer is wondering whether what’s unfolding up on the screen should be believed or not. What’s more, reviewing the film is an inherently dodgy exercise since one can’t really discuss or critique the movie without giving away its central conceit. Suffice it to say that Capotondi tries for a romantic mystery/thriller in the vein of Christopher Nolan’s structurally snarled “Memento” and “Inception.”
The fundamental difference between “The Double Hour” and the Nolan movies, however, is that, in “Memento” and “Inception,...
- 4/12/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
The Double Hour Movie Trailer has premiered. Giuseppe Capotondi‘s The Double Hour / La Doppia Ora (2009) stars Filippo Timi, Ksenia Rappoport, Antonia Truppo, Gaetano Bruno, and Fausto Russo Alesi. The Double Hour‘s plot synopsis: “Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport), a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops. After they leave the city for a romantic getaway in the country, things suddenly take a dark turn. As Sonia’s murky past resurfaces, her reality starts to crumble. Everything in her life begins to change – questions arise and answers only arrive through a continuous twist and turn of events keeping viewers on edge until the film’s final moments.” It seems to me that both the main characters have something to hide,...
- 4/12/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
See the trailer, a clip as well as images from The Double Hour starring Ksenia Rappoport,and Filippo Timi. Giuseppe Capotondi directs from the writing by Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi and Stefano Sardo. Also in the cast of the Samuel Goldwyn Film are Fausto Russo Alesi and Michele Di Mauro. The Double Hour is the winner of Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Italian Film at the Venice International Film Festival and opens in limited areas on April 15th. Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport), a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops. After they leave the city for a romantic getaway in the country, things suddenly take a dark turn...
- 4/4/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
See the trailer, a clip as well as images from The Double Hour starring Ksenia Rappoport,and Filippo Timi. Giuseppe Capotondi directs from the writing by Alessandro Fabbri, Ludovica Rampoldi and Stefano Sardo. Also in the cast of the Samuel Goldwyn Film are Fausto Russo Alesi and Michele Di Mauro. The Double Hour is the winner of Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Italian Film at the Venice International Film Festival and opens in limited areas on April 15th. Guido (Filippo Timi), a former cop, is a luckless veteran of the speed-dating scene in Turin. But, much to his surprise, he meets Slovenian immigrant Sonia (Ksenia Rappoport), a chambermaid at a high-end hotel. The two hit it off, and a passionate romance develops. After they leave the city for a romantic getaway in the country, things suddenly take a dark turn...
- 4/4/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
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