Country: USA
Year: 2024
Duration: 108'
There is something sacred about falling in love for the first time: a totalizing experience that we cannot live again once it is over. Matias, a 40-year-old Argentinian director, is struggling with an unfinished film inspired by his first love: the subject is Alexander, a Swedish friend he met at an international school in Istria in the 1990s. When Alexander is suddenly expelled from school, Matias has to find his way through emotions unspoken to the world and to himself. This meta-cinematic coming-of-age tale, based on a true story, will have its world premiere at Lovers.
Festival
schedule
16
20.30
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Cinema Massimo - Sala Cabiria
39th Lovers Film Festival's Opening Night
With Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Guest of Honor, Natascia Maesi, Arcigay's Chairperson, and Vladimir Luxuria.
Live set: Tekemaya.
Attending: Juan Pablo Di Pace, Director, Oscar Morgan and Julia Bender, actors.
18
22.15
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Cinema Massimo - Sala Soldati
Biography
film director
Juan Pablo Di Pace
Juan Pablo Di Pace (Buenos Aires, 1979) began his career in the United Kingdom acting in several musicals, making appearances in movies, including Survival Island (by Stewart Raffill, 2005), Mamma Mia! (by Phyllida Lloyd, 2008) and The Mattachine Family (by Andy Vallentine, 2023). In 2014, he debuted as Nicolas Treviño in the drama series "Dallas." From 2016 to 2020 he played Fernando in "Mommy's Friends". Duino (2024) is his first feature film as a director.
Andrés Pepe Estrada
Andrés Pepe Estrada is a Spanish director, composer, and editor who lives in Buenos Aires. He studied film at the University of Cinema in Buenos Aires and at Cinecittà in Rome. Andres edited Argentina 1985 (2022) by Santiago Mitre. Since 2002, he has worked extensively as an editor on many top Latin American films such as White Elephant (2012), The Summit (2017), Some Girls (2013), Alanis (2017), and Die Monster Die (2018). He also worked on the editing team for Tetro (2009) by Francis Ford Coppola.
Cast
& Credits
Sceneggiatura/Screenplay Juan Pablo Di Pace
Montaggio/Editing Andrés Pepe Estrada
Fotografia/Photography Devin Doyle
Interpreti/Cast Juan Pablo Di Pace, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Krista Kosonen, Santiago Madrussan
Produttore/Producer Norman Lear, Brent Miller, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Massimiliano Milic
Produzione/Production TERROIR FILMS, ACT III, MOMENTO FILMS, OBOLO PRODUCTIONS
Montaggio/Editing Andrés Pepe Estrada
Fotografia/Photography Devin Doyle
Interpreti/Cast Juan Pablo Di Pace, Jóhannes Haukur Jóhannesson, Krista Kosonen, Santiago Madrussan
Produttore/Producer Norman Lear, Brent Miller, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Massimiliano Milic
Produzione/Production TERROIR FILMS, ACT III, MOMENTO FILMS, OBOLO PRODUCTIONS
