Caos Calmo scoops David nominations

Sunday, 23 March 2008

Controversial film starring Nanni Moretti gets 18 nods

Rome, March 20 - Antonello Grimaldi's drama Caos Calmo starring cult director Nanni Moretti has scooped the nominations for Italy's version of the Oscars, the David di Donatello Awards.

The tale of a widower struggling to cope with bereavement, which has roused Vatican ire for its explicit sex scenes, earned a mention in all 18 of the David categories.

Two other recent Italian box-office hits, first-time director Andrea Molaioli's La ragazza del lago and veteran Silvio Soldini's Giorni and Nuvole, came close to Grimaldi's coup with 15 nominations each.

Both of the lead actors in eerie noir La Ragazza del Lago, Anna Bonaiuto and Toni Servillo, are up for acting gongs. The leads in job-loss drama Giorni and Nuvole, Antonio Albanese and Margherita Buy, have also been nominated.

Competition President Gian Luigi Rondi said Italian cinema as a whole would get a special prize this year for luring back spectators.

Veteran star Giancarlo Giannini will collect the prize at the David ceremony at Rome's Auditorium on April 18.

Several Italian films, including the top three in the nominations tally, have successfully vied with Hollywood at the box office, Rondi noted.

There will be three other special Davids: for 80-year-old Rome-based historical comedy/drama king Luigi Magni, comedian and director Carlo Verdone, who is marking his 30th year in the business, and Gabriele Muccino, the only recent Italian director to break into Hollywood.

In 2006 Muccino made the sentimental drama The Pursuit of Happyness with Will Smith.

He is currently in pre-production of Seven Pounds - ''the emotional story of a man who will change the lives of eight people'' according to its website - with Smith and Woody Harrelson.

Here are the main David Donatello nominations for 2007-2008: Best Film: Caos Calmo, Antonello Grimaldi; La Giusta Distanza, Carlo Mazzacurati; Giorni and Nuvole, Silvio Soldini; La Ragazza del Lago, Andrea Molaioli and Il Vento fa il suo Giro, Giorgio Diritti.

Best Director: Cristina Comencini for Bianco and Nero; Antonello Grimaldi for Caos Calmo; Carlo Mazzacurati for La Giusta Distanza; Andrea Molaioli for la Ragazza del Lago and Silvio Soldini for Giorni and Nuvole. Producer (Best Film): Domenico Procacci (Caos Calmo), Lionello Cerri (Giorni and Nuvole), Nicola Giuliano and Francesca Cima (La Ragazza del Lago), Andrea Occhipinti and Gianluca Arcopinto (Soneta'ula), Simone Bachini, Mario Chemello and Giorgio Diritti (Il vento fa il suo giro).

Best Actor: Antonio Albanese for Giorni and Nuvole, Lando Buzzanca for I Vicere', Nanni Moretti for Caos Calmo, Kim Rossi Stuart for Piano Solo and Toni Servillo for La Ragazza del Lago.

Best Actress: Anna Bonaiuto for La Ragazza del Lago, Margherita Buy for Giorni and Nuvole, Antonia Liskova for Riparo, Valentina Lodovini for La Giusta Distanza and Valerio Solarino for SignorinaEffe.

Screenplay: Nanni Moretti, Laura Paolucci and Francesco Piccolo for Caos Calmo; Doriana Leondeff, Carlo Mazzacurati, Marco Pettenello and Claudio Piersanti for La Giusta Distanza; Sandra Petraglia for La Ragazza del Lago; Giorgio Diritti and Fredo Valla for Il Vento fa il suo Giro.

Best Supporting Actress: Paola Cortellesi for Piano, Solo; Carolina Crescentini for Parlami d'Amore; Isabella Ferrari e Valeria Golino for Caos Calmo; Sabrina Impacciatore for SignorinaEffe e Alba Rohrwacher for Giorni e Nuvole. Best Supporting Actor: Giuseppe Battiston for Giorni e Nuvole; Alessandro Gassman for Caos Calmo; Fabrizio Gifuni for La Ragazza del Lago; Ahmed Hafiene for La Giusta Distanza; Umberto Orsini for Il Mattino ha l'Oro in Bocca.

Best Debut Director: Fabrizio Bentivoglio for Lascia perdere, Johnny!; Giorgio Diritti for Il Vento fa il suo Giro; Andrea Molaioli for La Ragazza del Lago; Silvio Muccino for Parlami d'Amore and Marco Martani for Cemento Armato.

Best Photography: Luca Bigazzi for La Giusta Distanza; Maurizio Calvesi for I Vicere'; Arnaldo Catinari for Parlami d'Amore; Ramiro Civita for La Ragazza del Lago; Alessandro Pesci for Caos Calmo.

Best Music: Paolo Bonvino (Caos Calmo); Lele Marchitelli (Piano, Solo); Fausto Mesolella (Lascia Perdere, Johnny!); Teho Teardo (La Ragazza del Lago); Giovanni Venosta (Giorni e Nuvole).

Best Original Song: L'Amore Trasparente by Ivano Fossati(Caos Calmo); Senza Fiato by Paolo Bonvino (Cemento Armato); Amore Fermati by Gorni, Zapponi and Terzoli (Lascia perdere, Johnny!); L'Arrivo a Milano by Pino Donaggio (Milano - Palermo. Il ritorno); Tear Down These Houses by Skin e Andrea Guerra (Parlami d'Amore); La Rabbia by Luis Bacalov (La Rabbia).

Special David: to Italian Cinema; Carlo Verdone, for his first 30 years (1978-2008); Luigi Magni, for career achievement; and Gabriele Muccino, for his success in the United States.

Caos Calmo and La ragazza del lago are both available on DVD at ItalianBooks the Italian Online Bookshop.

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