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Source: The Fred Awards press release, 6 September 2024

(Translated interview with excerpts related to Luca Marinelli)

Luca Marinelli was awarded the FRED Award 2024 (note: short for Film Radio Entertainment & Dialogue, the official International Web Radio of the Venice Film Festival) for his impact on Italian and international cinema.

At the 81st Venice Film Festival today, Luca Marinelli received the FRED Award 2024, a recognition given by Fred Film Radio for his extraordinary contribution to Italian and international cinema.

Marinelli, one of the most talented and versatile Italian actors of his generation, has acted in many films including: La solitudine dei numeri primi by Saverio Costanzo (2010), Tutti i santi giorni by Paolo Virzì (2012), Non essere cattivo by Claudio Caligari (2015), Lo chiamavano Jeeg Robot by Gabriele Mainetti (2015), Una questione privata by Paolo Taviani (2017), the Trust series by Danny Boyle (2017), Martin Eden by Pietro Marcello (2019), Diabolik by Manetti Bros (2021), Le otto montagne (2021) by Felix Van Groeningen e Charlotte Vandermeersch.

THE REASON

Federico Spoletti, founder of FRED Film Radio, highlighted the reason behind the choice of Marinelli as the winner of the FRED AWARD 2024:

"The FRED Award 2024 is presented to Luca Marinelli, an extraordinary actor, the pride of Italian cinema, and increasingly seen as the protagonist in numerous international productions. In a career already doted with prestigious awards, Luca Marinelli has distinguished himself with the quality of his choices, covering complex and fascinating roles. The essentiality and rigor of his acting skills has created many different and memorable characters. FRED Film Radio appreciates in particular the commitment and seriousness that characterises Luca Marinelli's artistic path that is never taken for granted and is always exciting."

A heartfelt prize dedicated with affections

During the FRED Award ceremony, Marinelli dedicated the award to his grandfather, who passed away when the actor was only 14 years old. "Today is his birthday and, even if he couldn't see anything I did, I dedicate it to him with love," he said visibly moved.

Source: @fred.fm IG story, 6 September 2024

The interview with Luca Marinelli

Marinelli is in Venice for "M - The son of the century", the series directed by Joe Wright based on the novel of the same name by Antonio Scurati, presented under Out of Competition. In the interview, the actor described the series where he plays Benito Mussolini as one of the most difficult challenges of his career. "At first, I was very scared," he confessed, explaining that coming from an anti-fascist family, he approached the project with many inner reflections. "I didn't come out intact," Luca Marinelli finally admitted, referring to the emotional impact of such a complex role. However, he stressed the importance of teamwork, especially in such a delicate and controversial project.

#Locarno77 juror Luca Marinelli talks about his relationship with cinema and films.

Interview curated by Mauro Donzelli.

Source: Pardo Daily feature interview, 12 August 2024

TRANSLATED TITLE FOR SECOND PIC:

LUCA MARINELLI

“LOVE AND PASSION ARE THE THINGS THAT KEEP US ALIVE”

Luca Marinelli, jury member of the Locarno77 Concorso Internazionale, tells us about his artistic career, from the birth of his passion for the profession of actor until his recent debut as a theatre director.

By Maria Giovanna Vagenas

Source: @leonardobarrile IG story, 7 August 2024

(A/N: Fiore Mio, a documentary film written, directed and starring Paolo Cognetti, had its world premiere as the pre-opening film for the Locarno Film Festival.)

In Locarno, Cognetti will see Luca Marinelli again. The actor, protagonist of Le Otto Montagne, will be in Locarno as a member of the jury. "With Luca, thanks to the film based on my novel,” said the Milanese writer, “a friendship was born. Together we have experienced very intense days. We walked a lot, spent evenings playing and singing. It will be fun to meet at the Festival as an author and a juror, although it is better when it happens in the mountains, as simple human beings.”

Source: @nuovo_cinemateatrolongone IG reel, 5 August 2024

Translation Note: Luca was trying to guess what “cinemittu” means in the local dialect. He thought it means little cinema, but the lady explained it's a cinema that's also a theater (the one for plays)~

Source: Sky Atlantic press, 23 July 2024

(A/N: TRANSLATED PRESS RELEASE)

From the bestselling novel by ANTONIO SCURATI, winner of the Strega Prize. An eight-episode series produced by Sky Studios and Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment, a company of the Fremantle group, in co-production with Pathé, in association with Small Forward Productions, in collaboration with Fremantle, CINECITTÀ S.p.A. and Sky. Directed by Joe Wright. Luca Marinelli as Benito Mussolini. In 2025 exclusively on Sky and streaming only on NOW.

World premiere, out of competition, at the 81st edition of the Venice International Film Festival for the Sky Original series M. Il Figlio del Secolo, from the homonymous novel by Antonio Scurati, winner of the Strega Prize and international bestseller, which tells the birth of fascism in Italy and the rise to power of Benito Mussolini.

ALL THE EPISODES AT THE LIDO

The series, which will be shown at the Lido di Venezia in all its eight episodes, is directed by Joe Wright (L'ora più buia, Espiazione, Cyrano) and produced by Sky Studios and Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment, a company of the Fremantle group, in co-production with Pathé, in association with Small Forward Productions, in collaboration with Fremantle, CINECITTÀ S.p.A. and Sky.

IN 2025 ON SKY AND NOW

It will arrive in 2025 exclusively on Sky and streaming only on NOW in all territories where Sky operates in Europe. The international distribution is from Fremantle. To play the Duce one of the most appreciated Italian actors, Luca Marinelli, winner of the David di Donatello, the Nastro d'Argento, the Coppa Volpi in Venice and the prestigious Shooting Stars Award at the Berlin Festival.

THE PLOT

Like the novel, the series will tell the story of a country that surrendered to the dictatorship and the story of a man who was able to be reborn many times from its ashes. It will go back to History from the founding of the Italian Fasci in 1919 until Mussolini's infamous speech in Parliament in 1925, after the murder of socialist deputy Giacomo Matteotti. He will also offer a glimpse of Mussolini's private and his personal relationships, including those with his wife Rachele, his lover Margherita Sarfatti and other iconic figures of the time.

THE AUTHORS

Written by Stefano Bises (Gomorra - The Series, The New Pope, ZeroZeroZero, Speravo de morì prima) and Davide Serino (1992, 1993, Il Re, Esterno Notte), the series will tell the events with historical accuracy, with every event, character, dialogue and speech historically documented or witnessed by multiple sources.

THE SOUNDTRACK

The soundtrack is composed by Tom Rowlands, known for being part of the British electronic music duo The Chemical Brothers, among the pioneers who brought big beat to the forefront of pop culture, climbing the charts around the world. Multi-award-winning, they have 6 Grammy Awards, 1 Brit Award, 1 MTV Europe Music Award and an NMA Award.

THE CAST

Source: @caricehalina IG reel, 11 December 2023

TRANSLATED EXCERPT:

Halina Reijn: Marwan had some really intense monologue that was all a matter of life and death. And then he entered that house and Roland, who was Agamemnon, was sitting there. He was sitting there with a Suske and Wiske and his thumb in his mouth. And he just said to Marwan: "Hey Marjan" while he was playing some very big hero. Roeland just acted like this: "Hey Marjan". Marwan, who also thought, "Huh, what?"

Carice van Houten: Marjan?

Halina Reijn: I mean Marwan. oh my god, now I no longer know what the difference is between fiction and reality.