The lengthy, successful career of Miguel Bosé is making its way to streaming. On Thursday, Dec. 1, Paramount+ is set to release Bosé in the United States, a new six-episode series that gives an inside look at the Spanish icon’s life and legacy as a musician.
“They are obsessed with calling me a druggie and a queen,” Bosé says in a trailer released Wednesday, flashing images of him at parties, having sex, and getting his blood drawn. “And if I was an addict, so what? And if I was a faggot,...
“They are obsessed with calling me a druggie and a queen,” Bosé says in a trailer released Wednesday, flashing images of him at parties, having sex, and getting his blood drawn. “And if I was an addict, so what? And if I was a faggot,...
- 12/1/2022
- by Tomás Mier
- Rollingstone.com
Cannes — Paramount+ has revealed a premiere date – Nov. 3 – as well as trailer and key art for “Bosé,” a biopic of the famed Spanish singer-songwriter Miguel Bosé which is shaping up as one of Spain’s biggest and most anticipated series of 2022.
Shared in exclusivity with Variety, the trailer, like the version glimpsed at Iberseries in one of that market’s biggest sneak peeks, captures Bosé’s art – a mix between David Bowie glam and sexual ambiguity and softer Italian melody.
It also drive into what looks like the emotional heart and narrative structure of the story, showing Miguel Bosé (played by Iván Sánchez and José Pastor), in a present-day timeline during the promotion of his multi-platinum album “Papito,” as he debates becoming a father.
Here he must reconcile himself with memories of his own padre, famed philandering bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín, whom Bosé loved but who despised his son for not being a real hombre.
Shared in exclusivity with Variety, the trailer, like the version glimpsed at Iberseries in one of that market’s biggest sneak peeks, captures Bosé’s art – a mix between David Bowie glam and sexual ambiguity and softer Italian melody.
It also drive into what looks like the emotional heart and narrative structure of the story, showing Miguel Bosé (played by Iván Sánchez and José Pastor), in a present-day timeline during the promotion of his multi-platinum album “Papito,” as he debates becoming a father.
Here he must reconcile himself with memories of his own padre, famed philandering bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín, whom Bosé loved but who despised his son for not being a real hombre.
- 10/17/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
The Alligator (L’Alligatore) is an unusual TV crime series from Italy. The title is the nickname of our protagonist, Marco (Matteo Martari), a former blues singer fresh from seven years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. He and idealistic cohort Max (Gianluca Gobbi), while covertly investigating corporate polluters, accidentally witness a bigger crime, causing him to be framed by some complicit cops, and tortured for refusing to ID Max as the other one who saw them.
All Marco wants is to drink as much Calvados as his system will tolerate and reconnect with his girlfriend, Greta (Valeria Solarino), a sultry club singer. But she’s apparently moved on, and so must he. Marco finds himself entangled in new challenges. His reputation from prison as a resourceful peacemaker leads an attorney to hire him to locate a former inmate client who has disappeared. That leads to a two-episode...
All Marco wants is to drink as much Calvados as his system will tolerate and reconnect with his girlfriend, Greta (Valeria Solarino), a sultry club singer. But she’s apparently moved on, and so must he. Marco finds himself entangled in new challenges. His reputation from prison as a resourceful peacemaker leads an attorney to hire him to locate a former inmate client who has disappeared. That leads to a two-episode...
- 9/12/2022
- by Mark Glass
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Standing in a secluded lane just off Madrid’s main motorway to North-West Spain, the chalet, with its well-trimmed garden, black slate roof and tall, spiked-fence wall, looks as if it would be more in place in a rural estate rather than in a metropolitan city. It also instantly signals a home of the very well-heeled establishment under dictator Francisco Franco.
It now serves as a key set on Paramount Plus’ “Bose,” a six-part series that follows the impressive decades-long career of barrier-breaking Spanish singer-songwriter Miguel Bosé, produced by Vis, Banijay Iberia subsidiary Shine Iberia, Pepe Baston’s Elefantec Global and Legacy Rock.
One of the first – and biggest – barriers that Bosé had to break was his own upbringing, showrunner Nacho Faerna (“La Fuga”) explained on a set-visit to this highly anticipated Spanish-language series, which wrapped production mid-April.
Growing up in the Somosaguas neighborhood, a suburban bastion of the Francoist upper-middle class outside Madrid,...
It now serves as a key set on Paramount Plus’ “Bose,” a six-part series that follows the impressive decades-long career of barrier-breaking Spanish singer-songwriter Miguel Bosé, produced by Vis, Banijay Iberia subsidiary Shine Iberia, Pepe Baston’s Elefantec Global and Legacy Rock.
One of the first – and biggest – barriers that Bosé had to break was his own upbringing, showrunner Nacho Faerna (“La Fuga”) explained on a set-visit to this highly anticipated Spanish-language series, which wrapped production mid-April.
Growing up in the Somosaguas neighborhood, a suburban bastion of the Francoist upper-middle class outside Madrid,...
- 5/4/2022
- by Justin Morgan
- Variety Film + TV
“Bosé,” the highly anticipated Paramount Plus Original, has wrapped production. The announcement comes as Paramount Plus has also confirmed the remainder of the internationally recognised cast of the six-part series, a biopic of Spanish singer-songwriter Miguel Bosé.
Two behind-the-scenes images, shared in exclusivity with Variety, also hint at the production ambitions of the series, one of the biggest Spanish-language series to date at Paramount Plus, which turns on one of the most resonant figures in recent times in Spain. Resonant for his hits, which span a remarkably long six-decade career, and for his life story, which charts Spain’s emergence from more oppressive times to hard-won freedoms in democracy.
Produced by Vis, a division of Paramount, in collaboration with Shine Iberia, part of Banijay Iberia, Pepe Baston’s Elefantec Global and Legacy Rock, “Bosé” will premiere exclusively on the Paramount Plus International streaming service in the coming months, Paramount Plus also confirmed Tuesday.
Two behind-the-scenes images, shared in exclusivity with Variety, also hint at the production ambitions of the series, one of the biggest Spanish-language series to date at Paramount Plus, which turns on one of the most resonant figures in recent times in Spain. Resonant for his hits, which span a remarkably long six-decade career, and for his life story, which charts Spain’s emergence from more oppressive times to hard-won freedoms in democracy.
Produced by Vis, a division of Paramount, in collaboration with Shine Iberia, part of Banijay Iberia, Pepe Baston’s Elefantec Global and Legacy Rock, “Bosé” will premiere exclusively on the Paramount Plus International streaming service in the coming months, Paramount Plus also confirmed Tuesday.
- 4/19/2022
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Chinese distributor Phoenix Entertainment Group has bought all China rights to the Italian comedic drama “The Sweeties” from Germany-based Media Luna New Films.
The movie is the second feature from director Francesco Ghiaccio and stars Valeria Solarino, Vinicio Marchioni and four young newcomers in their acting debut. It deals with issues of bullying and body-shaming through the story of three overweight girls who decide to become synchronized swimming champions after a video of them in their swimsuits embarrasses them online.
It was written by Marco D’Amore, also known for his turn as an actor in the TV series “Gomorrah.” It is distributed in Italy by VisionDistribution. It premiered at the Giffoni Film Festival earlier this year.
Phoenix Entertainment is one of China’s bigger production and distribution companies, and has jointly produced films such as “Wolf Totem” and “This Is Not What I Expected,” the 2017 romantic comedy starring Takeshi Kaneshiro and Zhou Dongyu.
The movie is the second feature from director Francesco Ghiaccio and stars Valeria Solarino, Vinicio Marchioni and four young newcomers in their acting debut. It deals with issues of bullying and body-shaming through the story of three overweight girls who decide to become synchronized swimming champions after a video of them in their swimsuits embarrasses them online.
It was written by Marco D’Amore, also known for his turn as an actor in the TV series “Gomorrah.” It is distributed in Italy by VisionDistribution. It premiered at the Giffoni Film Festival earlier this year.
Phoenix Entertainment is one of China’s bigger production and distribution companies, and has jointly produced films such as “Wolf Totem” and “This Is Not What I Expected,” the 2017 romantic comedy starring Takeshi Kaneshiro and Zhou Dongyu.
- 11/13/2019
- by Rebecca Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Production is under way in Turin, Italy on comedy feature Dolcissime, produced and written by Marco D’Amore, star of hit Italian crime series Gomorrah.
D’Amore produces under his La Piccola Societa banner with Italian stalwart Indiana Production, producers of Helen Mirren-Donald Sutherland comedy The Leisure Seeker. Sky Italia-backed Vision Distribution will release the feature next year.
Script comes from D’Amore and Francesco Ghiaccio with the latter directing. D’Amore, Ghiaccio and Indiana previously collaborated on the director’s 2015 feature debut Un Posto Sicuro.
Pic, whose title translates literally as ‘the sweetest’, follows three overweight girls who decide to tackle their insecurities by teaming up with a former enemy, the leader of the synchronized swimming team, who will train them to take part in a competition.
Starring are established Italian actors Valeria Solarino (Angel Of Evil) — who also has a starring role in Indiana’s...
D’Amore produces under his La Piccola Societa banner with Italian stalwart Indiana Production, producers of Helen Mirren-Donald Sutherland comedy The Leisure Seeker. Sky Italia-backed Vision Distribution will release the feature next year.
Script comes from D’Amore and Francesco Ghiaccio with the latter directing. D’Amore, Ghiaccio and Indiana previously collaborated on the director’s 2015 feature debut Un Posto Sicuro.
Pic, whose title translates literally as ‘the sweetest’, follows three overweight girls who decide to tackle their insecurities by teaming up with a former enemy, the leader of the synchronized swimming team, who will train them to take part in a competition.
Starring are established Italian actors Valeria Solarino (Angel Of Evil) — who also has a starring role in Indiana’s...
- 7/9/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Calling all lovers of Italian film! The Film Society of Lincoln Center just announced the lineup for "Open Roads: New Italian Cinema," set to run June 5th to 12th, 2014. This year, a number of directors will make in-person appearances, including Daniele Luchetti, Gianfranco Rosi, Roberto Ano, Alessandro Rossetto, and actress Valeria Solarino. "We are pleased to welcome some familiar faces back to Open Roads—including Daniele Luchetti for Opening Night and Gianni Amelio with his two latest films—and also to introduce so many promising emerging filmmakers," says the Film Society's Director of Programming Dennis Lim. "This year's rich and diverse program, which ranges from sober drama to irreverent comedy, includes films from all across Italy, continuing the strong regionalist trend of recent years." The opening night selection has been announced as well. "Those Happy Years" is a sweet coming-of-age tale of director Daniele Luchetti's childhood as a budding filmmaker growing up in.
- 4/8/2014
- by Taylor Lindsay
- Indiewire
Source: FilmShaft - Check Out These Images From Ace Gangster Epic Angels Of Evil
Just wait until you see Kim Rossi Stuart's incredible performance as Milanese crook Renato Vallanzasca in Michele Placido's forthcoming gangster epic Angels of Evil. It's a star-making turn in one of the coolest films of the year.
We caught Angels of Evil at the London Italian Film Festival in March and you can read a short review here London's Italian Film Festival 2011 but we'll be reviewing it proper for its UK release date on 27th May. In the meantime check out these stills from the movie.
If you loved the likes of recent Euro crime flicks such as Gommorah, Romanzo Criminale, Carlos, Mesrine and the Baader Meinhof Complex, this is for you! Co-starring with Kim Rossi Stuart is Valeria Solarino, Moritz Bleibtreu, Francesco Scianna and Paz Vega.
Set in Italy in the 1970s, Angels Of Evil...
Just wait until you see Kim Rossi Stuart's incredible performance as Milanese crook Renato Vallanzasca in Michele Placido's forthcoming gangster epic Angels of Evil. It's a star-making turn in one of the coolest films of the year.
We caught Angels of Evil at the London Italian Film Festival in March and you can read a short review here London's Italian Film Festival 2011 but we'll be reviewing it proper for its UK release date on 27th May. In the meantime check out these stills from the movie.
If you loved the likes of recent Euro crime flicks such as Gommorah, Romanzo Criminale, Carlos, Mesrine and the Baader Meinhof Complex, this is for you! Co-starring with Kim Rossi Stuart is Valeria Solarino, Moritz Bleibtreu, Francesco Scianna and Paz Vega.
Set in Italy in the 1970s, Angels Of Evil...
- 5/6/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Purple Sea is a surprising, powerful film from Italian writer/director Donatella Marioca. A period piece set on a rural 19th century island, it’s a heartfelt, riveting, completely unpredictable love story between two women.
We first meet Angela (Valeria Solarino) and Sara (Isabella Ragonese) when they are young girls, running around on their astoundingly beautiful Mediterranean island. They (along with neighborhood boys Tomasso and Ventura) are friends despite differences in social class – Angela is the daughter of the quarry foreman, the only booming industry on the isle, while Sara is destined to be a servant for the “baron” the wealthy man who owns the whole place.
Not all is idyllic on the little slice of paradise, as Angela’s father is revealed to be an angry, bitter, abusive man. He hates that Angela is a girl (she’s useless as a successor in business) and beats her for the slightest offense.
We first meet Angela (Valeria Solarino) and Sara (Isabella Ragonese) when they are young girls, running around on their astoundingly beautiful Mediterranean island. They (along with neighborhood boys Tomasso and Ventura) are friends despite differences in social class – Angela is the daughter of the quarry foreman, the only booming industry on the isle, while Sara is destined to be a servant for the “baron” the wealthy man who owns the whole place.
Not all is idyllic on the little slice of paradise, as Angela’s father is revealed to be an angry, bitter, abusive man. He hates that Angela is a girl (she’s useless as a successor in business) and beats her for the slightest offense.
- 3/3/2011
- by Danielle Riendeau
- AfterEllen.com
A teaser trailer for Giovanni Veronesi’s Manual of Love 3 (Manuale d’amore 3), which is an anthology of love stories set in Italy, starring Robert De Niro and Monica Bellucci, has gone online.
The film has received attention because it’s managed to land De Niro and Bellucci in one of the storylines. As we previously reported, De Niro will play a divorced American professor living in Rome and his role will partially be spoken in Italian. Bellucci will play his love interest.
Also stars Michele Placido, Laura Chiatti, Valeria Solarino, and Donatella Finocchiaro.
Manual of Love 3 will hit theaters in Italy on February 25th, 2011. No word if it will ever be released in the Us.
In an interview with Variety, producer Aurelio De Laurentiis said that the first two movies have been successful in Europe making a combined total of $45 million at the Italian box office.
But now, he...
The film has received attention because it’s managed to land De Niro and Bellucci in one of the storylines. As we previously reported, De Niro will play a divorced American professor living in Rome and his role will partially be spoken in Italian. Bellucci will play his love interest.
Also stars Michele Placido, Laura Chiatti, Valeria Solarino, and Donatella Finocchiaro.
Manual of Love 3 will hit theaters in Italy on February 25th, 2011. No word if it will ever be released in the Us.
In an interview with Variety, producer Aurelio De Laurentiis said that the first two movies have been successful in Europe making a combined total of $45 million at the Italian box office.
But now, he...
- 1/5/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Giovanni Veronesi, writer and director of the first two "Manuale d'amore" films, throws a third one into the ring with "Manuale d'amore 3." Today the first official trailer for the Italian romantic comedy leaps online.The film centers on four different love stories that all take place at the same time. Robert De Niro plays Adrian, a divorced university professor. The rest of the cast includes Monica Bellucci, Laura Chiatti, Riccardo Scamarcio, Valeria Solarino and Donatella Finocchiaro."Manuale d'amore 3" will be released in Italy on February 25th. No word on when it will be released in the States. Go on, check out the trailer below. Source: CinemaNotizie...
- 1/4/2011
- LRMonline.com
When do a lot of people start to care about the third film in an Italian romance series? When one of the stories within features Robert De Niro as a divorced American professor romancing Monica Bellucci during a stay in Rome. We talked about Manual of Love 3 when the two actors were cast in the film [1], and now there's a trailer featuring their characters. See it after the break. As in the first two installments of this series, the film is built out of a small collection of standalone stories, so don't worry about not having caught the previous installments. Neither of the first two films got theatrical distribution in the Us, and I'm not sure they've ever been on DVD here. With Robert De Niro and Monica Bellucci involved in this one, however, there's a much better chance that it'll hit our shores. Italian audiences will see it on...
- 1/4/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Steve Balderson‘s Stuck! (top); Isabella Ragonese, Valeria Solarino in Donatella Maiorca‘s Purple Sea (bottom) Outfest 2010: Incestuous Gay Brothers, Wild Women’s Prison, George Takei in Bed Outfest 2010, Friday, July 9. Synopses from the Outfest website: From Beginning to End From their playful childhood through their coming of age, Brazilian half-brothers Francisco and Thomás have always shared a special bond. As young men, their tempestuous relationship is often complicated by family drama and their individual ambitions, building to an uninhibited display of affection. Tastefully embracing taboos usually reserved for fetish films, From Beginning To End is an oddly moving tribute to brotherly love. Purple Sea Nothing – not her father nor the church – can stop unruly Angela from being with her childhood best friend turned great love, Sara, in this gripping tale of devotion. Based on a true story and beautifully photographed on the rocky shores of Sicily, Purple Sea...
- 7/8/2010
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Maxime Alexandre, the director of photography for Mirrors, High Tension and The Hills Have Eyes, is set to make his directorial debut on a new thriller entitled Holy Money. The film stars Aaron Stanford (The Hills Have Eyes), Karl Roden (Blade II), Ben Gazzara, Joaquim de Almeida, Suzanne Bertish, Valeria Solarino, Nicola Di Pinto, Tiberio Murgia, Luca Angeletti, Pino Colizzi and Francesco Guzzo. Written by Philippa Goslett and M. Christine Vanden Eede, inside you can check out the synopsis for the film. Anthony's family runs a small Italian restaurant in London. When his childhood friend, Dario, dies in a suspicious accident, Anthony inherits a vineyard in Sant'Angelo, the village his parents came from in Italy...
- 8/9/2008
- bloody-disgusting.com
The Fever
CHICAGO -- Mario is a "Mama Sita", a young man who lives in Naples with his mother under the towering gaze of his late father's domineering portrait. He's not your standard live-at-home slug, however. When Mario is awarded a cushy civil servant post with the mayor, he's torn between the respectability of the calling and his personal dreams.
"You're a soccer player in a referee's job," a perceptive chum opines. Warm, rambunctious and ripe with free spirit, "The Fever" could do well in select-site venues. It screened at the recent Chicago International Film Festival.
Brimming with zingy anti-establishment moments -- the Italian governmental bureaucracy makes a deliciously easy target -- filmmaker Alessandro D'Alatri has fashioned a delightful story of self-discovery as Mario finds that he is not cut out for the life of a bureaucrat. A co-worker's 40-year gold watch and subsequent death triggers his desire to remove himself from this life of not-so-quiet desperation.
Although "The Fever" centers on Mario's dream of founding a dance club and spins further into male fantasyland when he hooks up with a literary go-go dancer (Valeria Solarino), the movie is a crusty story of self-discovery. Throughout the well-paced narrative, Mario grows and ends up reaching for more than he could have imagined. Most triumphantly, he has reached deeply into himself to discover that he is more than he dared think.
As the confused but ultimately focused Mario, Fabio Volo is winning as a Neapolitan version of Tom Hanks. As the poet and go-go dancer, Solarino fleshes out her fantasy role with entrancing aplomb.
Technical credits are scrumptious, especially cinematographer Italo Petriccione's smartly scoped compositions and art director Luigi Marchione's flavorful stylings.
"You're a soccer player in a referee's job," a perceptive chum opines. Warm, rambunctious and ripe with free spirit, "The Fever" could do well in select-site venues. It screened at the recent Chicago International Film Festival.
Brimming with zingy anti-establishment moments -- the Italian governmental bureaucracy makes a deliciously easy target -- filmmaker Alessandro D'Alatri has fashioned a delightful story of self-discovery as Mario finds that he is not cut out for the life of a bureaucrat. A co-worker's 40-year gold watch and subsequent death triggers his desire to remove himself from this life of not-so-quiet desperation.
Although "The Fever" centers on Mario's dream of founding a dance club and spins further into male fantasyland when he hooks up with a literary go-go dancer (Valeria Solarino), the movie is a crusty story of self-discovery. Throughout the well-paced narrative, Mario grows and ends up reaching for more than he could have imagined. Most triumphantly, he has reached deeply into himself to discover that he is more than he dared think.
As the confused but ultimately focused Mario, Fabio Volo is winning as a Neapolitan version of Tom Hanks. As the poet and go-go dancer, Solarino fleshes out her fantasy role with entrancing aplomb.
Technical credits are scrumptious, especially cinematographer Italo Petriccione's smartly scoped compositions and art director Luigi Marchione's flavorful stylings.
- 11/9/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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