Rome-based sales company Intramovies has taken world sales rights on Italian director Alberto Fasulo’s Inquisition period piece “Menocchio” ahead of its world premiere in competition at the upcoming Locarno Festival.
Set during the late 16th century in the mountains of the Northeastern Italian region of Friuli, “Menocchio” is based on the true tale of a miller who was burned at the stake for heresy after he rebelled against Roman Catholic Church impositions.
The story of “Menocchio,” whose real name was Domenico Scandella, has been told in-depth in a widely-translated book titled “The Cheese and the Worms” by historian Carlo Ginzburg.
However the film is not based on the book.
Praised by Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatrian for “visuals that take their cue from Italian renaissance paintings,” “Menocchio” is Fasulo’s second feature following naturalistic trucking drama “Tir,” which made a splash after winning the best film prize at the 2013 Rome Film Festival.
Set during the late 16th century in the mountains of the Northeastern Italian region of Friuli, “Menocchio” is based on the true tale of a miller who was burned at the stake for heresy after he rebelled against Roman Catholic Church impositions.
The story of “Menocchio,” whose real name was Domenico Scandella, has been told in-depth in a widely-translated book titled “The Cheese and the Worms” by historian Carlo Ginzburg.
However the film is not based on the book.
Praised by Locarno artistic director Carlo Chatrian for “visuals that take their cue from Italian renaissance paintings,” “Menocchio” is Fasulo’s second feature following naturalistic trucking drama “Tir,” which made a splash after winning the best film prize at the 2013 Rome Film Festival.
- 7/20/2018
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
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- MUBI
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