''Capri-Revolution'' is a 2018 Italian-French period drama film co-written and directed by

Mario Martone Mario Martone (born 20 November 1959) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed more than 30 films since 1985. His film ''L'amore molesto'' was entered into the 1995 Cannes Film Festival. His 2010 film '' Noi credevamo'' comp ...

. It was selected to be screened in the main competition section of the

75th Venice International Film Festival The 75th Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 8 September 2018. Mexican film director Guillermo del Toro was named as the President of the Jury. '' First Man'', directed by Damien Chazelle, was selected to open the fes ...

Plot

In 1914, with Italy about to enter World War I, a commune of young artists from Northern Europe establishes itself on the rural island of

Capri Capri ( , ; ; ) is an island located in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the Sorrento Peninsula, on the south side of the Gulf of Naples in the Campania region of Italy. The main town of Capri that is located on the island shares the name. It has bee ...

, a safe haven for dissidents and nonconformists from all over the world, like Russian exiles led by

Maxim Gorky Alexei Maximovich Peshkov (russian: link=no, Алексе́й Макси́мович Пешко́в; – 18 June 1936), popularly known as Maxim Gorky (russian: Макси́м Го́рький, link=no), was a Russian writer and social ...

, preparing to an upcoming

revolution In political science, a revolution (Latin: ''revolutio'', "a turn around") is a fundamental and relatively sudden change in political power and political organization which occurs when the population revolts against the government, typically due ...

. Here, local girl Lucia meets Seybu, the charming leader of the commune, and Carlo, a young doctor.

Cast

* Marianna Fontana as Lucia * Reinout Scholten van Aschat as Seybu * as Carlo * Jenna Thiam as Lilian * Lola Klamroth as Nina *

Ludovico Girardello Ludovico Girardello (born 5 December 2000 in Vittorio Veneto) is an Italian actor best known for his role of Michele Silenzi in '' The Invisible Boy'' movie series. References External links * 2000 births Living people Italian male f ...

as Luca * Maximilian Dirr as Herbert * Gianluca Di Gennaro as Antonio *

Donatella Finocchiaro Donatella Finocchiaro (born 16 November 1970) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in more than 20 films since 2002. She starred in '' The Wedding Director'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival ...

as Maria * Eduardo Scarpetta as Vincenzo * Rinat Khismatouline as

* Agnieszka Jania as Carmela

Production

Martone took the inspiration for the story from the life of German artist

Karl Wilhelm Diefenbach Karl may refer to: People * Karl (given name), including a list of people and characters with the name * Karl der Große, commonly known in English as Charlemagne * Karl Marx, German philosopher and political writer * Karl of Austria, last Austria ...

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as a ...

began on 24 August 2017 in

San Mauro Cilento San Mauro Cilento is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. History The town was first mentioned in 1130. Its secondary toponym, Casalsoprano (or Casal Soprano, i. e. ''Upper Farmhouse''),S ...

, Italy. Filming took place also in

Gaeta Gaeta (; lat, Cāiēta; Southern Laziale: ''Gaieta'') is a city in the province of Latina, in Lazio, Southern Italy. Set on a promontory stretching towards the Gulf of Gaeta, it is from Rome and from Naples. The town has played a consp ...

and

Cilento Cilento is an Italian geographical region of Campania in the central and southern part of the Province of Salerno and an important tourist area of southern Italy. Cilento is known as one of the centers of Mediterranean diet. Geography The co ...

. The film was shot under the

working title A working title, which may be abbreviated and styled in trade publications after a putative title as (wt), also called a production title or a tentative title, is the temporary title of a product or project used during its development, usually ...

of ''Capri-Batterie'', inspired by a 1985

concept art Concept art is a form of visual art used to convey an idea for use in films, video games, animation, comic books, or other media before it is put into the final product. Concept art usually refers to world-building artwork used to inspire the d ...

work of the same name by

Joseph Beuys Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( , ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art mov ...

Release

''Capri-Revolution'' premiered in competition at the

on 6 September 2018. It was released in Italy by

01 Distribution RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana (; commercially styled as Rai since 2000; known until 1954 as Radio Audizioni Italiane) is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terr ...

on 20 December 2018.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Capri-Revolution 2018 films 2018 drama films Italian drama films 2010s Italian-language films French drama films Films directed by Mario Martone Films set in 1914 Films set in Capri, Campania 2010s French films Italian-language French films