NAPLES IN VEILS
Film - Spotlight Filmfest 2018

NAPLES IN VEILS

Directed by Ferzan Ozpetek

Info

Director: Ferzan Ozpetek
Section: Spotlight
Country: Italy
Year: 2017
PT: NAPOLI VELATA
OT: NAPOLI VELATA
Language: Italian
Version: Original version with English subtitles
Cast: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Alessandro Borghi, Anna Bonaiuto, Peppe Barra
18+ (no age rating)

Logline

NAPLES IN VEILS

An encounter, a crime, a city full of mysteries... At a party in Naples, Adriana is seduced by a good-looking younger man named Andrea. After a night of passion, they agree to meet the next evening, but Andrea never shows up...

Meet the director

NAPLES IN VEILS

Ferzan Ozpetek

Ferzan Ozpetek was born in Turkey in 1959. In 1976, he moved to Rome to study film history, art history, and drama at the Sapienza University. He also attended courses in art history and costume design at the Academy of Fine Arts as well as directing courses at the Silvio D'Amico National Academy of Dramatic Art. After his first stage experience with Julian Beck's Living Theatre, he worked as an assistant director to Massimo Troisi, Maurizio Ponzi, Ricky Tognazzi, Sergio Citti, and Francesco Nuti. His first feature film, STEAM: THE TURKISH BATH, premiered in Cannes and was sold in over 20 countries. Ozpetek (Mine Vaganti) became known to German audiences in 2010 through his film LOOSE CANNONS.

Credits

Screenplay: Ferzan Ozpetek, Gianni Romoli, Valia Santella
Director of Photography: Gian Filippo Corticelli
Film Editor: Leonardo Alberto Moschetta
Composer: Pasquale Catalano
Production Designer: Ivana Gargiulo
Costume Design: Alessandro Lai
Producer: Tilde Corsi, Gianni Romoli
Production Company: R&C Produzioni
World Sales: True Colours
Distributor: Prokino Filmverleih GmbH