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  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Giuseppe Basso, CEO of Cinecittà Studios, poses for a portrait in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8234.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Giuseppe Basso, CEO of Cinecittà Studios, poses for a portrait in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8230.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Giuseppe Basso, CEO of Cinecittà Studios, poses for a portrait in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8213.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Giuseppe Basso, CEO of Cinecittà Studios, is here during an interview in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8193.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Giuseppe Basso, CEO of Cinecittà Studios, is here during an interview in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8158.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: The entrance to the equipment storage of Cinecittà Studios is here in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8050.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Maintenance workers employed at Cinecittà Studios paint a Roman temple of the set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, here in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8043.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A maintenance worker employed at Cinecittà Studios paints a Roman temple of the set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, here in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7998.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A maintenance worker employed at Cinecittà Studios paints a Roman temple of the set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, here in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7982.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Maintenance workers employed at Cinecittà Studios paint a Roman temple of the set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, here in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7965.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Maintenance workers employed at Cinecittà Studios paint a Roman temple of the set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, here in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7882.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A maintenance worker employed at Cinecittà Studios paints a Roman temple of the set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, here in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7858.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Giuseppe Basso, CEO of Cinecittà Studios, is here during an interview in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8199.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Maintenance workers employed at Cinecittà Studios paint a Roman temple of the set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, here in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7972.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A maintenance worker employed at Cinecittà Studios paints a Roman temple of the set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, here in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7902.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Entrance to Cinecittà, a large film studio considered the hub of Italian cinema, in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8424.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Entrance to Cinecittà, a large film studio considered the hub of Italian cinema, in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8353.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Studio 5, Italian film director Federico Fellini's favorite, in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8315.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Studio 5, Italian film director Federico Fellini's favorite, in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8298.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A Roman temple of the set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, is seen here from behind the scenes in Cinecittà in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8035.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A catapult used for a scene of Ben-Hur, the upcoming American historical epic film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, is here by the Studio 13 of Cinecittà   <br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7605.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A "silence" sign above the entrance door of the Teatro 1 (Studio 1) of Cinecittà<br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7583.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A "silence" sign above the entrance door of the Teatro 1 (Studio 1) in Cinecittà<br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7578.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Two men rest on the set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, is here in Cinecittà in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7851.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: The prop of the Medusa of "Fellini's Casanova", a 1976 film by director Federico Fellini, is here at the entrance of Cinecittà <br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7571.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: The set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, is here in Cinecittà in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8269.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A direction sign for the production of Ben-Hur, the upcoming American historical epic film directed by Timur Bekmambetov, is taped on a tree in Cinecittà, Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8058.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015:<br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_8004.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: The set of "Rome", the British-American-Italian broadcasted between 2005 and 2007 on HBO, BBC Two and RaiDue, is here in Cinecittà in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7925.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A portion of the set of "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt", an upcoming film (2016) by director Cyrus Nowrasteh  based on Anne Rice's 2005 book, is here in Cinecittà  <br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7821.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A portion of the set of "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt", an upcoming film (2016) by director Cyrus Nowrasteh  based on Anne Rice's 2005 book, is here in Cinecittà  <br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7799.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A portion of the film set of "Francesco", a 2005 mini TV series on the life of Sain Francis of Assisi, here in Cinecittà in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7754.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: A portion of the set of "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt", an upcoming film (2016) by director Cyrus Nowrasteh  based on Anne Rice's 2005 book, is here in Cinecittà  <br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7735.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Props used in previous film productions are stocked outdoors in Cinecittà<br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7699.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Props used in previous film productions are stocked outdoors in Cinecittà<br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7650.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Props used in previous film productions are stocked outdoors in Cinecittà<br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7624.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 30 MARCH 2015: Props used in previous film productions are stocked outdoors in Cinecittà<br />
in Rome, Italy, on March 30th 2015.<br />
<br />
Italy instated a special 25% tax credit for film productions in 2010. The industry then lobbied to remove the credit’s cap, and last July, Italy lifted its tax credit limit from €5 million per movie to €10 million per company per year. <br />
 <br />
Cinecittà, a large film studio in Rome, is considered the hub of Italian cinema. The studios were founded in 1937 by Benito Mussolini as part of a scheme to revive the Italian film industry. In the 1950s, the number of international productions being made here led to Rome being dubbed as the "Hollywood on the Tiber". In the 1950s, Cinecittà was the filming location for several large American film productions like Ben-Hur, and then became the studio most closely associated with Federico Fellini.<br />
After a period of near-bankruptcy, the Italian Government privatized Cinecittà in 1997, selling an 80% stake.<br />
<br />
Currently Ben-Hur and Zoolander 2 are booked into Cinecittà Studios.
    CIPG_20150330_NYT-Cinecitta__M3_7654.jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with a storyboard of Pinocchio he made at the age of six years old, at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: The storyboard of the film "Pinocchio" (2019) is seen here in the office of Italian director Matteo Garrone, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: The storyboard of the film "Pinocchio" (2019) is seen here in the office of Italian director Matteo Garrone, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with a storyboard of Pinocchio he made at the age of six years old, at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with a storyboard of Pinocchio he made at the age of six years old, at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: A storyboard of Pinocchio made by Italian director Matteo Garrone in 1974, at the age of six years old, is seen here in his office at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with a storyboard of Pinocchio he made at the age of six years old, at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: A storyboard of Pinocchio made by Italian director Matteo Garrone in 1974, at the age of six years old, is seen here in his office at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: A storyboard of Pinocchio made by Italian director Matteo Garrone in 1974, at the age of six years old, is seen here in his office at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: A storyboard of Pinocchio made by Italian director Matteo Garrone in 1974, at the age of six years old, is seen here in his office at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: The storyboard of the film "Pinocchio" (2019) is seen here in the office of Italian director Matteo Garrone, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: The storyboard of the film "Pinocchio" (2019) is seen here in the office of Italian director Matteo Garrone, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Storyboards of the films "Pinocchio" (2019, right) and "Dogman" (2018, left) are seen here in the office of Italian director Matteo Garrone, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Storyboards of the films "Pinocchio" (2019, right) and "Dogman" (2018, left) are seen here in the office of Italian director Matteo Garrone, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
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  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
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"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: The storyboard of the film "Pinocchio" (2019) is seen here in the office of Italian director Matteo Garrone, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: The storyboard of the film "Pinocchio" (2019) is seen here in the office of Italian director Matteo Garrone, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: The storyboard of the film "Pinocchio" (2019) is seen here in the office of Italian director Matteo Garrone, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: The storyboard of the film "Pinocchio" (2019) is seen here in the office of Italian director Matteo Garrone, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
  • ROME, ITALY - 21 DECEMBER 2020: Italian director Matteo Garrone (52) - cowriter and director of the live-action film "Pinnocchio" (2019) - poses for a portrait with the wooden puppet used in his film, here at the Studios, a film studio in Rome, Italy, on December 21st 2020. <br />
<br />
"Pinocchio " was a passion project for Garrone, who drew the first storyboard of the story at the age of six. For this project, Matteo Garrone -  who directed the widely acclaimed “Gomorrah" (2008) and Dogman (2018) among others - and his cowriter Massimo Ceccherini went back to the original  1883 children tale "The Adventures of Pinocchio" by Carlo Collodi, which is much more complex and darker than the 1940 Disney fable.  In Garrone's version, Pinocchio is played with a woodified face by child actor Federico Ielapi, and his father-creator Geppetto is played by the Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni. The film was first released in Italy in December 2019.   The English version of the movie will be released in the United States and Canada on December 25th 2020.
    CIPG_20201221_NYT-MatteoGarrone_7M30...jpg
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