‘Pure Hearts’ Director Roberto De Paolis Steps Up Manufacturing of His Younger Movies Shingle (EXCLUSIVE)

Italian director and producer Roberto De Paolis, whose 2017 debut “Pure Hearts” launched from Cannes, is stepping up exercise of his Younger Movies shingle and has accomplished his follow-up characteristic, “Princess,” a couple of younger African lady who’s a sufferer of the intercourse commerce.

Described by De Paolis as “the unfiltered story of a younger Nigerian who prostitutes herself in Ostia, outdoors Rome, in a seaside pine forest,” “Princess” (first look picture above) options Glory Kevin, an actual sufferer of the intercourse commerce, within the title function plus different non-professional actors with related backgrounds. Rounding out the forged are Lino Musella (“The Younger Pope”), Salvatore Striano (“Caesar Should Die”) and Maurizio Lombardi (“The New Pope”).

The movie, which is produced by Younger Movies and Indigo Movie (“The Nice Magnificence”) with RAI Cinema, is “an try to uncover the complexity of the inside conflicts that run by the protagonist,” mentioned De Paolis, including that it examines the second when African intercourse commerce victims “understand they will’t do it anymore, and need to give up.”

By way of tone, “Princess” mixes its naturalism “with a fable-like tone, since these girls have a powerful tendency in direction of magic,” De Paolis added. Pic is anticipated to floor on the fest circuit quickly.

De Paolis is now stepping up exercise of his Rome-based Younger Movies, which he based with producer Carla Altieri and now additionally includes gross sales and distribution exec Rachel Greenwood. The indie shingle has been busy forging relationships with larger Italian indies resembling Indigo, Vivo Movies and Matteo Rovere’s Ascent Movie, utilizing their broader shoulders to take issues to the following stage “and create the perfect ecosystem for our administrators to work in,” De Paolis mentioned.

Beneath are two initiatives within the Younger Movies pipeline

“Julio Cesar” –– Taking pictures will begin in mid-February on this drama by Berlinale Abilities grad Enrico Maria Artale (“Romulus,” the TV sequence) by which a thirty-something Colombian man resides in Italy together with his mom who’s a former cocaine “mule,” now hooked on crack cocaine. Pic explores their mother-son dynamics and Julio’s rapport together with his house nation. Solid includes Edoardo Pesce (“Dogman”) and Margarita Rosa De Francisco (“Narcos”). Pic is produced by Matteo Rovere for Ascent and Younger Movies.

“Anyplace, Anytime” –– This primary characteristic by Italy-based Iranian helmer Milad Tangshir is impressed by Vittorio De Sica’s “The Bicycle Thief.” Plot revolves round a younger undocumented immigrant named Issa working as a rider, whose bike will get stolen. As he desperately searches for it, Issa is sucked into a dramatic spiral of occasions. Tangshir penned the screenplay with author/director Daniele Gaglianone (“Rust”) and Andrea Giaime Alonge. Pic is being produced by Gregorio Paonessa for Vivo Movie and Younger Movies. The plan is to start out capturing in June.