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Exclusive! Edward Norton: “I love movies... but when I act in theatre I feel like a rock star..!”

A close encounter with Edward Norton by Francesca Lombardo, journalist and author. Edward Norton is one of the best actors of his generation with an Oscar nomination under his belt for his breakthrough role in Primal Fear, but he has always aspired to approach film making from a 360 degrees perspective not only as an actor but as a writer, scriptwriting, director and as a producer. And in…
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Zhao Tao: only in Europe or in America they call me "Muse". In China, I am just an actor

By Francesca Lombardo.Often referred as the Muse of iconic multi-award winning Chinese director, Jia Zhangke (Platform, the World, Still Life, A touch of Sin, 24 Hours, Ashes is Pure Whiteamong his most acclaimed) to who is also married since 2012; former Chinese dance teacher, Zhao Tao has been invited this year at the Festa del Cinema of Roma to celebrate twenty years of her career…
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My Life? My career? Je ne regrette rien ... confesses French film icon Funny Ardant

A retrospective on the life and the career of Funny Ardant,Close Encounter,at Rome Cinema Festa, 14th Edition, Rome October 2019. Muse of Francois Truffaut and a true icon of the French and international cinema, Fanny Ardant comes back to the big screen with grace and charisma in a genial, intense and exhilarating movie that is all about nostalgia and recapturing the past to make sense…
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