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Interview with Carolina Cavalli for The Kidnapping of Arabella presented at 2025 Venice Film Festival - Orizzonti section. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com.
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Timestamps:
0:45 - Now that I get a sense of your writing with Amanda (2022) and Fremont (2023), I want to get a sense how you write dialogue?
2:29 - What did your child actress Lucrezia Guglielmino teach you?
3:30 - ...so it keep you on your toes - how is it to have a fresh new take?
5:00 - As I'm watching this film ... I'm focused on how they mirror and mining each other - tell me about their need for each other and how they negotiate power?
7:43 - I like this idea of traveling without really leaving - why did you choose these locations?
10:36 - You've worked with her on both of your features...how would you describe your working relationship with Benedetta Porcaroli?
11:50 - There is specific sequence in the film (with the video screen) where Holly shifts persepctive - could you discuss this part?
13:30 - I was shocked when I saw you had cast Chris Pine - did you discuss how he brought out the deadpan-ness in the character.
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CREDITS
Producers: Antonio Celsi, Annamaria Morelli, Massimiliano Orfei, Luisa Borella, Davide Novelli
Executive producers: Malcom Pagani, Moreno Zani, Andrea Scrosati
Director: Carolina Cavalli
Screenwriter: Carolina Cavalli
Director of photography: Lorenzo Levrini
Production designer: Martino Bonanomi
Costumes: Francesca Cibischino
Editor: Babak Jalali
Sound editing: Francesco Lucarelli
Sound: Francesco Liotard, Jacopo Lattanzio
Visual effects: Stefano Bellano
Music: Thomas Moked Blum, Noaz Deshe
Cast: Benedetta Porcaroli, Lucrezia Guglielmino, Chris Pine, Marco Bonadei, Eva Robin’s
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
Interview with Carolina Cavalli for The Kidnapping of Arabella presented at 2025 Venice Film Festival - Orizzonti section. Interview conducted by Eric Lavallée for IONCINEMA.com.
Please support us by SUBSCRIBING to our Youtube channel!:
youtube.com/user/ioncinema?sub_confirmation=1
Let us know what you think of Amanda (2022) and The Kidnapping of Arabella (2025) - leave your comments below!
Timestamps:
0:45 - Now that I get a sense of your writing with Amanda (2022) and Fremont (2023), I want to get a sense how you write dialogue?
2:29 - What did your child actress Lucrezia Guglielmino teach you?
3:30 - ...so it keep you on your toes - how is it to have a fresh new take?
5:00 - As I'm watching this film ... I'm focused on how they mirror and mining each other - tell me about their need for each other and how they negotiate power?
7:43 - I like this idea of traveling without really leaving - why did you choose these locations?
10:36 - You've worked with her on both of your features...how would you describe your working relationship with Benedetta Porcaroli?
11:50 - There is specific sequence in the film (with the video screen) where Holly shifts persepctive - could you discuss this part?
13:30 - I was shocked when I saw you had cast Chris Pine - did you discuss how he brought out the deadpan-ness in the character.
CONNECT with IONCINEMA.com
Visit our website: ioncinema.com
Twitter: twitter.com/ioncinema
Facebook: facebook.com/ioncinema
Instagram: instagram.com/ioncinema
CREDITS
Producers: Antonio Celsi, Annamaria Morelli, Massimiliano Orfei, Luisa Borella, Davide Novelli
Executive producers: Malcom Pagani, Moreno Zani, Andrea Scrosati
Director: Carolina Cavalli
Screenwriter: Carolina Cavalli
Director of photography: Lorenzo Levrini
Production designer: Martino Bonanomi
Costumes: Francesca Cibischino
Editor: Babak Jalali
Sound editing: Francesco Lucarelli
Sound: Francesco Liotard, Jacopo Lattanzio
Visual effects: Stefano Bellano
Music: Thomas Moked Blum, Noaz Deshe
Cast: Benedetta Porcaroli, Lucrezia Guglielmino, Chris Pine, Marco Bonadei, Eva Robin’s
IONCINEMA.com is a media outlet featuring daily news, reviews and interviews in American indie, world cinema, documentary film & film festivals. Our motto: We heart subtitles!
