Taormina – Day 6 of the 69th edition Taormina Film Festival It starts with celebrating the power of dreams.
the main character is crippled lame, the most followed video creator in the world on TikTok, who shows himself in front of his audience – full of youth – in all his authenticity. He shares with Taormina his dream, his good feelings, his desire to fulfill it with dedication, commitment and sincerity.
lame dreams
“I was making videos in my bedroom – he says – people think it’s important to get who knows what, who knows where, but it’s not. Just dreaming about it, just wanting it, just dedicating yourself to it. I didn’t have a 3000 euro camera, no fancy phone, I didn’t even have a ring light, I saw a white screen on youtube and shot it on my face. Don’t limit yourself, and don’t let others do the same, I try to face and overcome mine every day. I want to tell you a phrase that my mother always repeated to me: No matter how big something scares you, no matter how difficult an obstacle is to overcome, it can never be stronger than your dreamsThat dream is greater than everything.
“I was looking prince of bel air And I wanted to be like him – Lem continues – I wanted to make people laugh like him. Since then no one has taken that dream away from me, though many have laughed at me; The classmates who used to tease me today no longer laugh and ask me for video greetings. No one will laugh at you when you are successful. And if you are ready to give your all, you will really succeed. I will continue with my studies, I will continue with my dream, I want to be an actor. I made a promise to my mother, I told her One day she watched her son’s Oscars every morning, There will be no person or fear that can stop me even in my dreams.”
And he concluded: “It doesn’t rain every day, sooner or later the sun comes out. But when that sun comes out, you have to live it, stay there as long as possible. On the other hand, when the storm continues for too long, we should try to survive, to show that we are stronger. And if you try hard, you can ride out the storm, It’s up to us whether we decide to fly or not, We spend our lives deciding a direction and then taking a big leap. That’s the problem, having the courage to jump, but once you jump, it’s easy to learn to fly.”
gala evening
At the Teatro Antico, Lem is honored Damiani Award For its social impact.
also to be rewarded Edward Leowhich will be presented the day after the preview worst day, Leo celebrates in Taormina – after already going there for Taobuk 2023 – his “29 years of apprenticeship”: “In the beginning it was a confusing path – he says – in the first two decades of my career I was definitely not a leading actor, so I always like to remember these years, the fact that I built everything very calmly. And he tells an anecdote: “Every audition required me to go to prestigious schools but I failed in all of them. At that time, it was not yet possible to verify it on the internet, I had marked in my syllabus that I had attended La Scaleta International Theater School, For a long time I lived in fear that I would be asked with whom I studied, now it makes me smile to see that I am named among the most prestigious students of the International School of Theater La Scaleta.
Thereafter, the ceremony welcomes the great guests of the evening: Director Francis CinquemaniBrothers Alec and William Baldwin, Elva Trill And Valeria Marini (who gave everyone their stellar kisses) – the afternoon press conference was already eagerly awaited – to present the world premiere of “Billy’s Magical World, After him the hero of another world premiere: “bad conscience“Director david minnella, Catherine Guzzanti, Philip Cicitano And Francis Sciana,
Billy’s Magical World
Billy’s Magical World is a modern fairy tale. Francesco Cinquemani’s film with brothers Alec Baldwin and William Baldwin – together for the first time on set – starring Mia McGovern Zaini, Elva Trill and Valeria Marini was born aimed at children, but is known for its strength, authenticity, lightness and the emotions conveyed. Sweetness is aimed at everyone.
live action cinema And Animation – The work, in fact, also makes use of animation and cartoons – coming together in a winning combination that amuses and excites.
Furthermore, adding strength and prestige to the story – produced by Santo Versace and Gianluca Curti – is the return to the big screen. Johnny PuffPuffin the protagonist of the successful animated series “The Puffins” produced by ILBE. magic puppet Reproduced with accurate features of Johnny Depp – and who Depp voices in the original language version – will depend on the task of rescuing the hero.
This is the story of Billy (Mia McGovern Backpacks), Billy lives with his father (Samuel’s), after recently losing his mother. Johnny Puff is one of the last gifts he received, so Billy can’t get rid of it.
One day, upon leaving school, two strange characters, Gregory (William Baldwin) and Florence (elva trill), he offered the girl to visit Lord Domino’s palace with him (Alec Baldwin) and his assistant Hortense (Valeria Marini, Billy finds in this resolution a chance to escape his pain, find a choice, and get away from the hardships of the life he shared with his father; So he accepts the offer.
However, all too soon, the trip turns out to be completely different from what he imagined, Billy and the other children are imprisoned and their feelings of pain and sadness are used to fuel a super-cannon with which to destroy the world. Have to dominate. When all seems lost, Johnny Puff will come to life and, in one great adventure, will be able to change everything.
bad conscience
after the good feelings of Billy’s Magical WorldWe move forward with a completely different story but are able to keep ourselves in the same crescendo of emotions.
about this bad conscienceDirected by Davide Minnella with Francesco Sciana, Filippo Cichitano, Matilde Gioeli, Beatrice Grano, Giovanni Esposito, Alessandro Benvenuti, Caterina Guzzanti, Drusilla Foer.
In cinemas July 19, Kahaani is a funny, surprising journey full of ups and downs, a romantic comedy that makes us stop and think. Is it that easy to act according to good conscience, to know what is the right choice?
The story will ask its audience on this question Philip (Filippo Cichitano), a faithful and loving lover, an impeccable lawyer and a generous man. Philip is perfect and merits his discretion: Eight (Francesco Sciana). In fact, our conscience lives in another world, all disheartened and discouraged, except for the conscience of Otto, who is the best conscience in Italy because Filippo blindly trusts him. For this reason Otto has the task of conducting remedial courses for all other intercessors. Everything is going well, but one day Otto gets distracted from work for a moment. Within minutes, Filippo has his life turned upside down: on the eve of his wedding (which would have guaranteed Otto a promotion), he falls in love with another girl.
In a panic, Otto has to be able to fix the disaster before the higher consciousness becomes aware of it. So he decided to go to Earth to meet Philip in person. However, he will find that on Earth, everything becomes more difficult and the line between good and evil proves to be much more blurred. Being human is not easy, especially when it comes to love. Then how to act according to conscience? What really separates a good conscience from a bad conscience?
The comedy, amidst laughs, twists and many reflections, will try to prove it to us, inspiring its heroes and us with them to see the world through different eyes.
The film is a production by Fulvio and Federica Luciano. Italian International Film – Luciano Group in collaboration with vision delivery And Sky,