A Time to Love (IL Tempo Dell' Amore)
Synopsis
Campiotti, whose debut Like Two Crocodiles won a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign film in 1995, employed unorthodox means to research his film. Keen to write about love, he asked first friends, then strangers - through a small ad in a newspaper - for stories about love. His only stipulation was that they be real. Sifting through the mountains of letters and notes he was sent, he realised that there were key moments that all the stories shared, which mirrored the seasons of the year. He then teamed up with Alexander Adabachian, with whom he co-wrote Like Two Crocodiles.
With financing in place from Italian, French and British sources and a European cast including Ciaran Hinds, Juliet Aubrey and Natacha Regnier, the film cranked up its staggered shoot in late 1998. It premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in 1999.
Details
- Year
- 2000
- Type of project
- Features
- Director
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Giacomo Campiotti
- Composer
- Giuseppe D’Onghia
- Dir
- Giacomo Campiotti. 2000. 35mm. 110mins. Prods: Leo Pescarolo, Judy Counihan, Cedomir Kolar. Scr: Giacomo Campiotti, Alexander Adabachian. DoP: Blasco Giurato. Prod des: Paolo Bizzari. Ed: Roberto Missiroli. Main cast: Ciaran Hinds, Juliet Aubrey, Natacha Regnier, Ignazio Oliva, Natalia Piatti, Giuseppe Faraso, Sergio Rubini. Budget: $5m. Funding: RAI, Istituto Luce, StudioCanal, European Co-production Fund, Eurimages.
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Production Status
Production Company
DAKOTA FILM 12a Newburgh Street London W1V 1LG Tel: (44) 20 7287 4329 Fax: (44) 20 7287 2303 BLUE CINEMATOGRAFICA Via Ovidio 32 00193 Rome, Italy Tel: (39) 06 68807901 Fax: (39) 06 68 807909 NOE FILMS 10 Rue Sainte Anastase 75003 Paris Tel: (33) 1 447 86380 Fax: (33) 1 427 71938
Sales Company
The Sales Co (44) 20 7434 9061 Territories sold: France, Italy, Sweden
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