Projects matching: Peter Cattaneo

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Follows the story of an Englishman who was disappointed after going to work in a school in Argentina, but his life changes after he finds a small penguin who becomes his friend and teacher of life's most important lessons.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2024 - World premiere

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A band of misfit women form a choir on a military base. Bonds of friendship begin to flourish between them, and the music transforms their lives, helping each of them to overcome their fears for loved ones in combat.
Inspired by BBC documentary series 'The Choir: Military Wives'.
Official Selection Toronto International Film Festival 2019 - Special Presentations - World premiere

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It's Christmas and the young Chris O' Dowd is taken to meet Santa at the local supermarket in his hometown in Ireland. Unsettled by stories of Santa coming down the chimney and resentful of always receiving hand-me-down presents once owned by his sisters instead of the Subbuteo he dreams of, he pees on Santa's lap. Later at home he sets a trap for Santa, a mouse-trap and glass of milk with a heavy dose of washing powder, only to discover that Santa has brought him that long-dreamed of Subbuteo.

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It's term time at Stouts Hill School and the young Stephen Fry befriends a new boy Bunce. When Fry is caught with forbidden sweets bought from the out of bounds village sweet shop, he persuades Bunce to take the blame. Both are hauled in front of the headmaster under whose intimidation Bunce buckles and tells the truth. As punishment Fry is put into detention while the rest of the school tucks into the Christmas Feast.

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Pobby and Dingan are invisible: you don't have to see them to believe them. They live in a harsh wilderness, the opal capital of the world and are friends with Kellyanne. This is the funny, uplifting and touching story of the bizarre and inexplicable disappearance of Pobby and Dingan, Kellyanne's imaginary friends, and the impact this has on her family and the whole town.

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From the director of 'The Full Monty' comes a prison escape comedy with a musical twist.
When a group of prison inmates co-operate with the Governor in his ambitions to stage a musical, little does he realise this is Act 1 of their escape plan.

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Uberto Pasolini knows a thing or two about taking a punt on first-time writers and directors. The Full Monty, which he produced, came from nowhere to become an international hit and put Peter Cattaneo and Simon Beaufoy on the film-making map. Now, he has backed another couple of newcomers: writer William Ivory and director Aileen Ritchie.

The Closer You Get is set in a village on Ireland's north-west coast where the birth rate is falling and the men are getting twitchy because of a lack of single young women. A group of bachelors, led by Ian Hart, take the matter into their own hands and place an ad in the Miami Herald calling for female companions. However, the local women get wind of the plan.

The film was inspired by an article Pasolini read about a village in Spain, where the men regularly advertise for women in the Barcelona press. He recognised the potential of another film "about foolish men and strong women. I became interested in how the relationships between people in a small community would be affected by the notion of a fresh intake of women."

For Ivory, it was a chance to explore small, working-class rural communities:

"I wanted something that reflected that kind of humour, where people know each other's business. It can be both supportive and really annoying."

Shot in Donegal, the film premiered at Locarno in July and will open in UK in the autumn.