A Bookshop in Paris
{{Short description|2021 romance film}}
{{Infobox film
| image = A Bookshop in Paris.jpg
| director = Sergio Castellitto
| story = Ettore Scola
Silvia Scola
Furio Scarpelli
| screenplay = Margaret Mazzantini
Sergio Castellitto
| starring = {{plainlist|
- Sergio Castellitto
- Bérénice Bejo
- Matilda De Angelis
}}
| music = Arturo Annecchino
| cinematography = Italo Petriccione
| editing = Chiara Vullo
| producer = Andrea Petrozzi
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2021}}
| country =
| language = Italian
| budget =
}}
A Bookshop in Paris ({{Langx|it|Il materiale emotivo||The emotional substance}}, {{Langx|fr|Un dragon en forme de nuage||A cloud-shaped dragon}}) is a 2021 romance film co-written and directed by Sergio Castellitto. A co-production between Italy, France and United States, it stars Sergio Castellitto, Bérénice Bejo and Matilda De Angelis.
Plot
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== Cast ==
- Sergio Castellitto as Vincenzo
- Bérénice Bejo as Yolande
- Matilda De Angelis as Albertine
- Clementino as Clemente
- Sandra Milo as Madame Milo
- Alex Lutz as Gérard
- {{Interlanguage link|Marie-Philomène Nga|fr}} as Colombe
- {{Interlanguage link|Nassim Lyes|fr}} as Alain
- Maxence Dinant as Father Mathieu
- Bruno Gouery as the kleptomaniac
Production
The film comes from the script of an unrealized project by Ettore Scola.{{cite news |last1=De Marco |first1=Camillo |title=Review: A Bookshop in Paris |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/411586/ |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Cineuropa |date=7 October 2021 |language=en}} Prior to this adaptation, the script was first adapted by Ivo Milazzo in a graphic novel entitled Un drago a forma di nuvola.{{cite news |last1=Baldini |first1=Paolo |title=IL MATERIALE EMOTIVO. Nelle sale |url=https://www.corriere.it/spettacoli/cinema-serie-tv/cards/caso-scuola-cattolica-castellitto-coppia-berenice-bejo-cuore-salemme-gyllenhaal-agente-stressato-baby-boss-2-guida-film-cinema-sky-netflix-prime-video-altre-piattaforme/materiale-emotivo-sale.shtml |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Corriere della Sera |date=10 September 2021 |language=it-IT}}{{cite news |last1=Bartucca |first1=Elisabetta |title=Il materiale emotivo, la recensione: Le parole sono importanti... |url=https://movieplayer.it/articoli/il-materiale-emotivo-recensione_25594/ |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Movieplayer.it |date=7 October 2021 |language=it}} The film was shot in Cinecittà.
Release
The film opened the 2021 Bari International Film Festival and was released on Italian cinemas on 7 October 2021.{{cite news |title=Bif&st, a Bari l'anteprima mondiale dell'ultimo film di Castellitto: 10 minuti di applausi per 'Il materiale emotivo'. In sala dal 7 ottobre |url=https://bari.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/09/26/news/bif_st_castellitto-319540559/ |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=la Repubblica |date=26 September 2021 |language=it}}
Reception
The film won the Silver Ribbon for best production design, and got a nomination for best original story.{{cite news |last1=Fassio |first1=Valentina |title=Il materiale emotivo domina lo schermo di Ferragosto |url=https://www.lastampa.it/asti/2022/08/12/news/il_materiale_emotivo_domina_lo_schermo_di_ferragosto-6136265/ |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=La Stampa |date=12 August 2022 |language=it}}{{cite news |title=Nastri D'argento 2022 , dai film agli attori tutte le candidature |url=https://tg24.sky.it/spettacolo/cinema/2022/06/03/nastri-d-argento-2022--film-candidature |access-date=10 March 2025 |work=Sky TG24|date=3 June 2022 |language=it}}
References
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External links
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Category:Films directed by Sergio Castellitto