Roma elastica

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| director = Bertrand Mandico

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Thomas Verhaeghe
Mathieu Verhaeghe

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| cinematography = Nicolas Eveilleau

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Atelier de Production
Redibis Film
Dugong Films

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| distributor = Condor Distribution

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France
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Roma elastica is an upcoming film written and directed by Bertrand Mandico, starring Marion Cotillard, Isabella Ferrari and Noémie Merlant, with Maurizio Lombardi, Ornella Muti, Martina Scrinzi and Franco Nero in supporting roles. The film is a co-production between France and Italy and was partially shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome between May and June 2025. It is described as "a tribute to some of the great masters and legends of Italian cinema", as it follows an actress who is going to shoot her latest film in Rome in the 1980s.

Plot

Set in the 1980s, it follows an actress who is going to shoot her latest film in Rome.

Cast

Marion Cotillard
Isabella Ferrari
Noémie Merlant
Maurizio Lombardi
Ornella Muti
Martina Scrinzi
Franco Nero
Agnese Claisse
Martina Scrinzi
Milutin Dapcevic
Zlatko Burić
Josephine Thiesen
Michele Bravi
Alessio Gallo
Ondina Quadri
Tea Falco
Coco Labbée
Michelangelo Dalisi
Toni Pandolfo
Christophe Bier
Martina La Manna
Simone Zambelli
PierGiuseppe Di Tanno
Maziar Firouzi

Production

= Development =

Bertrand Mandico wrote and directed the film, a co-production between France's Atelier de Production and Italy's Redibis Film and Dugong Films,{{Cite web |date=19 December 2024 |title=Le CNC attribue des aides à sept œuvres franco-italiennes |url=https://ecran-total.fr/et-quotidien/n-4634-offerte-special-les-arcs-martin-ajdari-confirme-a-la-tete-de-larcom/ |website=Écran Total |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=4 December 2023 |title=Aide au codéveloppement et à la coproduction d'œuvres cinématographiques et audiovisuelles franco-italiennes : résultats de la commission du 4 décembre 2023 |url=https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides-et-financements/resultats-commissions/aide-au-codeveloppement-et-a-la-coproduction-doeuvres-cinematographiques-et-audiovisuelles-francoitaliennes--resultats-de-la-commission-du-4-decembre-2023_2126059?secteur=Cin%C3%A9ma&nomAide=&annee= |trans-title=Support for co-development and co-production of Franco-Italian cinematographic and audiovisual works: the results of the Commission of 4 December 2023 |website=CNC.fr |language=fr}} with support from the Italian Ministry of Culture.{{Cite web |title=Roma elastica |url=https://filmitalia.org/it/film/206680/ |access-date=8 July 2025 |website=Filmitalia}}

On 19 May 2024, producers Thomas and Mathieu Verhaeghe told French magazine Le Film français that they were going to produce the film.{{Cite web |date=19 May 2024 |title=Les déjeuners du Film français à la Plage des Palmes |url=https://www.lefilmfrancais.com/images/FF5_web.pdf |website=Le Film français |page=8 |language=fr}}

On 25 April 2025, Variety reported that the film's plot details are being kept under wraps, and Cinecittà's CEO Manuela Cacciamani announced during a press conference that Roma elastica "is a tribute to some of the great masters and legends of Italian cinema."{{Cite web |date=28 May 2025 |title=Cinecittà 2025-2029: announced the new Industrial Plan |url=https://cinecitta.com/en/2025/05/cinecitta-2025-2029-announced-the-new-industrial-plan/ |website=Cinecittà News}}

Mandico's frequent collaborator Nicolas Eveilleau serves as director of photography.{{Cite web |title=Unveiling Roma Elastica: A Cinematic Journey through 1980s Rome |url=https://talesfromthecollection.com/roma-elastica/ |access-date=29 May 2025 |website=Tales From The Collection|date=16 May 2025 }}

= Casting =

On 20 December 2024, Vogue France announced that Marion Cotillard will play the film's lead, an actress who is going to shoot her latest film in Rome in the 1980s, and that Alba Rohrwacher and Jasmine Trinca were also in the cast.{{Cite web |last=L'Hostis |first=Ninon |date=20 December 2024 |title=Marion Cotillard jouera une star de cinéma dans le prochain film de Bertrand Mandico |trans-title=Marion Cotillard will play a movie star in Bertrand Mandico's next film |url=https://www.vogue.fr/article/marion-cotillard-film-bertrand-mandico-roma-elastica |website=Vogue France |language=fr}}

On 25 April 2025, Noémie Merlant joined the cast.{{Cite web |date=25 April 2025 |title=Le nouveau film de Bertrand Mandico, avec Marion Cotillard et Noémie Merlant, en tournage fin mai |trans-title=Bertrand Mandico's new film, starring Marion Cotillard and Noémie Merlant, filming at the end of May |url=https://ecran-total.fr/et-quotidien/n-4712-le-nouveau-film-de-bertrand-mandico-avec-marion-cotillard-et-noemie-merlant-en-tournage-fin-mai%20/ |website=Écran Total |language=fr}} On 28 May 2025, Maurizio Lombardi, Ornella Muti, Martina Scrinzi, Franco Nero and Isabella Ferrari joined the cast.{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=28 May 2025 |title=Marion Cotillard Set for Bertrand Mandico's Italian Cinema Homage 'Roma Elastica' to Be Shot at Cinecittà |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/marion-cotillard-bertrand-mandico-roma-elastica-cinecitta-1236411890/ |website=Variety}} While Jasmine Trinca was no longer in the cast according to Cinecittà's website.

In July 2025, Cinecittà's website added Agnese Claisse, Martina Scrinzi, Milutin Dapcevic, Zlatko Burić, Josephine Thiesen, Michele Bravi, Alessio Gallo, Ondina Quadri, Tea Falco, Coco Labbée, Michelangelo Dalisi, Toni Pandolfo, Christophe Bier, Martina La Manna, Simone Zambelli, PierGiuseppe Di Tanno, and Maziar Firouzi to the ensemble, while Alba Rohrwacher was no longer in the cast.

= Filming =

Filming was originally scheduled to begin in January 2025,{{Cite web |title=Roma elastica |url=https://scriptoclap.fr/oeuvres/roma-elastica/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=21 December 2024 |website=Scriptoclap |language=fr}}{{Cite web |last=Lemercier |first=Fabien |date=13 March 2025 |title=Bertrand Mandico's Roma elastica receives a CNC advance on receipts |url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/474966/ |website=Cineuropa}} but it was later postponed to the end of May 2025. Filming tok place in Nice and Gaude in France,{{Cite web |date=5 May 2025 |title=Casting figurants/silhouettes sur Nice pour film |url=https://www.maxicasting.com/castings/cinema-theatre-comedie/casting-figurants-silhouettes-sur-nice-pour-film/ |website=MaxiCasting |language=fr}}{{Cite web |date=26 May 2025 |title=Casting homme-singe issu du milieu circassien pour LM |url=https://www.maxicasting.com/castings/cinema-theatre-comedie/casting-homme-singe-issu-du-milieu-circassien-pour-lm/ |website=MaxiCasting |language=fr}} and at Cinecittà studios in Rome, Italy. Shooting began on 26 May 2025{{Cite web |last=Verhaeghe |first=Thomas |date=28 May 2025 |title=Roma Elastica de @bertrandmandico c'est parti !!!! |url=https://www.instagram.com/thomasverhaeghe_atelierdeprod/p/DKNgV7BAeu8/ |website=Instagram}}{{Cite web |date=28 April 2025 |title=Atelier de Production : début de tournage le 26 mai pour « Roma Elastica » de Bertrand Mandico |trans-title=Atelier de Production: filming begins on 26 May for "Roma Elastica" by Bertrand Mandico |url=https://www.satellifacts.com/fr/tour/news/343335/atelier-production-debut-tournage-26-mai-roma-elastica-bertrand-mandico.html |website=Satellifacts |language=fr}} and wrapped on 18 June 2025.{{Cite web |title=Casting comédiens H/F parlant l'italien natif pour des rôles dans le prochain film de Bertrand Mandico |trans-title=Casting Male/Female actors who are native Italian speakers for roles in Bertrand Mandico's next film |url=https://castprod.com/poste/casting-comediens-parlant-litalien-natif-pour-des-roles/ |website=Cast Prod |language=fr}}

Release

The film will be released in France by Condor Distribution.{{Cite web |date=28 April 2025 |title=Bertrand Mandico s'apprête à tourner « Roma Elastica » avec Marion Cotillard et Noémie Merlant |url=https://www.troiscouleurs.fr/news/bertrand-mandico-roma-elastica-marion-cotillard-noemie-merlant/ |website=Trois Couleurs |language=fr}}