It will be Depp’s second feature film as a director after 1997’s The Brave, in which he also starred opposite Marlon Brando.
On the eve of his return as an actor in the Cannes Film Festivalit was announced Johnny Depp that the actor is located again after 25 years behind the cameras.
will be the director of “Modigliani”biographical film of the Italian artist Amadeo Modigliani which will star the Italian star riccardo scamarcio (John Wick Chapter 2), the winner of the César Award Pierre Niney (yves st laurent) and the screen icon Al Pacino.
Based on a play by Dennis McIntyre and adapted for the screen by Jerzy and Mary Kromolowskithe film will tell the story of the famous painter and sculptor Modigliani during his stay in Paris in 1916.
The film will chronicle the life of the Italian artist over the course of 48 turbulent and eventful hours, as he flees from the police through the streets and bars of war-torn Paris. His desire to end his degree prematurely and leave the city is rejected by other bohemians: the French artist Maurice Utrillo, the Belarusian Chaim Soutine and his English muse and lover, Beatrice Hastings. Modi seeks the advice of Polish art dealer and friend Leopold Zborowski, but the chaos reaches a climax when he is confronted by a collector who could change his life.
Modigliani will be Depp’s second film as a feature director after The Brave of 1997, in which he also acted with Marlon Brando. He also directed several music videos for his ex-wife. Vanessa Paradis.
Depp’s highly anticipated comeback film, Jeanne-du-Barry, will open the Cannes Film Festival next week. He will play King Louis XV in the historic love story of the French director Maiwennmarking his first film in three years.
Source: Ambito
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