Rai Trade Takes on Caravaggio

MILAN, February 12: Rai Trade has acquired the worldwide
distribution rights to Caravaggio, a
feature film on the life of the Italian artist, for theatrical release and for
TV rollout as a two-part mini-series.

Rai Trade has already begun pre-sales and has inked a deal
with the Tokyo Theatres of Japan. Caravaggio is a co-production of Rai
Fiction, Italy’s Titania Produzioni, Spain’s Institut del Cinema, Germany’s EOS
Entertainment and France’s GMT Productions. The film will feature Alessio Boni,
who received international acclaim for his part in La Meglio Gioventù (The Best of Youth), in the title role and Elena Sofia Ricci as
Costanza Colonna.