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La Sapienza (film)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = La Sapienza
| image = La Sapienza poster.jpg
| director = Eugne Green
| producer = La Sarraz Pictures
Mact Productions
| writer = Eugne Green
| starring = Fabrizio Rongione
Christelle Prot
Ludovico Succio
Arianna Nastro
| music = Dean McGinnes
| cinematography = Raphal O'Byrne
| editing = Valrie Loiseleux
| released =
| runtime = 100 minutes
| country = France
Italy
| language = French
Italian
}}
'La Sapienza' is French-Italian dramatic film by Eugne Green released in 2015.
The film derives its title from Sant'Ivo alla Sapienza a Catholic church built in Rome in 16421660 by architect Francesco Borromini, widely considered a masterpiece of Roman Baroque architecture.
Synopsis
Alexandre a renowned architect after receiving a prestigious award, along with his wife Alienor journeys to Italy, with the intention of producing a book on Borromini. Alienor meanwhile feels that her relationship with Alexandre is gradually slipping away. Along the way the two befriend a brother and sister, Goffredo and Lavinia. Goffredo is about to embark on a course of architectural studies and joins Alexandre on trip to Turin and Rome to survey Borromini's great works.
It is a story of the rediscovery of the joys of life and overcoming of anxieties. Therein Alexandre realizes that Borromini was searching for the light which he must bring back into his life both to rekindle his architectural practice and his marriage to his wife.
Cast
* Fabrizio Rongione as Alexandre Schmidt
* Christelle Prot Landman as Alinor Schmidt
* Ludovico Succio as Goffredo
* Arianna Nastro as Lavinia
* Herv Compagne as Ministre
* Sabine Ponte as Isabelle
* Eugne Green as a Chaldean
References
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