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I WILL NOT STARVE

NON MORIRÒ DI FAME

By Umberto SPINAZZOLA

FILMOPTION INTERNATIONAL - as SALES All rights, World / DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, World, CANADA / PROD

Comedy - Completed 2023

A fallen Michelin star chef returns home following the death of his ex-wife. While trying to mend the bond with his teenage daughter, he meets a tramp who shows him how to live freely and thrive on food wasted by grocery chains. Together, they transform unloved ingredients into real masterpieces.

- Year of production
- 2023
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Countries
- ITALY, CANADA
- Languages
- ITALIAN, ENGLISH
- Duration
- 104 mn
- Director(s)
- Umberto SPINAZZOLA
- Writer(s)
- Umberto SPINAZZOLA, Alessia ROTONDO
- Cast
- Michele DI MAURO, Jerzy STUHR, Chiara MERULLA
- Producer(s)
- Alessandro BORRELLI (La Sarraz Pictures), Paul CADIEUX (13312712 Canada Inc.)
- Synopsis
- I Will Not Starve tells the story of a fallen chef, formerly a Michelin star, who returns to Turin following the death of his ex-wife and after several years of absence. While trying to mend the broken bond with his teenage daughter, he meets a tramp who introduces him to a new way of life, living freely and taking advantage of grocery store food waste to feed himself. Together, they will transform unloved foods into true masterpieces.
  
  I Will Not Starve is an ode to Italian cuisine and an outcry against food waste.