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THE GIRL IN THE FOUNTAIN

By Antongiulio PANIZZI

True Story - Pre-Production 2020

What makes a woman an actress, and what makes an actress a star? Beauty? Talent? Charisma? Luck? Discipline? A good producer? The spirit of the times? A particular day in the life of a contemporary diva, as she tries to resolve the enigma of a legend of the past.

- Year of production
- 2020
- Genres
- True Story, Documentary, Art - Culture
- Countries
- ITALY
- Languages
- ITALIAN, ENGLISH, FRENCH
- Budget
- 0.6 - 1 M$
- Duration
- 70 mn
- Director(s)
- Antongiulio PANIZZI
- Cast
- Monica BELLUCCI, Roberto DE FRANCESCO
- Producer(s)
- Marco ALESSI (DUGONG FILMS), Michael SEVHOLT (SHOOT&POST)
- Synopsis
- Anita Ekberg is the quintessential diva, symbol of an era famous as "la dolce vita". But Anita’s life was anything but “dolce; her story, is the story of an actress devoured by her own icon.
  What would a contemporary star feel if she were to portray Anita? How would she feel in the shoes of a woman who was destroyed by her own success, struggling with ghosts, doubts and circumstances that led to her demise?
  Alternating archive footage of Anita with the story of a contemporary star as Monica Bellucci who is offered the chance to play Anita in a movie, digging through this woman's story, she retraces her exceptional life, frailties and chooses, reflecting on what it feels like to be an icon.
  What key decisions a contemporary diva faces in order not to fall into oblivion?