After the screening at 65th Berlinale, Il segreto di Otello by Francesco Ranieri Martinotti, has been presented in its Italian preview on Sunday 12th in Rome, at Cinema Farnese Persol in the central square Campo De’ Fiori .

The documentary tells the story of the restaurant Otello alla Concordia, founded in 1948 by Otello and Nora Caporicci near Spagna Square. The restaurant become in a few years one of the favourite places for many directors. Ettore Scola, Citto Maselli, Giorgio Arlorio, Ugo Gregoretti, Elsa Martinelli, Alessandro Haber, Ennio Fantastichini, Luca Barbarossa, Adriana Chiesa di Palma, Luca Barbarossa, Francesca Schiavo, Luca Sapio and Andrea Sisti are only a few names among all the important protagonists of this documentary. In the film, their interviews are intertwined  with unpublished videos, such as those of: Robert De Niro, Mario Monicelli, Pete Seeger, Armando Trovajoli.

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Ameluk, first feature film by Mimmo Mancini, will be released on April 9th distributed by Flavia Entertainment and Draka Distribution.

In the cast: Mehdi Mahdloo Torkaman, Mimmo Mancini, Claudia Lerro, Francesca Giaccari, Dante Marmone and Rosanna Banfi. The film has been shot in Puglia (Southern Italy) between the towns of Mariotto, Castel del Monte and the Cathedrals of Bitonto and Trani.

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