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Triumphal success for Ella & John – The Leisure Seeker, the American film by Paolo Virzì

The Leisure Seeker

District: Veneto
Province: Venezia (VE)
Locations: Venice (VE)
Date: 2017-09-04

Triumphal success for Ella & John - The Leisure Seeker, the American film by Paolo Virzì

The Leisure SeekerThe first of the four Italian films in competition at Venice 74, Ella & John - The Leisure Seeker by Paolo Virzì, was preented yesterday in Venice. Italian film, directed by one of the absolute protagonists of Italian cinema like Paolo Virzì, but entirely shot in the US.

A beautiful movie that makes you cry and laugh, a real hymn to freedom.

The film was greeted with genuine enthusiasm by the audience present at the projection and with flattering judgments by critics.

The Leisure SeekerElla & John - The Leisure Seeker, taken from the novel by Michael Zadoorian, takes its name from The Leisure Seeker that is the nickname of the old RV used by Ella and John Spencer to take vacations with their children in the 1970s. On a summer morning, desperate to escape a destiny of medical care that would have kept them apart forever, the couple astonish their meddling adult children by hopping on board that dated vehicle and dashing down Old Route 1 towards Key West for a new adventure. Their trip through an America they no longer recognize – mixing hilarious moments with others of pure terror - is their chance to retrace a married life nourished by passion and devotion, but also by secret obsessions that abruptly resurface and cause surprising revelations right up to the very end.

The film is played by two mythical figures of international cinema: Hellen Mirren and Donald Sutherland.

It will be released in the American cinemas in December and in late January on the Italian screens, distributed by 01 Distribution.

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