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Minerva Pictures brings Italian cinema to Paris: new projects at De Rome à Paris

24 January 2025

The De Rome à Paris festival returns to the Ville Lumière to celebrate Italian cinema with an intense day of professional meetings. We are proud to announce that today, January 24, Minerva Pictures will present in the Works in Progress section Judas’ Gospel, the new film by Giulio Base starring Rupert Everett, Paz Vega, and Abel Ferrara, co-produced by Minerva Pictures, focusing on the existential journey of one of the most enigmatic apostles. Also featured is The Negotiator, the new film by Alessandro Tonda with Claudio Santamaria and Sonia Bergamasco, depicting the 28 days leading up to the tragic events of March 4, 2005, when Nicola Calipari, a high-ranking SISMI official, sacrificed his life to save journalist Giuliana Sgrena from the il Manifesto, who had been kidnapped in Iraq by a terrorist cell.

On this occasion, we will also showcase the trailers for our film lineup available in France, including Ciao bambino by Edgardo Pistone, winner of the Best First Film Award at the 19th Rome Film Fest and the Special Jury Prize for Best Director at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival; The American Backyard by Pupi Avati, which closed the most recent Venice International Film Festival; and And If My Father by Solange Tonnini, where a family story intertwines with the criminal events that shaped Italy during the 1970s and 1980s.

De Rome à Paris is organized by Cinecittà with the DGCA of the Ministry of Culture, in collaboration with CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée) and Unifrance.
📍 Join us today, January 24, in Paris at the CNC headquarters.

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“Judas’ Gospel” by Giulio Base with Rupert Everett and Paz Vega pre-sold for distribution in Latin America

17 September 2024

Judas’ Gospel, the new film directed by Giulio Base, featuring an international cast including Rupert Everett, Paz Vega, John Savage, and Abel Ferrara, has been pre-sold by Minerva Pictures for distribution in Latin America.

Judas is born in a brothel and, after a childhood marked by violence, becomes the powerful and ruthless protector of the place. His life changes when he meets Jesus, who saves his sister Mary Magdalene from being stoned. Captivated, Judas leaves everything to follow him, joining the apostles as the last called. His decision to betray Jesus is not driven by greed, but by a distorted sense of sacrifice and redemption. Judas, tormented and human, accepts his role in Jesus’ destiny, ending his life in a tragic act of betrayal.

A production by Agnus Dei Production, Minerva Pictures, and Agresywna Banda.

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Filming begins on “La versione di Giuda,” the new film by Giulio Base!

2 August 2024

Filming has officially begun on La versione di Giuda, the new film written and directed by Giulio Base!

Featuring an international cast including Rupert Everett, Paz Vega, John Savage, Darko Peric, Tomasz Kot, and Abel Ferrara, the film is produced by Agnus Dei Production, Minerva Pictures, and Agresywna Banda, in collaboration with Rai Cinema and supported by the Calabria Film Commission.

The shoot, which will last four weeks, is set in various picturesque locations in Calabria, including Curinga, Corigliano-Rossano, Cleto, the Sila National Park, and Cosenza.

The plot follows the life of Judas, born in a brothel and raised amid hardships, suffering, and violence. Over the years, pain hardens him, and he reluctantly becomes the protector of the place where he was born and raised. However, his life changes dramatically when he meets a young man named Jesus, who saves Mary Magdalene, one of his charges, from being stoned. Captivated by such mercy, Judas decides to follow him, leading to his agonizing decision of betrayal.

#staytuned for updates and behind-the-scenes content!