37th Torino Film Festival announces Carlo Verdone as Guest Director and Jojo Rabbit as opening film

The 37th edition of the Torino Film Festival, running concurrently with Artissima art week, has revealed its first film lineup. Opening the festival is Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit, a satirical drama about a young Nazi fanatic in Vienna, starring Scarlett Johansson and Sam Rockwell. The film previously won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival and will be released in Italy on January 23, 2020 by 20th Century Fox Italia. Carlo Verdone serves as Guest Director, curating a section titled 'Cinque grandi emozioni' featuring classics by Carl Theodor Dreyer, Lasse Hallström, Pietro Germi, Hal Ashby, and Billy Wilder. Other announced films include Gianni Di Gregorio's Lontano lontano (marking Ennio Fantastichini's final screen appearance), Melina Matsoukas' Queen & Slim, Bill Condon's The Good Liar, and Giovanni Troilo's documentary Frida viva la vida. Troilo's film, a six-chapter journey into Frida Kahlo's life using archival materials from the Museo Frida Kahlo, will premiere nationally in the Festa Mobile section. It features a score by Remo Anzovino and narration by Asia Argento, and will be in Italian cinemas from November 25-27. A restored version of Gianni Amelio's Il ladro di bambini (1992) will also be screened. Festival director Emanuela Martini praised Amelio's film as a rare Italian road movie capturing the spirit of the Tangentopoli era.