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<\/p>\n21\/08\/2025 – On the Lido, the French sales agent will have high hopes for the new film by Italy\u2019s Andrea Di Stefano and the feature debut by Greece\u2019s Evi Kalogiropoulou<\/p>\n
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My Tennis Maestro by Andrea Di Stefano<\/p>\n
The 82nd Venice Film Festival<\/a> (27 August-6 September) looks set to be very much devoted to European cinema for French international sales agent Playtime<\/a>, whose line-up includes the Italian production My Tennis Maestro<\/a> by Andrea Di Stefano, which will be unveiled in the official selection (out of competition), and Gorgon\u00e0 by Greece\u2019s Evi Kalogiropoulou, due to be screened in competition in the International Film Critics\u2019 Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n With Italian star Pierfrancesco Favino toplining the cast, starring alongside Tiziano Menichelli, Giovanni Ludeno and Dora Romano, My Tennis Maestro is the fourth feature by Di Stefano, who rose to fame at Toronto in 2014 with Paradise Lost<\/a>\u00a0[+see also: The Playtime team, headed up by Nicolas Brigaud-Robert, S\u00e9bastien Beffa and Fran\u00e7ois Yon, will be touting a second trump card at Venice: Gorgon\u00e0 by Greece\u2019s Evi Kalogiropoulou (see the news<\/a>). This feature debut is being produced by Greece\u2019s Neda Film<\/a>, and is co-produced by their compatriots at Blonde<\/a> and by French outfits Blue Monday Productions<\/a> and Kidam<\/a>.<\/p>\n Playtime will also be pressing on with sales for Solomamma<\/a>\u00a0[+see also: (Translated from French)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"21\/08\/2025 – On the Lido, the French sales agent will have high hopes for the new film by…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85086,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":{"0":"post-85085","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
film\u00a0review<\/a>
trailer<\/a>
making\u00a0of<\/a>
film\u00a0profile<\/a>] and took part in the 2023 Berlinale with a Special Screening of The Last Night of Amore<\/a>\u00a0[+see also:
film\u00a0review<\/a>
trailer<\/a>
interview: Andrea Di Stefano<\/a>
film\u00a0profile<\/a>]. Written by the director himself, the story unfolds in Italy in 1989. After years of intense training, 13-year-old Felice, carrying his father’s expectations on his shoulders, finally sets out to compete in the national tennis tournaments. While dreaming of a simple summer holiday, he’s instead placed under the wing of ex-tennis champion Raul, an unconventional coach hired by his father. Match after match, the two embark on a journey that will lead Felice to discover the taste of freedom, and Raul to glimpse the possibility of a fresh start. As they travel along the Italian coast, an unexpected, deep and sincere bond between them develops. The film is being produced by Indiana Production<\/a>, Indigo Film<\/a>, Vision Distribution<\/a> and Memo Film<\/a>, with support from Sky<\/a>.<\/p>\n
film\u00a0review<\/a>
trailer<\/a>
interview: Janicke Askevold<\/a>
film\u00a0profile<\/a>] by Norway\u2019s Janicke Askevold (which was premiered in competition at Locarno) and for its three Cannes selections: the competition entry Eagles of the Republic<\/a>\u00a0[+see also:
film\u00a0review<\/a>
trailer<\/a>
interview: Tarik Saleh<\/a>
film\u00a0profile<\/a>] by Sweden\u2019s Tarik Saleh (which will be shown shortly in Toronto Centrepiece), The Richest Woman in the World<\/a>\u00a0[+see also:
film\u00a0review<\/a>
interview: Thierry Klifa<\/a>
film\u00a0profile<\/a>] by France\u2019s Thierry Klifa (set to be released in France on 29 October) and C\u2019est Si Bon!<\/a> by his fellow countrywoman Diane Kurys (due for release in France on 1 October). Also standing out on the line-up, and currently in post-production, are Greenland by Emmanuel Courcol (see the article<\/a>), Nobody\u2019s Son by Safy Nebbou (see the article<\/a> \u2013 with Sony Pictures<\/a> confirmed to distribute it in France, the USA, Canada and South America), Chopin, A Sonata in Paris by Poland\u2019s Micha\u0142 Kwieci\u0144ski, In a Whisper by Tunisia\u2019s Leyla Bouzid, Five Seconds by Italy\u2019s Paolo Virz\u00ec (see the article<\/a>), The Rembrandt Syndrome by Pierre Schoeller (see the article<\/a> \u2013 French theatrical release slated for 24 September) and the Spanish thriller Golpes by Rafael Cobos (see the article<\/a>).<\/p>\n