The Kidnapping of Arabella

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The Kidbapping of Arabella
Directed by Carolina Cavalli
Screenplay byCarolina Cavalli
Produced by
  • Antonio Celsi
  • Annamaria Morelli
Starring
Production
companies
  • The Apartment
  • Elsinore Film
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

The Kidnapping of Arabella is an upcoming Italian-language film from Carolina Cavalli and starring Bendetta Porcaroli and Chris Pine.

Contents

Premise

Following a chance encounter with a child a woman gains an insight into herself. [1]

Cast

Production

The film is written and directed by Italian director Carolina Cavalli, in her second feature plenty film. It is produced by Elsinore Film and The Apartment, a Fremantle company. The producers are Antonio Celsi for Elsinore and Annamaria Morelli for The Apartment. [2]

The cast is led by Bendetta Porcaroli and includes Livio Pacella and Chris Pine in an Italian-speaking part, his first non English-language role. [3] [4] [5]

Principal photography took place in August 2024 between Veneto and Emilia-Romagna in northern Italy. [6]

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References

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