Hanway Films has boarded Luca Guadagnino‘s Bernardo Bertolucci documentary Joie De Vivre, which debuts at this year’s Venice Film Festival.
Guadagnino’s 7-hour Director’s Cut will screen in two parts at Venice: the first on 8th September and the second on the 9th. Guadagnino will receive the Cartier Glory to the Filmmaker Award before the first screening.
The documentary explores Bertolucci’s work, including: 1900, The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, La Luna, Me and You, The Sheltering Sky and The Last Emperor. It features discussions with a range of interviewees, including filmmakers (Martin Scorsese, James Gray, David Cronenberg, Alfonso Cuarón); actors (Debra Winger, Margot Robbie); screenwriter Francesca Maneri; producer Jeremy Thomas; and critics and cinephiles, including Murielle Joudet, Armond White and Mark Cousins.
Joie de Vivre is produced by MeMo Films, the production company co-founded in 2010 by entrepreneur and fashion designer Gabriele Moratti and distributor and film producer Francesco Melzi d’Eril. MeMo Films has collaborated with Guadagnino on films such as Call Me by Your Name and Suspiria.
Joie De Vivre is Guadagnino’s second nonfiction piece on the Last Tango in Paris filmmaker, following the 2013 essay film Bernardo Bertolucci, which he produced using filmed interviews given by The Last Emperor Oscar winner over the course of 50 years.
Guadagnino has described Joie de Vivre as a “very personal movie” that features conversations with filmmakers across the world about Bertolucci.
Discussing the film during his lineup announcement, Venice head Alberto Barbera described Joie de Vivre as an “extraordinary documentary that will keep you “hooked to your chair” despite the 435-minute runtime.
