Claudia Marra, Mediaset Distribution’s Manager is organizing virtual meetings with her clients for the upcoming Berlinale Festival & Market.
“This year I am particularly happy to take a film by Lina Wertmüller on her anniversary, as I’d like to pay tribute to her extraordinary creativity with a feature film produced by Mediaset and broadcast on Canale 5 in 1990. I am talking of Sabato, Domenica e Lunedì (Saturday Sunday and Monday) based on a comedy by the Neapolitan writer Edoardo de Filippo.
Sabato, domenica e lunedì (1990) is a comedy directed by Lina Wertmüller, based on piece of Eduardo De Filippo starring Sophia Loren. The movie was initially broadcast by Canale 5 in two episodes and then released theatrically. The story is focused on Peppino and Rosa who have been married for about 30 years. They live in a large house with a sea view in the Rione Terra with their children Rocco and Giulianella, grandfather Don Antonio, and Aunt Amelia. In this domestic comedy, Rosa (Sophia Loren), a mature mother of several children, is concerned that her beloved husband Don Peppino (Luca de Filippo) is losing interest in her and does his best to provoke some jealousy in him. She is a masterful cook, and if her romantic charms are fading, her culinary skills are not. By one means and another, and after some amusing confrontations, she succeeds in keeping her husband from taking her for granted and harmony is restored.
Other titles proposed by Mediaset Distribution include hit drama series The Good Family recently broadcast by Mediaset with a very good result of 3.5mln viewers and an average share of 17.7% in all the 4 episodes- drama series On the Brink (Oltre la Soglia), thriller series The Silence of Water (Il Silenzio dell’acqua) season 1 &2, comedy series Dear Brothers and documentary Rome.
The Good Family/Una famiglia perbene (8x50’ episodes produced by 11 Marzo Film starring Giuseppe Zeno and Simona Cavallari) is a drama series loosely based on Rosa Ventrella's novel "Storia di una famiglia perbene" (tr.A Decent Family), which takes place in Bari between 1985 and 1992, and follows Maria, the daughter of a fisherman, and Michele, the son of the mafia boss Nicola Straziota. Their childhood friendship evolves into a love story hampered by their families and the decadence that surrounds them.
On the Brink/Oltre la Soglia (12 episodes of 50’, produced by Paypermoon) is a medical drama launched by flagship Canale 5 with an average share of 8.69%. The intense drama is centred on the daily life of a psychiatrist (Gabriella Pession) who deals with teenagers with mental problems. Tosca is an out-of-the-ordinary psychiatrist. A rebellious spirit, apparently ill-equipped to assume a role of great responsibility, she has an extraordinary intuition and manages to understand patients' problems better than other colleagues. Tosca also hides a secret that led her to make certain choices as she was diagnosed schizophrenic in her childhood. In each episode there is finished story of a different patient.
The Silence of Water/Il Silenzio dell’acqua (8x50’ episodes produced by Garbo Productions 2 seasons broadcast by Canale 5 and France 3) is a mystery thriller set in the community of a small village by the sea, shocked by the brutal murder of adolescent Laura and by the terrible discovery of the culprit. The investigations led by the duo-cops formed by Andrea Baldini, the local police inspector and Luisa Ferrari a homicide policewoman from the city of Trieste were very positive but each one was dealing with different family issues. In the second season when everything in the small village of Castel Marciano seems to turn again in the peaceful and quite place as it was, the community is shocked again by a double homicide. The local cop Andrea must make an important decision for his life and career, but also faces a threat from his past, while the colleague Luisa Ferrari is divided by her desire to be a mother. The new crime involves also a little girl that seems to be very attracted to the cop Luisa. Starring Ambra Angiolini and Giorgio Pasotti. The series has been sold to Walter Presents for the US market, Canada and Australia and to France 3.
My Dear Brother/Fratelli Caputo (8x50’ episodes produced by Ciao ragazzi) is a family comedy series that tells the story of two half-brothers, Alberto and Nino, who have the same father but could not be more different from each other.
Nino and Alberto don’t know each other. They have never met but share an important thing: the surname. The two half-brothers are both children of the most beloved mayor of Roccatella, a small community in the south of Italy. Their father, Calogero Caputo married Agata in Sicily and had a son called Nino, who works as an artistic talent. Beside this family, Calogero in Milan met Franca and had a second child named Alberto. Calogero moved to Milano to live with Franca the love of his life and therefore Nino grew up in Sicily without his father. He grew up with a sad feeling for this abandonment, that his mother never tried to mitigate. Nino lives his life in Sicily without knowing about his brother in the north of Italy. Starring Nino Frassica and Cesare Bocci.
Rome – Great Beauty Collection - an open-air museum another unique city in the world (5x90’, documentary collection that includes Venice, Vatican, Turin, Assisi, Orvieto).
A walk through the ancient imperium of Rome, with its treasures, secrets, and monuments of its glorious past. Filmed during the first lockdown period, a privileged view of famous Piazza di Spagna and Piazza Navona in total silence and no crowds, an unusual perspective of the Eternal City. Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, Borromini, Donna Olimpia, the Emperor Titus are only some of the topics told during the journey.
Contact: Claudia Marra – email claudia.marra@mediaset.it
www.mediasetdistribution.com
Sabato, domenica e lunedì (1990) is a comedy directed by Lina Wertmüller, based on piece of Eduardo De Filippo starring Sophia Loren. The movie was initially broadcast by Canale 5 in two episodes and then released theatrically. The story is focused on Peppino and Rosa who have been married for about 30 years. They live in a large house with a sea view in the Rione Terra with their children Rocco and Giulianella, grandfather Don Antonio, and Aunt Amelia. In this domestic comedy, Rosa (Sophia Loren), a mature mother of several children, is concerned that her beloved husband Don Peppino (Luca de Filippo) is losing interest in her and does his best to provoke some jealousy in him. She is a masterful cook, and if her romantic charms are fading, her culinary skills are not. By one means and another, and after some amusing confrontations, she succeeds in keeping her husband from taking her for granted and harmony is restored.
Other titles proposed by Mediaset Distribution include hit drama series The Good Family recently broadcast by Mediaset with a very good result of 3.5mln viewers and an average share of 17.7% in all the 4 episodes- drama series On the Brink (Oltre la Soglia), thriller series The Silence of Water (Il Silenzio dell’acqua) season 1 &2, comedy series Dear Brothers and documentary Rome.
The Good Family/Una famiglia perbene (8x50’ episodes produced by 11 Marzo Film starring Giuseppe Zeno and Simona Cavallari) is a drama series loosely based on Rosa Ventrella's novel "Storia di una famiglia perbene" (tr.A Decent Family), which takes place in Bari between 1985 and 1992, and follows Maria, the daughter of a fisherman, and Michele, the son of the mafia boss Nicola Straziota. Their childhood friendship evolves into a love story hampered by their families and the decadence that surrounds them.
On the Brink/Oltre la Soglia (12 episodes of 50’, produced by Paypermoon) is a medical drama launched by flagship Canale 5 with an average share of 8.69%. The intense drama is centred on the daily life of a psychiatrist (Gabriella Pession) who deals with teenagers with mental problems. Tosca is an out-of-the-ordinary psychiatrist. A rebellious spirit, apparently ill-equipped to assume a role of great responsibility, she has an extraordinary intuition and manages to understand patients' problems better than other colleagues. Tosca also hides a secret that led her to make certain choices as she was diagnosed schizophrenic in her childhood. In each episode there is finished story of a different patient.
The Silence of Water/Il Silenzio dell’acqua (8x50’ episodes produced by Garbo Productions 2 seasons broadcast by Canale 5 and France 3) is a mystery thriller set in the community of a small village by the sea, shocked by the brutal murder of adolescent Laura and by the terrible discovery of the culprit. The investigations led by the duo-cops formed by Andrea Baldini, the local police inspector and Luisa Ferrari a homicide policewoman from the city of Trieste were very positive but each one was dealing with different family issues. In the second season when everything in the small village of Castel Marciano seems to turn again in the peaceful and quite place as it was, the community is shocked again by a double homicide. The local cop Andrea must make an important decision for his life and career, but also faces a threat from his past, while the colleague Luisa Ferrari is divided by her desire to be a mother. The new crime involves also a little girl that seems to be very attracted to the cop Luisa. Starring Ambra Angiolini and Giorgio Pasotti. The series has been sold to Walter Presents for the US market, Canada and Australia and to France 3.
My Dear Brother/Fratelli Caputo (8x50’ episodes produced by Ciao ragazzi) is a family comedy series that tells the story of two half-brothers, Alberto and Nino, who have the same father but could not be more different from each other.
Nino and Alberto don’t know each other. They have never met but share an important thing: the surname. The two half-brothers are both children of the most beloved mayor of Roccatella, a small community in the south of Italy. Their father, Calogero Caputo married Agata in Sicily and had a son called Nino, who works as an artistic talent. Beside this family, Calogero in Milan met Franca and had a second child named Alberto. Calogero moved to Milano to live with Franca the love of his life and therefore Nino grew up in Sicily without his father. He grew up with a sad feeling for this abandonment, that his mother never tried to mitigate. Nino lives his life in Sicily without knowing about his brother in the north of Italy. Starring Nino Frassica and Cesare Bocci.
Rome – Great Beauty Collection - an open-air museum another unique city in the world (5x90’, documentary collection that includes Venice, Vatican, Turin, Assisi, Orvieto).
A walk through the ancient imperium of Rome, with its treasures, secrets, and monuments of its glorious past. Filmed during the first lockdown period, a privileged view of famous Piazza di Spagna and Piazza Navona in total silence and no crowds, an unusual perspective of the Eternal City. Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, Borromini, Donna Olimpia, the Emperor Titus are only some of the topics told during the journey.
Contact: Claudia Marra – email claudia.marra@mediaset.it
www.mediasetdistribution.com
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