Not only the most anticipated party of the 70th edition of the Taormina Film Festival. Also a breathtaking terrace in an equally magical location, the Grand Hotel Timeo of the Belmond Groupwhere you can listen to the most beautiful stories of cinema. Every evening, from Saturday 13th to Friday 19th July, in the Timeo Summer Loungewe hosted actresses and actors, directors, immediately after the usual red carpet and just before crossing the secret passage that leads from the legendary hotel to the Ancient Theatre: a drink at sunset, a heart-to-heart chat and then the whole evening ahead of us.
Among the artists who were with us: the godmother of the event Esther Pantanowho reflected on the meaning of playing characters who have a connection with his origins (from Inspector Montalbano to Makari); Giusy Buscemiprotagonist of the series Vanina – A Deputy Police Commissioner in Catania screened in Taormina for the first time on the big screen; Pasquale Scimecadirector of the film The Judge and the Boss, at the Teatro Antico in a world premiere to reiterate how important it is to remember all the victims of the mafia.
Still: Sergio Castellittoat the Festival for the international premiere of the full version of Go know by Jacques Rivette in 2001, gave us an insight into how much the world of cinema has changed in the last twenty years; the director of Loose dogs and Everest Baltasar Kormakur he took us backstage to his new work, Touchin which his son Pálmi plays for the first time, and revealed to us the difficulty of finding a love story worthy of the big screen.
Roberta Tower she went back in time, to the mid-nineties, when she realized Tano to die fora dazzling and triumphant debut, recalling the beauty of having filmed in the middle of the street, in markets, in houses, with housewives and other characters who had never acted before. The cast of the comedy Till night do us part, in theaters from August 29, has confirmed to us that it is not enough to say forever to make a relationship work. And the director Constance Quatriglioartistic director of the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, focused on the importance of choosing the right story to tell.
Grand finale with the diva of divas Sharon Stone, at the Taormina Film Festival to receive the Cariddi d’Oro lifetime achievement award: «I have to thank God and art“, her words.
The Timeo Summer Lounge overlooking the Ancient Theatre of Taormina. Photo by Marco Valmarana

Sharon Stone. Photo by Laura Messina

Director Roberta Torre. Photo by Laura Messina

Director Costanza Quatriglio. Photo by Laura Messina

The Ancient Theatre from above. Photo by Marco Valmarana

Cateno De Luca, Mayor of Taormina, with his wife Giusy Gregori. Photo by Laura Messina

Sergio Castellitto with Chiara Oltolini, Entertainment Lead of Vanity Fair
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Massimiliano Puglisi, General Manager of the Grand Hotel Timeo, with the campaign. Photo by Laura Messina

Filippo Scicchitano, Pilar Fogliati and Riccardo Antonaroli, director of Till nights do us part

Maziar Firouzi, Marilù Pipitone and Giuseppe Carleo, director of The mouth of the soul. Photo by Laura Messina

View of the Ancient Theatre. Photo by Marco Valmarana

The actor Filippo Schicchitano with the director Riccardo Antonaroli and the journalist of Vanity Fair Stefania Saltamacchia
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Ester Pantano with Chiara Oltolini by Vanity Fair. Photo by Marco Valmarana

Marco Müller, artistic director of the Taormina Film Festival. Photo by Laura Messina

The godmother of the Taormina Film Festival Ester Pantano. Photo by Marco Valmarana

Journalist Elvira Terranova, host of all the evenings of the Taormina Film Festival. Photo by Laura Messina
Source: Vanity Fair

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