Adriana Chiesa Sells Film Library to Minerva Pictures

Adriana Chiesa, the pioneering Italian gross sales agent who has been a fixture at Cannes for 40 years, has bought her movie library to Italy’s Minerva Footage.

The 85-title ACEK library contains a broad mixture of outstanding works by revered administrators equivalent to Lina Wertmuller’s “Swept Away” (pictured) and “Summer time Evening With Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and a Scent of Basil” and cult films together with Lamberto Bava’s gonzo horror “Macabro,” revenge Western “Garringo” by Rafael Romero Service provider, and Asia Argento’s directorial debut, “Scarlet Diva,” on which Chiesa and Minerva chief Gianluca Curti collectively served as govt producers.

“I’m significantly comfortable as a result of I do know that Gianluca appreciates the worth of my library and can stick with it its legacy with all of the love and respect that it deserves,” Chiesa informed Selection. She added that she’s going to now proceed her manufacturing exercise, making documentaries equivalent to “Water and Sugar: Carlo Di Palma” about her late husband, the visionary cinematographer Di Palma. “There may be extra freedom in documentaries and that’s what I need to go on doing,” she added.

“I’m proud to have simply made this cope with Adriana, who is among the most well-respected distributors of Italian cinema on this planet and definitively one of many first,” stated Curti. “We are going to attempt to sustain her good work with accountability, satisfaction and nice pleasure, and we’re honored to have these titles as a part of Minerva’s ever-growing library.”

Minerva has an unlimited library of greater than 2,500 titles starting from Bernardo Bertolucci’s “The Conformist” and works by Mario Monicelli and Ettore Scola to works by style maestro Fernando Di Leo.

Different titles within the ACEK library embody “Paranoia” and pics by Italian B-movie grasp Umberto Lenzi of whom Quentin Tarantino is understood to be a fan; a number of attractive comedies starring former Miss France Edwige Fenech which are evergreens in Italy but additionally have a global market, and Italian comedy king Carlo Verdone’s “Bianco Rosso e Verdone” and “Un Sacco Bello.”

Minerva’s head of worldwide Monica Ciarli commented: “I’m thrilled to have such iconic titles added to our already wealthy catalog of cult and basic movies. We’re dedicated to offer a brand new life to all of them, and have structured our gross sales division with a devoted individual to maximise this wonderful heritage.”