‘LA PRIMA COSA BELLA’ BY VIRZI’ IS ITALY’S OSCARS NOMINEE

Director Paolo Virzi’s film ‘La Prima Cosa Bella’ is Italy’s nominee for this year’s Oscar, a committee decided. The cast includes actors Mastandrea, Ramazzotti, and Sandrelli. The Tuscan director’s film has been chosen over nine others: ‘L’uomo che verra” by Giorgio Diritti, ‘La nostra vita’ by Daniele Luchetti, ‘La doppia ora’ by Giuseppe Capotondi, ‘Io sono l’amore’ by Luca Guadagnino, ‘Baciami ancora’ by Gabriele Muccino, ‘Mine vaganti’ by Ferzan Ozpetek, ‘Basilicata coast to coast’ by Rocco Papaleo, ‘Le quattro volte’ by Michelangelo Frammartino, and ’20 sigarette’ by Aureliano Amadei.