THREE STORIES IN BOTTLES
Italy / 2024 / 94 min / Italian with English subtitles / Comedy
Three stories about wine intertwine to become a film. In the first, a photographer will have to photograph “the smell of wine”; in the second, a rich young man will be punished by going to the harvest; in the third, a somber wine merchant over sixty will fall in love like a teenager with a fifty-year-old biologist. Wine solves and is at the center of all stories. Each bottle contains a story.
Giuseppe Gandini is perhaps best known for his on-screen performances (see below), however, he has had extensive writing experience and it shows in the fun, aromatic film. It captures the spirit and flavors of Italy wonderfully. Thanks to Guiseppe, the afterparty that features Italian food compliments of Gianni’s Restaurant, will also feature the three wines featured in the film.
DIRECTOR: Giuseppe graduated in Theoretical Philosophy at the University of Ferrara, he has lived and worked in Rome as a director, writer and actor. As director and author he made the Teen series entitled Radioteen. He then wrote the screenplay On the Same Side of the Table. He directed 7 shorts and one medium-length, winning the 1995 Silver Ribbon for the Best Italian Short of the with The Myth of Reality. In 2002 he directed I Giovani d’Oggi. In 1999 he directed Una Canna con Goldrake, and won the Critics’ Prize at the Messina Film Festival. In 2006 he directed the pilot episode of the sit-com Bar Sofi. He has directed 12 plays, including classics of Beckett and Chekov. He also wrote 4 screenplays for cinema. The screenplay entitled What not… won the 2013 Award for Best Screenplay at the Busto Arsizio Festival. In his acting career he won a Silver Ribbon in 1999 as best supporting actor for Ettore Scola’s The Dinner. He has worked in theater, cinema and television with: Vittorio Gassmann, Fanny Ardant, Stefania Sandrelli, Giancarlo Giannini, Julia Roberts, Javier Bardem, Pierfrancesco Favino, Ryan Murphy, Ridley Scott and many others.
DIRECTOR STATEMENT: The philosophical concept of the film is that each bottle contains in
itself its own narration, an ever-changing story that springs from the very nature of wine and the work that Man has poured into it for millennia.
Contact: giugandini@hotmail.com
Special Guests: Giuseppe Gandini, plus members of the cast
Sponsored by: Gianni’s, R. Lee Carson & Jose Caba
