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Our Films Partners With Alice Rohrwacher For Feature Adaptation Of Italo Calvino's 'The Baron In The Trees'
Alice Rohrwacher to Direct Film Adaptation of Italo Calvino's 'The Baron in the Trees'
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Nick Vivarelli
2d ago· 3 min readenNews
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Summary
Italian filmmaker Alice Rohrwacher, acclaimed for her magical realist films that have competed at Cannes, will direct a feature film adaptation of Italo Calvino's beloved 1957 coming-of-age novel 'The Baron in the Trees.' The story follows 12-year-old Baron Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, who after a dispute with his father, climbs a tree and decides to spend the rest of his life there. The novel is considered one of the most celebrated works in 20th century Italian literature.
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· 2 pulledItalian auteur Alice Rohrwacher, known for her magical realist works 'The Wonders,' 'Happy as Lazzaro' and 'La Chimera' — all of which competed at Cannes Film Festival — is set to direct a feature film adaptation of Italo Calvino's coming-of-age fable 'The Baron in the Trees.'
One of the most celebrated books in 20th century Italian literature, 'The Baron in the Trees' was published in 1957 and revolves around a 12-year-old baron named Cosimo Piovasco di Rondò, who after a dispute with his father, climbs up a tree and remains there for the rest of his life.
Alice Rohrwacher is set to direct a feature film adaptation of Italo Calvino's classic coming-of-age novel 'The Baron in the Trees.'
