Our Films Partners With Alice Rohrwacher For Feature Adaptation Of Italo Calvino's 'The Baron In The Trees'

Alice Rohrwacher will direct a feature film adaptation of Italo Calvino's 1957 novel The Baron in the Trees, with Italian producers Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli backing the project through their Our Films banner, Deadline reported. The story follows a young Baron named Cosimo who, after a dispute with his father, climbs a tree and decides to never set foot on the ground again, according to Variety. Rohrwacher, an Oscar-nominated and Cannes-winning filmmaker, will both adapt and direct the Viareggio Prize-winning book, which is considered one of the most celebrated works in 20th century Italian literature.

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