Nino – A Film About Nino Rota

Overview

An in-depth documentary into the life of renowned Italian composer Nino Rota, who wrote the score for 16 films directed by Federico Fellini, including “La Strada,” “8 1/2,” “Juliet of the Spirits” and “Amarcord,” besides “La Dolce Vita.” He also composed music for Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” and the Sicilian-inspired theme for “The Godfather,” whose “Part II” score won him his only Oscar. Rota’s 150 films also included collaborations with King Vidor (“War and Peace”) and Luchino Visconti (“The Leopard”). Rota died at 68 in 1979.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 11, 2026

Original language

Italian

Spoken languages

Italian

Countries

Italy

Production

Apulia Film Commission,Adler Entertainment,I Diavoli,Sugar Play,Rai Documentari,Be Water Film

Cast

Sting,Nino Rota,Park Chan-wook,Alexandre Desplat,Vince Mendoza

Director

Walter Fasano

Producer

Mattia Guerra,Filippo Sugar,Elisabetta Biganzoli,Marco Colombo,Marco Morabito

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

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