Is Tornatore Getting an Oscar… Again?

NONE NONE NONE (September 30, 2007)

The famous Italian Academy Award winner Giuseppe Tornatore might be able to take to the Bel Paese another Oscar. His newest movie 'La Sconosciuta' is going to be the Italian nominee at the Awards this year. After almost 7 years away from the screens, Giuseppe Tornatore, the famous Academy Award winner Italian movie-maker, is set to bid for his second Oscar. His last movie was 2000’s ‘Malena’, with Monica Bellucci. Tornatore won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1990 with his ‘Nuovo Cinema Paradiso’, that earlier this year it was mentioned in a British survey as “the best foreign film of all time”.

Tornatore’s new movie, ‘La Sconosciuta’, was selected as Italian candidate for this year’s Academy Awards. It is the story of a woman from Ukraine who is forced into prostitution in Italy but tries to rebuild her family. The film-maker describes his protagonist as “a hero of our times”, and states that the movie was quite well-received by US audiences in early showings. It seems that it is popular especially among women.

When asked about a possible second Oscar, Tornatore simply replied: "I'm not thinking about that, but you never know".