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Il Falsario Debuts at Rome Film Fest as Netflix Plans January Release

The film presents a fictionalized portrait of a 1970s forger linked by inquiries to a false Moro communiqué.

Overview

  • The film premiered on October 19 at the 20th Festa del Cinema di Roma.
  • Produced by Cattleya for Netflix, it is scheduled to stream on January 23.
  • Director Stefano Lodovichi describes the project as “falsely inspired,” blending memory and invention, while coverage notes the ‘processo Ter’ finding that Antonio Chichiarelli authored the fake communiqué No. 7 tied to the Moro case.
  • The screenplay by Lodovichi and Sandro Petraglia adapts Nicola Biondo and Massimo Veneziani’s investigative book Il falsario di Stato.
  • Pietro Castellitto leads the cast as Toni della Duchessa, with Giulia Michelini, Claudio Santamaria and Edoardo Pesce among the ensemble, in a noir exploration of Rome’s Years of Lead across art, crime and politics.