Overview
- At the Nov. 4 Los Angeles premiere, Antonia Desplat said Depp gives performers room to explore and views mistakes as “movie magic.”
- Desplat recounted an unscripted fall during a cemetery scene that Depp kept in the final cut, underscoring his improvisational approach.
- Modi: Three Days on the Wings of Madness opens in select North American theaters on Nov. 7 after earlier festival screenings in San Sebastián and Rome in 2024.
- Riccardo Scamarcio plays Amedeo Modigliani during turbulent 1916 Paris; the cast includes Desplat, Al Pacino, Bruno Gouery, Ryan McParland and Stephen Graham.
- Depp, who finished filming in Budapest in November 2023, called the era a “very special time,” and this is his second feature as director after 1997’s The Brave.