by GREG KING Last updated September 28. SCAMPIA'S GOLD. Originally made for Italian television, this has to be one of the grimmest feel good movies in the festival. This inspiring and enjoyably crowd pleasing underdog story was based on the actual triumph of an Italian teenager from Scampia, who won a gold medal in judo at the Sydney Olympics. Scampia is one of the most degraded and impoverished areas in Naples, …
NADIR CASELLI interview
by GREG KING Italian actress Nadir Caselli is a special guest of the Italian Film Festival this year, and is visiting Australia to introduce her films and participate in some Q&A sessions. Nadir appears in two films in this year's program - the ensemble romantic comedy University: More Than Friends and the comedy I Can Quit Whenever I Want, which has been described as a sort of Italian Breaking Bad. Greg King …
