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Orlando Film Festival 2016: Hello! I’m a Producer of Woody Allen [Review]
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7 years agoon
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Willie DavidORLANDO, Fla (FNN NEWS) – “Hello! I’m a Producer of Woody Allen” is a unique and eccentric short film from writer and producer Marina Orlova, directed by Nicola Deorsola. This short is a cosmopolitan potpourri as an English-language foreign dramedy film staring Orlova and Italian actor Rodolfo Corsato, and the story and characters work together in an entertaining way.
The short, which was filmed in Rome, Italy, follows Christina (played by Orlova), who tries to get an extra ticket to Woody Allen’s premiere at a film festival.
Photographers mistake her for a movie star and begin to take pictures of her, while bystanders ask her for the autographs. The excitement and attention intoxicate her and she gradually inhabits the diva persona.
Suddenly she meets a man who tells her he is Woody Allen’s producer. During the conversation, she believes that she is already a star and a future wife of this multimillionaire. The viewer is taken through the illusion’s labyrinth, which unravels as spectacularly as it grew.
Art Imitates Life
Before it screened at the Orlando Film Festival, “Hello! I’m a Producer of Woody Allen” premiered to the world at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in parallel with Woody Allen’s opening day premiere of Cafe Society.
After seeing her movie, Woody Allen’s real producers invited Marina Orlova to his premiere at Cannes Film Festival.
Director Nicola Deorsola turned the story into a compelling piece using elements of drama, comedy, and even the bizarre at times. The viewer is easily sucked into the weird and wonderful things that Christina experiences.
The short film is definitely unforgettable, and requires an open mind going in.
See below, “Hello! I’m a Producer of Woody Allen [trailer]
About Marina Orlova, Russian actress, producer and writer
Marina Orlova is an international actress who has dominated the market in Russia and China since 2007 and has won and been nominated for many awards. Marina’s global film experience distinguishes her from other actresses. She has starred in 40 major movies and TV shows in Russia, Europe, Asia and now in the United States. Marina Orlova is among the top ten most successful and recognized young Russian actresses. She is also a producer, writer, singer and composer. The first short film she created was invited to World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival 2016 and many other festivals around the world.
- Nicola DEORSOLA
- 15 min
- Italy
- ENGLISH
- Fiction
- Comedy, Drama
- Digital
- Screenwriter: Marina ORLOVA
- Composer: Marina ORLOVA
- Producer: Marina ORLOVA
- Paolo Damiano DOLCE
- Marina ORLOVA, Rodolfo CORSATO
- Marina ORLOVA
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[PHOTOS] 2022 Cannes Film Festival: Supermodel Adriana Lima Boasts Baby Bump on ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Red Carpet
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2 years agoon
May 28, 2022CANNES, France (FNN) – Brazilian supermodel Adriana Lima brought a guest with her to the red carpet premiere of Top Gun: Maverick. No, we don’t mean her boyfriend Andre Lemmers, but her adorable–and well-styled–bun in the oven.
Lima, 40, graced the red carpet dressed in Chopard jewelry and a black long-sleeved Balmain gown with a baby bump cutout.
Lima announced in February that she was expecting her third child, this one being the first with Lemmers, and her first son. She has two daughters, Valentina, 12, and Sienna, 9, with ex-husband Marco Jarić.
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Florida National News editor Mellissa Thomas and FNN News international correspondent Patience Eding contributed to this report. | info@floridanationalnews.com
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[PHOTOS] 2022 Cannes Film Festival: Tom Cruise and ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Cast Grace the Red Carpet
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2 years agoon
May 28, 2022CANNES, France (FNN) – Tom Cruise, Jennifer Connelly, and the cast and crew of Top Gun: Maverick landed for the 2022 Cannes Film Festival red carpet in style. (No, literally–the aircraft actually landed.)
Executive Producer Jerry Bruckheimer and his wife also joined the excitement on the red carpet for one of the most anticipated sequels in all of Hollywood.
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Florida National News editor Mellissa Thomas and FNN News international correspondent Patience Eding contributed to this report. | info@floridanationalnews.com
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Interfaith Group Asks Starbucks to Drop Vegan Milk Surcharge
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2 years agoon
May 13, 2022By
FNN NEWSBOSTON (AP) — A group of Christian, Hindu, Buddhist and Jewish leaders is asking Starbucks to stop charging extra for vegan milk alternatives, saying the practice amounts to a tax on people who have embraced plant-based lifestyles.
In a statement issued Friday, an interfaith coalition led by Nevada-based Hindu activist Rajan Zed pressed the coffee chain to end the surcharges it called “unethical and unfair.”
“A coffee company should not be in the business of taxing individuals who had chosen the plant-based lifestyle,” said Zed’s statement, which was also signed by Thomas W. Blake, an Episcopal priest; Greek Orthodox clergyman Stephen R. Karcher; Buddhist priest Matthew Fisher; and Jewish rabbi ElizaBeth Webb Beyer.
The religious leaders cited numerous reasons why some Starbucks customers prefer alternatives to dairy, including dietary restrictions, ethical issues, environmental concerns, lactose intolerance, milk allergies and animal welfare.
Those who want plant-based milk should not have to pay more, they said, calling on the Seattle-based company’s CEO, Howard Schultz, and board chair Mellody Hobson to immediately drop the surcharge.
Starbucks outlets in the United States typically charge 50 cents to a dollar more for drinks made with plant-based milks.
Starbucks doesn’t charge for a splash of nondairy milk, including soy milk, coconut milk, almond milk and oat milk, though it does levy a surcharge for customized beverages made largely with those substitutes, spokesperson Megan Adams told The Associated Press.
It is not the first time Starbucks’ surcharge has riled the public. On Tuesday, activist and actor James Cromwell glued his hand to the counter of a Starbucks franchise in New York City to protest the practice.
Cromwell, 81, later used a knife to scrape it off. Police said there were no arrests.