Italian cultural icon Raffaella Carrà’s life is to be spotlighted in a documentary from Fremantle.
Carrà, who died earlier this year aged 78, was known as the “lady of Italian television” and had a seven-decades-long career as an actress, recording artist, presenter, model and, later, a symbol of liberation and women’s rights.
Fremantle has taken the exclusive global option rights from the official rights owner and will forge an in-depth documentary, spearheaded by Group COO Andrea Scrosati, Italy CEO Gabriele Immirzi, Spain CEO Nathalie Garcia, Global Head of Documentaries Mandy Chang and Italian Head of Documentaries Alessandro De Rita. The project will also be supported in Spain by newly-appointed Cero Coma Producciones MD Fernando Jerez.
Born in Bologna in 1943, Carrà was discovered when she was young, signing a deal with 20th Century Fox in 1965 and appearing in Von Ryan’s Express alongside Frank Sinatra.
She became the first Italian...
Carrà, who died earlier this year aged 78, was known as the “lady of Italian television” and had a seven-decades-long career as an actress, recording artist, presenter, model and, later, a symbol of liberation and women’s rights.
Fremantle has taken the exclusive global option rights from the official rights owner and will forge an in-depth documentary, spearheaded by Group COO Andrea Scrosati, Italy CEO Gabriele Immirzi, Spain CEO Nathalie Garcia, Global Head of Documentaries Mandy Chang and Italian Head of Documentaries Alessandro De Rita. The project will also be supported in Spain by newly-appointed Cero Coma Producciones MD Fernando Jerez.
Born in Bologna in 1943, Carrà was discovered when she was young, signing a deal with 20th Century Fox in 1965 and appearing in Von Ryan’s Express alongside Frank Sinatra.
She became the first Italian...
- 12/21/2021
- by Max Goldbart
- Deadline Film + TV
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