There are a whole bunch of new releases in Italy this week, almost all of which are comedies of little interest to overseas audiences. The two exceptions are Fortapàsc and The Case of Unfaithful Clara. The latter is directed by Roberto Faenza, a familiar name having made culty fare such as Escalation (68), Copkiller (84) and In the Light of the Sun (2005).
According to Variety:
This Prague-set adaptation of bestselling Czech author Michal Viewegh’s eponymous tome has enough international elements for potential travel. Brit thesp Glen plays a private detective hired by an obsessed pop musician (Santamaria) to follow his sexy student girlfriend (Chiatti) in what is billed as a surreal and sophisticated love tangle with a Venice-set climax.
The cast is headed up by Iain Glen (no stranger to Euro productions, he was also in Jaime Balguero’s Darkness (03) and a previous Faenza film, Prendimi l’anima).