Wishing on a star

Luciana, a Neapolitan astrologer, has a method to make her clients’ wishes come true. All they need to do is take a trip on their birthday to a precise destination to be reborn under a new sky. Whether it’s Taipei, Beirut, or a nearby village, during these birthday journeys, the protagonists will go through unexpected transformations to help them discover what they truly desire.

My father was a film director so from the age of twelve I knew that I wanted to make films. I dreamt of creating an “Italian” film filled with passionate love, strong emotions, humor, and Vespa motorcycles. However, there was a catch. I am not Italian, I don’t understand the language, and I have a melancholic Hungarian character combined with an ironic sense of humor. Despite these challenges, I decided to create a film with multiple layers of storytelling. The first layer revolves around Luciana, an astrologist from Naples, who listens to the wishes of her clients. The second layer delves into their everyday lives, sometimes in complete contradiction to what they revealed to Luciana. The third layer is based on the magical situations that occur during a birthday trip. And finally, the fourth layer, which holds everything together, focuses on Luciana’s own struggles, doubts, and desires. Even she has wishes of her own. My goal was to combine the cinematic feel of a fiction film with the ability to capture real emotions from real people. Additionally, I wanted to emphasise the importance of coincidence, which plays a significant role in this film.

PRODUCTION 1: Videomante – Erica Barbiani, Lucia Candelpergher
Via Leonardo da Vinci 3
33043, Cividale del Friuli (Ud), Italy
info@videomante.it
http://www.videomante.it/

PRODUCTION 2: Kerekesfilm - Peter Kerekes, Anna Mach Rumanová
Mikoviniho 31
04011, Košice, Slovakia
kerekesfilm@gmail.com
http://www.kerekesfilm.com/

PRODUCTION 3: Radio And Television of Slovakia - Roman Genský
Mlynská dolina
84545, Bratislava, Slovakia
Tel. +421 260611111
web@rtvs.sk

PRODUCTION 4: Artcam Films - Vít Schmarc
Rašínovo nábřeží 6
12800, Praha, Czechia
Tel. +420 777 677 049
vit.schmarc@artcam.cz
http://artcamfilms.cz

PRODUCTION 5: MISCHIEF FILMS - Ralph Wieser
Goethegasse 1
1010, Vienna, Austria
Tel. +43 1 585 2324
office@mischief-films.com
http://mischief-films.com/

PRODUCTION 6: RESTART - Vanja Jambrović, Tibor Keser
Trg Vladka Mačeka 1
10000, Zagreb, Croatia
Tel. +385 (0) 1 557 38 60
restart@restarted.hr
http://restarted.hr/en/

PRODUCTION 7: VOLOS FILMS - Stefano Centini 5F.,
No. 71, Aiguo E. Rd., Da’an Dist.
Taipei City 106006
Tel. +886-2-2368-0538
stefano@volosfilms.com
http://volosfilms.com

WORLD SALES: Jean-Christophe Simon - Films Boutique
Köpenicker Str. 184 10997,
Berlin, Germany
Tel. +49 30 69 53 78 50
contact@filmsboutique.com
http://filmsboutique.com

PRESS OFFICE:
International PR:
Jon Rushton - jon@critical-pr.com
Hannah Farr - hannah@critical-pr.com