‘Midnight at the Paradise’ is a Love Letter to Film, Music, and the City of Toronto
'Midnight at the Paradise' premieres tomorrow at Toronto's Paradise Theatre! I had the pleasure to sit down with Vanessa Matsui to discuss the making of this film.
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The story of the adventures, in the twilight of the eighteenth century, of a singular couple formed by a little orphan with mysterious origins and his young Italian nurse of a similarly uncertain birth. They lead us in their wake, from Rome to Paris, from Lisbon to London, from Parma to Venice. Always followed in the shadows, for obscure reasons, by a suspicious-looking Calabrian and a troubling cardinal, they make us explore the dark intrigues of the Vatican, the pangs of a fatal passion, a gruesome duel, banter at the court of Versailles and the convulsions of the French Revolution.
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The story of the adventures, in the twilight of the eighteenth century, of a singular couple formed by a little orphan with mysterious origins and his young Italian nurse of a similarly uncertain birth. They lead us in their wake, from Rome to Paris, from Lisbon to London, from Parma to Venice. Always followed in the shadows, for obscure reasons, by a suspicious-looking Calabrian and a troubling cardinal, they make us explore the dark intrigues of the Vatican, the pangs of a fatal passion, a gruesome duel, banter at the court of Versailles and the convulsions of the French Revolution.
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Genre:Romance, Drama, History
Written By:Carlos Saboga
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Runtime:103 minutes
Studio:Leopardo Filmes, Alfama Films
Cast
Valeria Sarmiento
Director
Jenna Thiam
Suzanne Monfort
Lou de Laâge
Laura / Lelia
Niels Schneider
Marquis Lusault
Victoria Guerra
Marie Antoinette
Stanislas Merhar
Rufo / Jeune Rufo
Joana Ribeiro
Charlotte Corday
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet
Bonaparte
Catarina Wallenstein
Concettina
Miguel Monteiro
Concierge
Daniela Melchior
La Fille
Joaquim Leitão
Pozzebonelli
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