Bellocchio's 'Falcon' gets Rai Cinema sales deal and Louis Garrel joins cast

Mixed · 2Rai Cinema International Distribution has boarded international sales on Marco Bellocchio's financial thriller 'Falcon', which is currently filming in Toronto. 1 2 Mixed · 2Louis Garrel will play John Elkann, the Agnelli family heir, alongside previously announced lead Pierfrancesco Favino, who plays Fiat-Chrysler executive Sergio Marchionne. 1 2 Mixed · 2Other new cast members are Benedetta Cimatti and Barbara Ronchi, with Valeria Bruni Tedeschi taking part; Variety describes her role as a cameo. 1 2

Mixed · 2The story follows Marchionne, who was Italian and Canadian and died in 2018 aged 66. The Agnelli family hired him to run Fiat in 2004, when it was close to collapse; he cut top management, mentored the young Elkann, and later saved Chrysler from bankruptcy by merging it with Fiat. 2 1 Left · 1Variety says the 2009 Chrysler merger created the world's seventh-largest vehicle maker and increased Fiat's value more than tenfold, while the promotional materials describe a 'miracle' that 'exacted a devastating price'. 2 Centre · 1Bellocchio co-wrote the script with Ludovica Rampoldi, Andrea Di Stefano and Stefano Rulli, with Oliviero Del Papa. Deadline quotes Bellocchio from last year saying the title comes from Marchionne's habit of flying between Turin and elsewhere on a Falcon business jet. 1

Mixed · 2Kavac Film and Rai Cinema produce with Emotion Network, in collaboration with STLA Europe. Variety names Simone Gattoni and Mattia Mor as producers. 1 2 Centre · 1Deadline reports two weeks of shooting in September in Toronto and Niagara Falls, then Piedmont and Rome, with a return to Canada and the US in early 2027. 01 Distribution will release the film in Italy. 1 Mixed · 2Bellocchio, 86, reunites with production designer Andrea Castorina, costume designer Daria Calvelli and editor Francesca Calvelli, and works for the first time with cinematographer Matteo Cocco. 2 1