Francis Ford Coppola Directing YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH

Saturday, October 20--------On only the third day of the Festival, the star power on the Rome Red Carpet is truly impressive. As the Festival gets into high gear, it will premiere a number of important films in all its various sections and welcome the international elite of the film world to the Eternal City. The movie stars, film autuers and cinema mavericks include:

• Francis Ford Coppola, Director, screening his new film YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH
• Tim Roth, Actor, YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH
•  Alexandra Maria Lara, Actress, YOUTH WITHOUT YOUTH
• Jeremy Podeswa, Director, screening his Toronto FF opener FUGITIVE PIECES (Canada)
• Robert Lantos, Producer, FUGITIVE PIECES
• Rade Sherbegedia, Actor, FUGITIVE PIECES
• Alessandro Capone, Director, screening the Competiton Section film L'AMOUR CACHE (France)
• Isabelle Huppert, Actress, L'AMOUR CACHE
• Greta Scacchi, Actress, L'AMOUR CACHE
• Raul Ruiz, Director, LA RECTA PROVINCIA (France/Italy)
• Rolf De Heer, Director, DOCTOR PLONK (South Africa)
• Anand Tucker, Director, AND WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER (United Kingdom)
• Colin Firth, Actor, AND WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE YOUR FATHER
• Kirsten Sheridan, Director, AUGUST RUSH (UK/Ireland)
• Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Actor, AUGUST RUSH
• Freddie Highmore, Actor, AUGUST RUSH 

Sandy Mandelberger, Rome FF Dailies Editor