The film, directed by Alessandro Tonda, wants to remember the figure of the Italian Secret Service official twenty years after his tragic death in Iraq in 2005 while he was engaged in the operation that led to the release of the journalist kidnapped by terrorists.
Production of The Kite (provisional title), feature film dedicated to Nicola Calipari, an ambitious project that will tell the story of the twenty-eight days preceding the tragic events of 4 March 2005 which saw the death of Nicola Calipari, High Executive of SISMI, who sacrificed his own life to save that of Giuliana Sgrena, the journalist of the poster kidnapped in Iraq by a terrorist cell.
The Kitewhich was born from the desire to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the death of Nicola Calipari which falls in 2025 and sees the close collaboration of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, is a Notorious Pictures co-production with Rai Cinema and Tarantula, in collaboration with Netflix and Alkon Communications.
Nicola Calipari is the man who, as head of the External Information and Security Agency (at the time of the SISMI events) of operations in Iraq in the early 2000s, with his action made it possible to understand how the Italian Secret Services operate to safeguard human life and maintain peace.
In the role of Nicola Calipari, Claudio Santamariamultifaceted actor, winner of the David di Donatello for the film Lo Chiamavano Jeeg Robot and interpreter of countless successes at the cinema, among many, we remember The last Kiss, Casino Royale, Criminal novel, Freaks Out!, All my crazy love, The best years, Physical education.
Sonia Bergamasco, winner of an Ubu Award for theatre, was nominated for the Golden Globe and won the Nastro d'Argento as Best Actress for her performance in La Meglio Gioventù, and will play the role of Giuliana Sgrena. Among her other best-known works Love probably, Madblood, You and me, Like a cat on the ring road e Where am I going? with which he won the Ciak d'oro.
His second directorial for cinema Alessandro Tondawhich debuted in 2020 with The Shift presented in competition in the international section of the 15th Rome Film Festival.
From a story by Davide Cosco, Sandro Petraglia and Lorenzo Bagnatori, the screenplay was entrusted to Sandro PetragliaWinner of five David di Donatello, among his best-known works Bianca, The Bag Carrier, The Child Thief, The Best of Youth, The Shadow of Caravaggio, Suburraan author who has always paid particular attention to the story of reality and Italian history.
The intent is to restore a broad-spectrum portrait of Nicola Calipari, which, while concentrating the story in the month of the Sgrena kidnapping, enhances his importance in the history of the Italian Secret Services, without neglecting the private dimension of man, husband and father