Giulia Louise Steigerwalt's SEX DIVA feature film: The True Story of Italy's Riccardo Schicchi's agency Diva Futura in 80s and 90s

My guest today is director Giulia Louise Steigerwalt, who  made her acting debut in Gabriele Muccino’s film But Forever in My Mind, continuing her career in other films and television series.  Among her screenwriting credits are: Husband and Wife, The Champion, An Almost Ordinary Family and many others. In 2019, she won the Nastro d’Argento Award for Best Screenplay for The Champon and Cross and Delight. September, her directorial debut, received several accolades, including the David di Donatello Award for Best New Director. Giulia’s newest feature film, DIVA FUTURA, which will be known as SEX DIVA in its American release. The new feature film about the rise and fall of Italy’s first adult talent agency and the revolutionary family at its center will release globally on November 11 from Breaking Glass Pictures.  Ladies and gentlemen, DIVA FUTURA or SEX DIVA as it will be titled for its American release, is about Italian Riccardo Schicchi's agency Diva Futura turns free love into porn, making stars of Ilona Staller Chi-cho-lina, Moana Pozzi and others. Their fame leads to Cicciolina's election and Pozzi's mayoral run. The film dives deep into the studio that redefined notions of celebrity in Italy, spotlighting the unlikely blend of sexuality, politics, and cultural change that emerged from the Diva Futura studio in the 1980s and 1990s. Giulia Louise Steigerwalt’s directing is one of absolute brilliance. The intertwining the multiple storylines keeps the audience’s eyes glued to the silver screen.  The cast is absolute perfection with each actor perfect for their role. The audience will hang on every scene because the acting is authentic, emotional and draws you in like true cinema should do.  One of the things I kept noticing was how incredible the cinematography was in DIVA FUTURA. While the acting was perfect, so too was the camera movements, which enhances the actor’s parts and I don’t mean body parts, but their acting parts.  I could watch this film just for the cinematography, as Vladan Radovic’s camera work is simply stunning. If you want to know how to tell a story with a camera, this is the film to see.  #italy #italiancinema #lovestory #sexdiva #divafutura #cinematography #sextrade #filmmaker #bondoncinema #movie #film