Lost in Florence | |
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Directed by | Evan Oppenheimer |
Produced by |
Wendy Blackstone Michael Mailer Edward Schmidt Alessandro Penazzi |
Written by | Evan Oppenheimer |
Starring |
Brett Dalton Stana Katic Alessandra Mastronardi Marco Bonini Alessandro Preziosi Emily Atack Federico Marignetti |
Music by | Wendy Blackstone |
Cinematography | Gherardo Gossi |
Edited by | Dean Marcial |
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Michael Mailer Films
Black Sand Pictures |
Distributed by |
Orion Pictures Gunpowder & Sky |
Release date
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Running time
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95 minutes |
Country | Italy United States |
Language | English Italian |
Lost in Florence (previously titled The Tourist) is a 2017 romantic drama film written and directed by Evan Oppenheimer and starring Brett Dalton, Stana Katic, Alessandra Mastronardi, Marco Bonini, Alessandro Preziosi and Emily Atack.
The film follows a heartbroken former college football star who gets in over his head with a dangerous Florentine sport and an alluring local woman. The sport played in the film is Calcio Fiorentino, an archaic form of soccer that has been played in Italy since the sixteenth century.
Eric Lazard (Brett Dalton) is a heartbroken former college football star who gets in over his head with a dangerous Florentine sport and an alluring local woman, Stephanie (Alessandra Mastronardi), while visiting his cousin Anna (Stana Katic), who lives in Italy and teaches the Italian language to foreigners.
Originally titled The Tourist, filming took place on location in Florence, Italy for four weeks beginning 9 June 2014, and filming completed around 10 July 2014.
In 2016, two years after production, the film was picked up for distribution by Orion Pictures and Gunpowder & Sky, and is set to be released on 27 January 2017.