TRAILER of LADY M 5.1 !

Lady Macbeth is destined to relive her most tragic moment in a never ending loop for eternity. Starring actress CORALINA CATALDI-TASSONI www.coralina.net (MOTHER OF TEARS, PHANTOM OF THE OPERA) as Lady Macbeth and directed by MARIANO BAINO www.marianobaino.com (DARK WATERS, CARUNCULA), this new and highly anticipated short film is a screen adaptation of Lady Macbeth’s soliloquy from Shakespeare’s play MACBETH, Act 5, Scene 1. Creative teamwork was paramount to the making of LADY M 5.1, because so many artistic aspects were taken on by the partnership Baino & Cataldi-Tassoni. They worked together on the film’s production design, the film's director, Mariano Baino also adapted Shakespeare's work for the screen, edited, handled the film's Visual Effects as well as designing and hand-making all the creatures which inhabit Lady Macbeth’s surreal world, while lead actress Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, who plays Lady Macbeth, also wrote the music and created the costumes.

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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW FOR LA REPUBBLICA in NAPLES, ITALY

“We looked at each other one day and we said, “This is where we must film ASTRID’S SAINTS. The region of Campania, is the land my grandmother grew up. I desire that, in my little way, I can bring the heart of my grandmother back home”.”

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Click on image for the full interview by journalist Paolo De Luca and the exclusive photoshoot made by award winning film director Mariano Baino.

ASTRID'S SAINTS selected for the NAFF IT PROJECT in South Korea

ASTRID'S SAINTS, a film written by Mariano Baino & Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni, has been chosen, one of only 21 projects out of the almost 200 submitted, to participate in the prestigious co-production market NAFF (Network of Asian Fantastic Films) IT PROJECT presented by the 18th edition of BIFAN 부천국제판타스틱영화제 Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival - BiFan. Many heartfelt thanks go to NAFF's selection committee and to Jongsuk Thomas Nam, Managing Director of NAFF.