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\n\tItalian auteur Alice Rohrwacher, known for her magical realist works \u201cThe Wonders,\u201d \u201cHappy as Lazzaro\u201d and \u201cLa Chimera\u201d \u2014\u00a0 all of which competed at Cannes Film Festival \u2014 is set to direct a feature film adaptation of Italo Calvino\u2019s coming-of-age fable \u201cThe Baron in the Trees.\u201d <\/p>\n

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\n\tOne of the most celebrated books in 20th century Italian literature, \u201cThe Baron in the Trees\u201d was published in 1957 and revolves around a 12-year-old baron named Cosimo Piovasco di Rond\u00f2, who after a dispute with his father, climbs up a tree and remains there for the rest of his life. It is the late Calvino\u2019s bestselling work of fiction alongside his 1979 novel\u00a0\u201cIf on a Winter\u2019s Night a Traveler.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tRohrwacher\u2019s \u201cBaron in the Trees\u201d adaptation is being produced by Rome-based Our Films, the Mediawan-owned shingle operated by producers Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli. They lead-produced Pawel Pawlikowski\u2019s\u00a0\u201cFatherland,\u201d which just won the best director award in Cannes in a tie with Spanish helmers Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi\u00a0for their \u201cLa Bola Negra.\u201d Mubi will be releasing \u201cFatherland\u201d in U.S. theaters this fall.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn 2022, Mieli secured the rights to the Italo Calvino classic from The Wylie Agency after years of pursuit.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThe image I am most tied to with this story is not so much the boy in the tree; but the adult man who spends his entire life living in a tree,\u201d Mieli told Variety<\/em> at the time. \u201cThe man who kept his promise; his rigor in being disobedient.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\tRohrwacher is currently shooting an adaptation of U.S. author Audrey Niffenegger\u2019s novel\u00a0\u201cThree Incestuous Sisters\u201d with a stellar cast comprising Dakota Johnson, Josh O\u2019Connor, Saoirse Ronan, Jessie Buckley and Isabella Rossellini, plus Mick Jagger in a cameo role. The buzzy film is based on Niffenegger\u2019s illustrated gothic novel about three sisters living in isolation whose relationship is disrupted by the arrival of a lighthouse keeper\u2019s son. The film is believed to be mostly, if not entirely, silent.<\/p>\n

\n\tRohrwacher is not expected to start shooting \u201cBaron in the Trees\u201d until the second half of 2027.<\/p>\n

\n\tOur Films and Mubi \u2014 which have a co-production, financing and distribution pact in place \u2014 will next be launching Felix Van Groeningen\u2019s romantic drama \u201cLet Love In,\u201d which sees the prominent Belgian auteur re-team with Italian actor Luca Marinelli (\u201cThe Eight Mountains\u201d). The Italian-Belgian co-production is tipped to bow at the upcoming Venice Film Festival.<\/p>\n

\n\tDeadline was first to report the news that Rohrwacher will direct \u201cThe Baron in the Trees\u201d<\/p>\n

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