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Based on The Novel by Ernest Hemingway
Across the River
and Into the Trees
Iconic author, Ernest Hemingway's last work immortalised into a full-length feature film:
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."
Based on The Novel by Ernest Hemingway
Across the River
and Into the Trees
Iconic author, Ernest Hemingway's last work immortalised into a full-length feature film:
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."
Across the River and Into the Trees
CAST
About Our Director
PAULA ORTIZ
About
Paula Ortiz is a Spanish director from Zaragoza, Spain. Paula was nominated for Goya Awards for Best Picture for “La Novia” (“The Bride”), based on the play by Federico Garcia Lorca; and for“Chrysalis.
“The Bride” was on the list of three films selected as Spain’s submissions for Best Foreign Film for the 89th Academy Awards. Paula attended cinema studies for directing at Tisch School of the Arts in New York; and completed a screenwriting degree at UCLA. She has a PHD in English literature.
Awards
- Nominated for Goya Awards for Best Picture for “La Novia” (“The Bride”)
- Best Foreign Film for the 89th Academy Awards
PRESS
SYNOPSIS
Across the River and Into the Trees
Set in Italy during WWII, American Army Col. Richard Cantwell, is a bona fide war hero who faces news of his terminal illness with stoic disregard. Determined to spend his weekend in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to facilitate what is likely a final duck hunting trip and visit to his old haunts in Venice.
As Cantwell’s plans begin to unravel, a chance encounter with a young countess begins to kindle in him the hope of renewal. Based on the last full-length novel Hemingway published in his lifetime, Across The River and Into The Trees captures a fleeting moment of immortality where time stands still. The story contains the great Hemingway themes of love, war, youth and age.
SINOSSI (ita)
Siamo nel secondo dopoguerra: il Colonnello dell’esercito americano Richard Cantwell, tormentato dagli spettri del fronte, è un autentico eroe di guerra che affronta la notizia della sua malattia terminale con stoica noncuranza. Deciso a trascorrere il suo fine settimana in tranquilla solitudine, commissiona a un autista militare quella che probabilmente sarà l’ultima battuta di caccia alle anatre e una visita ai suoi vecchi luoghi di ritrovo a Venezia. Mentre i piani di Cantwell cominciano a svelarsi, un incontro casuale con una giovane contessa accende in lui la speranza di un rinnovamento. Basato sull’ultimo romanzo completo di Ernest Hemingway pubblicato mentre l’autore era in vita, ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES cattura un fugace momento di immortalità in cui il tempo si è fermato. La storia contiene i grandi temi di Hemingway: l’amore, la guerra, la giovinezza, gli anni che passano.
| Director | Paula Ortiz |
| Writer | Peter Flannery |
| Producers | Robert K MacLean |
| Michael Paletta | |
| John Smallcombe | |
| Co Producer | Andrea Biscaro |
| Composer | Edward Shearmur |
| Cinematographer | Javier Aguirresrobe |
| Production Designer | Jose Tirado |
| Editors | Stuart Baird |
| Kate Baird | |
| Cast | Liev Schreiber |
| Matilda De Angelis | |
| Josh Hutcherson | |
| Laura Morante | |
| Danny Huston |
SYNOPSIS
Across the River and Into the Trees
Set in Italy during WWII, American Army Col. Richard Cantwell, is a bona fide war hero who faces news of his terminal illness with stoic disregard. Determined to spend his weekend in quiet solitude, he commandeers a military driver to facilitate what is likely a final duck hunting trip and visit to his old haunts in Venice.
As Cantwell’s plans begin to unravel, a chance encounter with a young countess begins to kindle in him the hope of renewal. Based on the last full-length novel Hemingway published in his lifetime, Across The River and Into The Trees captures a fleeting moment of immortality where time stands still. The story contains the great Hemingway themes of love, war, youth and age.
SINOSSI (ita)
Siamo nel secondo dopoguerra: il Colonnello dell’esercito americano Richard Cantwell, tormentato dagli spettri del fronte, è un autentico eroe di guerra che affronta la notizia della sua malattia terminale con stoica noncuranza. Deciso a trascorrere il suo fine settimana in tranquilla solitudine, commissiona a un autista militare quella che probabilmente sarà l’ultima battuta di caccia alle anatre e una visita ai suoi vecchi luoghi di ritrovo a Venezia. Mentre i piani di Cantwell cominciano a svelarsi, un incontro casuale con una giovane contessa accende in lui la speranza di un rinnovamento. Basato sull’ultimo romanzo completo di Ernest Hemingway pubblicato mentre l’autore era in vita, ACROSS THE RIVER AND INTO THE TREES cattura un fugace momento di immortalità in cui il tempo si è fermato. La storia contiene i grandi temi di Hemingway: l’amore, la guerra, la giovinezza, gli anni che passano.
- Director
Paula Ortiz - Writer:
Peter Flannery, BAFTA-winner - Producers
Robert K Maclean, Michael Paletta, John Smallcombe, - Co Producer
Andrea Biscaro - Cinematographer
Javier Aguirresrobe - Production Designer
Benjamin Fernandez - Editors
Stuart Baird, Kate Baird - Cast
Liev Schreiber, Matilda De Angelis, Josh Hutcherson, Laura Morante, Danny Huston
NEWS
Across the River and into the Trees – European Première
at XX ed. Ischia Film Festival – July 2nd 2022
Best Scenes/Set Design Award to Jose Tirado
collected by executive producer Laura Paletta
JULY 15TH, 2022 – ICFF TORONTO (CANADA)
Lavazza IncluCity Film Festival – Jury Prize
