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Dear Italian AUUTEUR Marco Bellocchiowho is on Venice Film Festival With HBO series “Portobello” is set to make a top biopic called “Falcon” about the Chariztic Autoindustrial Industry Sergio Marchionne who saved Fiat and Chrisler from the Ivica bankruptcy.
The shooting of “Falcon” is expected to begin 2026. in Italy, the United States and Canada.
The project was written by Bellocchio with Ludico Rampoldi, Andrea di Stefano, Stefano Rully and with cooperation Oliviero del Papa. “Falcon” products Simone Gattoni for film Cavac, Mattia Mor for Emotion Network and Ray Cinema.
Marchionne, who was Italian and Canadian, died in 2018. years at 66. years. The Agnelli family was hired to lead Fiat in 2004. year, due to the previous poor management plus, a little in the auto-industry, it believed it could be preserved. Then in 2009. year when Chrysler led the bankruptcy he led by the US government, and Markionne offered to take control of the company, basically free. Without another option, the American Ministry of Finance has accepted its offer. By connecting the two unsuccessful car, Markionne car created the seventh largest vehicle manufacturer in the world, increasing the value of Fiat more than ten times.
Known in carrying pumps Kashmir, quoting philosophers and pop stars during presentations, and living on a corporate jet, Markionne managed to take over general motors to pay $ 2 billion to cut the institutions. Shortly after he became Fiat Boss, he used an existing role between GM and Fiat to try to force GM to buy an Italian carmaker. Since GM had no desire to make that move, Marchionne made them pay $ 2 billion to end their alliance. Then the money used to develop new models, including small new Fiat 500 who has become a hit.
“I like the idea of talking about Italian, Sergio Marchionne, causing two greats in America, GM and Chryler and victory,” Bellocchio said, adding it “still there is a lot to start.”
The director continued to underline that Marconne “did not allow him to be haughty or to crash.” “His shine, his courage and his managerial relentlessness saved Fiat, which, as experts put,” technically bankrupt “,” he said.
Bellocchio also pointed out that, despite his large managerial feats, Marchionne is never in line with the political institutions of Italy, which basically saw him as a threat.
“I’m drawn to tell a story about the winner who is greeted by the hostility of some Italian institutions in the left side, the center and right (political sphere). In the end, he could be said that he was a” tragic winner “, concluded” Tragichio “.
Plaque – and still very active – Bellocchio, which is 85, is considered the greatest living Italian director of the old guardian of the country during the 1960s. His recent works contain 2019. Drama “traitor”, about the first highly ranking member of Cosa Nostra to break the oath of Sicily Mafia, which was released in Sony pictures of classics. In 2023. He shot “Kidnapovan”, which reconstructs the right story of Edgardo Mortar, a young Jewish boy who was kidnapped and forcibly appointed as a Christian in Italy 19th century.
Six-episodes of “Portobello” TV series, which reconstructs one of the most common laws in Italy, will be the first HBO original Italian production that will run on HBO Max streaming platforms in which it will fall 2026. Years.
