Italy’s Rai Cinema will co-produce “Primo Viaggio,” directed by Alessandro Cassigoli and Casey Kauffman . Teodora Film will distribute locally.

The film, spotlighted at Locarno’s Alliance 4 Development , is produced by Palme d’Or winner Nanni Moretti (“The Son’s Room,” “We Have a Pope”) and Benedetta Barroero for Sacher Film, founded back in 1987.

It focuses on Carlo, a 22-year-old from Naples, who accepts a free vacation in Malaga – in exchange for driving a car full of narcotics back to Italy.

“We have been working in the Naples region for the past nine years. It’s a colorful, crazy place with a lot of interesting stories. Recently, we’ve heard one that really grabbed us. Young people were accepting all-paid-for vacation and a little bit of cash in exchange for transporting

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