In conversation with director Vladimir Khotinenko “Aif” He complained that his joint project with Italian partners was “hanging in the air”.
“I thought about making a movie about Dante, but not painting The Divine Comedy. It is planned to work with Italian partners. Everything was already at the contract stage, we were looking for a form, considering interesting options. But… the conditions were such that the project hung in the air,” he said.
He announced that he plans to make a movie full of “adventure and mythology” about the writer’s personal life. The director admitted that he did not want to give up on the idea, as he was inspired after visiting the baptistery in Florence. According to Khotinenko, Gioconda and Dante himself were baptized in this cathedral.
“This is how fate weaves its thread. So, now I can not give up on this idea, ”said Hotinenko.
Previously Khotinenko said that Yevgeny Mironov went to the mosque for two months for the role.