Rai Cinema Boards ‘Defence Line – Gaza’ About Italian Mission To Evacuate Wounded Palestinian Children
Rai Cinema is producing a film titled 'Defence Line – Gaza,' inspired by a real-life operation to evacuate wounded Palestinian children. The project involves collaboration with Italian institutions and will feature a cast including Stefano Accorsi and Sara Serraiocco. Filming is set to begin this summer, and the film aims to highlight the complexities of humanitarian efforts in crisis zones.
- ▪The film is inspired by a real-life operation involving Italian intelligence and special forces.
- ▪It will be shot in Italian, English, and Arabic, with filming starting this summer.
- ▪The production is a collaboration with various Italian governmental bodies to authentically depict humanitarian operations.
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Stefano Accorsi, Sara Serraiocco, Vinicio Marchioni EXCLUSIVE: Rai Cinema is getting behind a feature inspired by a real-life operation involving Italian intelligence, elite special forces and the Foreign Ministry’s Crisis Unit to evacuate Palestinian children wounded in air strikes from the war-torn territory. The cinema arm of Italy‘s state broadcaster is joining forces with Rome-based MasiFilm on the production, working titled Defence Line – Gaza, which also has the participation of HBO Max. Alessandro Tonda is set to direct the feature, which follows in the wake of his well-received 2025 drama The Negotiator (Il Nibbio), inspired by a real-life Italian intelligence officer who was killed in an operation to free a journalist being held hostage in Baghdad.
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