Director's notes for "La'Venturra"

Claudia from the movie "La'Venturra"

La’Aventurra

Characters:

Anna- She is the main character in the beginning of the movie. She is a Brunette 25 year old. She is Sandro’s mistress. She becomes missing halfway through the story and we never hear from her again. My ideal cast for her would be Kiera Knightly.

Anna’s Father- a skeptical man, Anna and her father are at odds. Ideal cast being Donnie devito.

Claudia- Anna’s best friend. She is 24, Blonde and generally disproves of Anna’s aristocrat friends. She also becomes the lover of Sandro. My ideal cast – Melonie Laurent.

Sandro- a young attractive man of thirty-five, he is a rich aristocrat and Anna’s lover. Later, he begins to develop feelings for Claudia. Ideal cast- Adrian Brody

Raimondo- a deeply bronzed young man in his thirties, it seems that he works for Patrizia and her husband, Ettore. He adores Patrizia and does anything to get her attention.

Patrizia- emerges wrapped in a filmy nightgown. She is a woman of great elegance, somewhere in her thirties. She is married to Ettore. Ideal cast- Nicole Kidman

Ettore- Patrizia’s husband. He is also a business partner with Sandro.

Corrado- has a sensitive face, with a look that is both sharp and intelligent. In age, he is closer to his fifties than his forties. Guilia is his mistress of twelve years, although they have never married.

Guilia – Following directly behind him is Giulia, one of those impossible women who are so terribly sweet and coy and yet so demanding of attention. There is a saccharine tone of voice in which she speaks. She is the lover of Corrodo, but later in the story she falls passionately for Prince Goffredo. -

Old man on the island- has a sense of humor and, as far as we can tell, is a nice man.

The Princess- She is an elderly woman, rather ordinary in appearance but very aristocratic in taste and manner.

Prince Goffredo- He is the Princess' nephew. He's eighteen years old. He paints.

Gloria Perkins- a most charming and provocative young
Brunette with tight-fitting pants and a blouse that is open almost from the
Neck to the waist. Married and a writer by profession. I write in a trance, almost always in contact with people who are dead.

Zuria- Journalist whom comes into contact with Gloria Perkins. He is a bitter and sarcastic man, one who is completely absorbed with his own little problems and his own daily routine. But for this very reason he is quite capable of taking any kind of insult, either big or small.



Setting Notes:

This takes place in Britain in the beginning of the screenplay and then moves to the high seas. There, they visit a small island called Lisca Bianca. This is located near a much larger island known as Basiluzzo. Because of the general geography of the rocks, that being a jagged, rough environment, I would have to say that whatever island was used for the movie “King Kong” would be right up our alley. As far as the other half of the story, it takes place throughout Europe. I would use Britain’s cities for most of those parts.

Themes

I feel that the theme of this script is that nobody wants to be alone. Its also about desertion and how humans cope with loneliness. I also feel that this takes place more in the 50s or 60s, which give it a more nostalgic feel.

Overall reaction

I loved the story, personally. Some parts didn’t feel like they came together in the end but overall I thought it gave a lot of interpretation to the reader, or observer. I give these movie 3 stars out of 5. ☺