Roland Joffé’s “November 1963 - The Assassination of J. F. Kennedy” will open the Turin Film Festival with an international premiere at the Teatro Regio. The festival runs from November 24 to December 2, and the screening will officially launch its new edition.
Joffé and John Travolta are expected to attend. Travolta plays mobster Johnny Roselli in the film, which revisits the assassination of President John F. Kennedy through the perspective of American organized crime.
TFF artistic director Giulio Base described the premiere as a major opening for the festival, praising the film’s storytelling and its fresh perspective on the Kennedy assassination.
The film is scheduled to reach Italian cinemas on December 3, distributed by Eagle Pictures.
Sources: ANSA Cultura.