| Castello Cavalcanti | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Wes Anderson |
| Written by | Wes Anderson |
| Produced by | Roman Coppola Jeremy Dawson Julie Sawyer |
| Starring | Jason Schwartzman Giada Colagrande |
| Cinematography | Darius Khondji |
| Edited by | Stephen Perkins |
| Distributed by | Prada |
Release date |
|
Running time | 8 minutes |
| Countries | United States Italy |
| Languages | English Italian |
Castello Cavalcanti is a 2013short film written and directed byWes Anderson, starringJason Schwartzman as an unsuccessful race car driver who crashes his car in an Italian village. The 8-minute film was filmed atCinecittà inRome,Italy and financed byPrada. It debuted at theRome Film Festival[1] and was released online on November 13, 2013. It quickly became popular and received critical acclaim.[2][3][4]
In a quiet Italian village in 1955, Italian-AmericanFormula One driver Jed Cavalcanti (Jason Schwartzman), who is struggling in last place in a race through the countryside, crashes his car in the middle of the public square. Irritated with his situation, he abandons his car, blames the malfunctions on his brother-in-law (who is also his mechanic), and waits for the next bus out of town, which is set to arrive in 20 minutes. However, after sharing a drink with the villagers, he discovers that he is in his ancestral homeland, "Castello Cavalcanti", and that several members of his company are his "ancestors". After a friendly phone call with his brother-in-law, he soon decides to skip the next bus and spend more time in town.
Anderson alludes to some classic Italian films in the short, including several byFederico Fellini, such asLa Dolce Vita (1960) andAmarcord (1973).[5]