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Penelope Cruz, who plays Laura Ferrari, said that even if
someone like her is not interested in cars, the film has so many
other layers that focus on family and relationships.
“I really appreciate the beauty of Ferrari, I really appreciate
it, but I don’t like speed,” she said.
“Ferrari” gears up for its U.S. premiere on Dec. 25. Along with
Cruz, it stars "Marriage Story" actor Adam Driver, who plays
racer and company founder Enzo Ferrari and Shailene Woodley as
his mistress Lina Lardi. Patrick Dempsey plays Ferrari racer
Piero Taruffi.
Set in Italy in 1957, the film, distributed by Neon, follows
Enzo Ferrari, as his car business is failing despite its
well-known brand.
To gain more prowess for his business, he enters the Mille
Miglia, the grueling 1,000 mile race across Italy.
His personal life is also in chaos, with his wife Laura, who
holds half the company assets, discovering his mistress and
their son, Piero.
Mann believes “Ferrari” captures conflicts that reflect
real-life people versus tensions that are made up for a movie
and must be resolved.
He also wanted to achieve a realistic recreation of 1957 Italy.
Fortunately, he did not have to modify the movie set very much
for accuracy.
"Modena is completely unchanged, and when you see the Ferrari
house, that's the real Ferrari house, when you're in the family
mausoleum, that's the actual Ferrari mausoleum, when you're
seeing Enzo in the chair in the barbershop, that's the chair
that Enzo actually sat in. The barber shaving is the son of
Antonio, who was the real barber,” he said.
The frozen-in-time environment was also very helpful to the
actors.
"When you know that that's the place, then you don't have to
worry about having to imagine what it's like. It's actually
there so it makes it easier," said Driver.
(Reporting by Rollo Ross and Danielle Broadway; Editing by Mary
Milliken and David Gregorio)
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