The Man from Rome
DIRECTOR / JAAP VAN HEUSDEN
The skeptical investigative priest Filippo (37) is sent by the Vatican to a Limburg border village to examine a weeping statue of Mary. Determined to debunk the statue, he encounters the grim village community, deeply traumatized and clinging to their miracle. Drawn to and unsettled by the silent Térèse (19) who discovered the tears, Filippo becomes entangled in the village's sorrow and a series of seemingly miraculous events that undermine his certainty about his calling as a priest and as a human being.
Feature film in majority co-production with Fiction Park (DE) and EO, supported by the Dutch Film Fund, NL Film Production Incentive, CoBO, Limburg Film Fund, DFFF, Film & Medien Stiftung NRW, and Eurimages.
Distribution Benelux: Gusto Entertainment, Germany: Missing Films.
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Winner Golden Calf Best Music - Netherlands Film Festival 2023
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Nominated for Golden Calf Best Production Design, Best Editing, and Best Sound Design - Netherlands Film Festival 2023
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Nominated for Forum of the Directors - Netherlands Film Festival 2023
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Selection PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn 2023, main competition (international premiere November 10, 2023)
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Nomination Best Feature Film at Septimius Awards 2023, Amsterdam
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Winner Best Feature Film at Limburg Film Festival 2023
THE MAN FROM ROME I Trailer 2023
Credits
Festivals
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Cine Del Mar – Uruguay, 2024
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Special mention actress Emma Balding
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Dutch Film Festival, Netherlands, 2023
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Winner of the Golden Calf for Best Music
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Nominated for Golden Calf for Best Production Design
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Nominated for Golden Calf for Best Editing
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Nominated for Golden Calf for Best Sound Design
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Nominated for the Directors' Forum
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Selection Official Competition 27th Tertio Millennio Film Fest 2023, Rome
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Winner Special Mention Award
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Selection PÖFF Black Nights Film Festival Tallinn, Estonia, main competition (international premiere November 10, 2023)
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Limburg Film Festival – Netherlands, 2023
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Winner of Best Feature Film
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// Cast
Michele Riondino
Emma Bading
Marie-Louise Stheins
Raymond Thiry
Ralf Dexler
Aus Greidanus
Michele Nani
Axel Daeseleire
Galyna Kyyashko
Bart Slegers
Vincent van der Valk
Janneke Remmers
Daniela Holtz
// Director
Jaap van Heusden
// Scenario
Jaap van Heusden & Rogier de Blok
// Producer
Marc Bary (IJswater Films)
// Line producent
Eva Visser
// Production management Netherlands
Julie Janssen
// Production management Germany
Anastasia Pisklyukova
// Camera
Melle van Essen, NSC
// Sound
Andreas Turnwald
// Production design
Jorien Sont
// Costume design
Birgitt Kilian
// Hair & make-up
René Jordan
// Casting
Fay Muller, Sven van den Berg en Betty Post
Casting kinderen : Luca Meisters
Duitsland : Sabine Schwedhelm
// Edit
Jasper Quispel, NCE
// Sound design
Marco Vermaas
// Post production supervisor
Maarten de Graaf
// Post production
STORM Post production
// Music
Minco Eggersman
// Distributor
Gusto Entertainment
// Distributor Germany
Missing Films
// Sales agent
Patra Spanou
// Broadcaster
EO
// Funds/financiers
Nederlands Filmfonds
CoBO
Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF)
Eurimages
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW
Limburg Film Fonds
Netherlands Film Production Incentive