Angel of Evil

Angel of Evil Italian Vallanzasca Gli angeli del male , also known as Vallanzasca Angels of Evil is a 2010 crime film directed by Michele Placido. It is based on the biography Il fiore del male. Bandito a Milano of bank robber Renato Vallanzasca, by Italian journalist Carlo Bonini.

In 2008, 20th Century Fox showed a project of Renato Vallanzascas movie to Michele Placido, proposing him to direct it. The director, initially uninterested, accepted the job only after being approached by Kim Rossi Stuart, who wanted to play the role of the protagonist. Placido spoke for the first time about it in a January 2009 interview, in which he announced his plans for the future, directing Vallanzasca and two other films.20th Century Fox has taken care of Italian cinema distribution. Before being confirmed as the distribution company, the producers had thought of Medusa Film and Rai Cinema, but neither were interested in film studies and rejected the script. OnJuly 2010, Michele Placido said in a press release about the film that both houses had refused the rights acquisition because of the hypocritical respectability in Italy. Vallanzasca was originally planned to be theatrically released in Italy in October 2010, but 20th Century Fox delayed it a few months after, toDecember. ........

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