Cannes Classics Doc ‘Vittorio De Sica – Staging Life’ Acquired for World Sales by Italy’s Fandango (EXCLUSIVE)

May 6, 2026 5:29am PT Cannes Classics Doc ‘Vittorio De Sica – Staging Life’ Acquired for World Sales by Italy’s Fandango (EXCLUSIVE)

The high-profile doc is the only Italian film at Cannes

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Fandango Sales has acquired international sales rights to high-profile doc “Vittorio De Sica – Staging Life,” that will soon launch from the Cannes Film Festival‘s Cannes Classics section. 

Directed by Francesco Zippel – who was previously in the same Cannes section with the 2021 doc “Oscar Micheaux – The Superhero of Black Filmmaking” – Zippel’s De Sica portrait delves into the life, work and legacy of this leading figure of Italy’s neo-realist movement who won four Oscars and is known for classics such as “The Bicycle Thief,” “Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow,” and “Two Women.”

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