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Coppola to Make Indie in Bucharest
Source: Variety
September 23, 2005

According to Variety, Francis Ford Coppola will return to directing after an eight-year hiatus with a self-financed, low-budget film to shoot in Bucharest.

The bigscreen adaptation of Youth Without Youth is based on the novella by Romanian author and intellectual Mircea Eliade. Coppola wrote the screenplay and is producing through his American Zoetrope banner. Fred Roos and Anahid Nazarian exec produce.

Tim Roth, Alexandra Maria Lara, Bruno Ganz and Marcel Iures will star in the film, scheduled to begin production October 3.

The story centers on a professor whose life changes after a cataclysmic incident during the dark years before WWII. Becoming a fugitive, he is pursued through far-flung locations including Romania, Switzerland, Malta and India.

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Update:

IMDB
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481797/

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809424028/info

A professor's life changes after a cataclysmic incident during the dark years before WWII. Becoming a fugitive, he is pursued through far-flung locations including Romania, Switzerland, Malta and India.

Production Status: In Production/Awaiting Release

Genres: Drama, Thriller and Adaptation

Production Co.: American Zoetrope, Pathe International, BIM Produzione, Centre National de la Cinematographie

Filming Locations: Bucharest, Romania

Produced in: United States