Maltese Novel Adapted to Film Hitting Cinemas Soon!

 Alex Vella Gera's much-lauded 2012 novel Is-Sriep Reġgġu Saru Velenużi will soon find it's story on the silver screen as the 2021 release of its film adaptation has been announced. The film is shot, directed and partially produced by Shadeena Entertainment's Martin Bonnici, with help in the adaptation from the novel by Teodor Reljic.

The novel and film can be considered drama and explores both Maltese politics through a fictional assassination attempt on 80s Maltese priminister Dom Mintoff as well as family dynamics through a contemporary story told alongside.

The film was shot on a tight €250,000 budget, with partial funding from the National Book Council, through their 2019 NBC Film Adaptation Fund. Funding was also achieved through Shadeena Entertainment themselves as well as Splash Screen Entertainment.

If the novel and trailer are any indication for what's in store once one sits down to watch this film, then good things are abound. It will be released locally through Eden Cinemas later this year, with no specific date given, so keep your eyes peeled for cinema reopenings (following Covid) and those Now Showing lists!

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