{"id":23395,"date":"2025-08-14T00:11:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T00:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=23395"},"modified":"2025-10-03T23:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T23:02:50","slug":"la-scala-the-force-of-destiny","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/la-scala-the-force-of-destiny\/","title":{"rendered":"LA SCALA: THE FORCE OF DESTINY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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LA SCALA: THE FORCE OF DESTINY<\/h1>\n

(La Force du destin: une saison \u00e0 La Scala)<\/h2>\n

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TRUFFAUT THEATER<\/p>\n

Documentary<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/mk_content_box][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_custom_box corner_radius=”15″ bg_color=”#dbcce2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1759532426071{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29
\n<\/strong>6:35 pm ( Screening ends at 8:10 pm)
\nFollowed by a conversation with writer\/director Anissa Bonnefont and writer\/producer Myriam Weil<\/strong><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/mk_custom_box][mk_padding_divider size=”10″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/order-tickets.jpg” image_size=”full” link=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.eventive.org\/schedule\/68d7a00a219551471557428c” target=”_blank” align=”center”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_content_box heading=”PRESENTED IN ASSOCIATION WITH:”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1759532535820{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]\n

Ginger & Fed
\nFederation Studios
\nFrance T\u00e9l\u00e9visions
\nInternational Documentary Association<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/mk_content_box][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_separator color=”custom” border_width=”2″ css=”” accent_color=”#ea1300″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1757449358682{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]North American Premiere<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>| France, Italy | 2025 | Documentary | 92 min | In English & in Italian with English subtitle<\/p>\n

Directed by: <\/strong>Anissa Bonnefont
\nWritten by: <\/strong>Anissa Bonnefont, Myriam Weil
\nProduced by: <\/strong>Myriam Weil (Federation Studios France), Francesco Melzi d\u2019Eril (MDE Films), Teatro alla Scalla
\nCinematography:<\/strong>\u00a0Martina Cocco
\nOriginal Score: <\/strong>Jack Bartman
\nFilm Editing:<\/strong> Guerric Catala
\nCast:<\/strong> Riccardo Chailly (conductor), L\u00e9o Muscato (stage director), Silvia Aymonino (costume designer), Federica Parolini (set designer), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Brian Jadge (tenor), Ludovic Tezier (baryton), Vasilisa Berzhanskaya (soprano), Roberto Bolle (ballet dancer)
\nInternational Sales: <\/strong>Ginger & Fed<\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A performance of Verdi\u2019s La Forza del Destino<\/em> marks the opening of the Milan opera season at La Scala. A major cultural event since 1951, “la prima”<\/em> draws opera lovers from the world over. La Scala: The Force of Destiny<\/em><\/strong> takes us behind the scenes, from the first rehearsals with singers, musicians and dancers, all the way to opening night. Capturing the tension, passion and brilliance that define La Scala, the film plunges us into the day-to-day creative processes that take place behind the closed doors of the world\u2019s most iconic opera house \u2013 which opened those doors to cameras for the very first time for this film.<\/p>\n

Director’s biography<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

After writing and directing three shorts, Anissa Bonnefont<\/strong> won instant recognition with her first documentary feature, Wonder Boy<\/em> (2019), a highly intimate portrait of Olivier Rousteing, the wunderkind<\/em> fashion designer who became creative director of the house of Balmain at 24. That film was nominated for a C\u00e9sar Award for Best Documentary Film and won the Best Documentary Feature Award at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. Her second documentary feature, NADIA<\/em> (TAFFF 2022), focused on an Afghan-Danish footballer forced to flee Afghanistan when her father is assassinated by the Taliban. It was nominated for an International Emmy and won the Best Football Film Award at the Paladino d’Oro Sport Film Festival. In 2022, Bonnefont made her first narrative feature, The House<\/em>. La Scala: The Force of Destiny<\/em><\/strong> had its world-wide premiere at La Scala, in Milan, on October 20.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/screenshot-2025-09-28-at-10.07.49.png” image_size=”full” link=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/win-a-cruise-for-two-in-europe\/” target=”_blank” align=”center”][mk_image src=”https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/la-scala.jpg” image_size=”full” frame_style=”gray_border” align=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1757449632378{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] LA SCALA: THE FORCE OF DESTINY (La Force du destin: une saison \u00e0 La Scala)   [\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”custom” css=”” accent_color=”#660084″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_content_box heading=”CINEMA & DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1757463269069{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] TRUFFAUT THEATER Documentary [\/vc_column_text][\/mk_content_box][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][mk_custom_box corner_radius=”15″ bg_color=”#dbcce2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1759532426071{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 29 6:35 pm ( Screening ends at 8:10 pm) Followed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23395","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23395","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23395"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23395\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24926,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23395\/revisions\/24926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}