Play Entertainment is ready to film its next ambitious project, Death divides us (original title Death Do Us Part). Cinematic retelling of the popular tale Death and the girl.
A story with comic tones and dark atmospheres, for a costume opera set in medieval Italy during the first pandemic of the Black Death, in which the story of a supernatural love is mixed together with legend, folklore and reality. Music will play an important role in the film, although it is not a traditional musical.
Death divides us places the events in 14th century Europe. The protagonist is Giulia, young and rebellious in the small and superstitious village of San Grobiano, who dreams of becoming a doctor, even if the society of the time is not ready to assign her this role. The epidemic is an opportunity to demonstrate its value to the world. Thanks to her work as a healer, Giulia discovers that she can see and interact with Death himself, with whom she ends up falling in love, even though she will give up everything to save her village.
Death divides usthe workers between Italy and abroad
The international production, which will be filming for six weeks, has chosen Sutri and Frascati as its location. The directors are two young Americans making their debut, David Chavez-Grant and Abigail Ory, the latter also signs the screenplay together with Masha Strasburger and Francesca Marciano. The story is taken from the play performed at Harvard University in 2019.
Death Divides Us features an excellent technical and artistic cast including Ari’el Stachel, Zara Devlin, Riccardo De Rinaldis, Ian O’Reilly, Laura Morante, Alan Cumming, Lidia Vitale, Darko Peric and Claudio Bigagli. The co-production involves Italy together with Spain, Poland and the United States.
The scenography is entrusted to Crispian Sallis (three times Oscar nominee for Gladiator, Walking with Daisy And Alien), while the costumes were created by Carlo Poggioli, whose latest works include the collaboration with Paolo Sorrentino for The Young Pope And The New Pope. The photography is entrusted to Ferran Paredes Rubio, who received a nomination for the David di Donatello in 2024 for Commander by Edoardo De Angelis.
