The film “Italian Studies” stars Oscar-nominated actress Vanessa Kirby. The director, native New Yorker Adam Leon, shot the film on the streets of New York in 2018, before the pandemic.
Kirby plays Alina, a writer who suddenly loses her memory and begins wandering the streets. She meets various New Yorkers on the journey to find her way back to herself.
Leon says he shot the film in Manhattan and the outer boroughs.
“We shot stuff on Canal Street, you know, where there’s thousands of people sort of surrounding Alina,” said Leon. “We shot on July 4, we shot fireworks out in Long Island City, and then shot
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