Ferrari

2023 2h 11m EN

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6.4

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★6.4TMDB · 1,324

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Set during the summer of 1957. Ex-racecar driver, Enzo Ferrari, is in crisis. Bankruptcy stalks the company he and his wife, Laura, built from nothing ten years earlier. Their tempestuous marriage struggles with the mourning for one son and the acknowledgement of another.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Adam Driver
Enzo Ferrari
Penélope Cruz
Laura Ferrari
Shailene Woodley
Lina Lardi
Gabriel Leone
Alfonso de Portago
Sarah Gadon
Linda Christian
Jack O'Connell
Peter Collins
Patrick Dempsey
Piero Taruffi
Giuseppe Festinese
Piero Lardi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Mann
Writers: Troy Kennedy Martin, Michael Mann
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America, Italy, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $95M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 41% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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3 / 8

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: United States of America, Italy, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia.

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CAST

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209+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Michael Mann, shot by Erik Messerschmidt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Daniel Pemberton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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8 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Pietro Scalia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Michael Mann directs. Erik Messerschmidt behind the camera. Daniel Pemberton scores. Pietro Scalia cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America, Italy, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $95M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Earned back only 41% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 3 years ago.
4International production across 4 countries: United States of America, Italy, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia.
5209+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Michael Mann, shot by Erik Messerschmidt. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Daniel Pemberton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Pietro Scalia shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Adam Driver and Penélope Cruz and Shailene Woodley carry the top of the cast.
10IMDB entry: tt3758542 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Erik Messerschmidt
Original score: Daniel Pemberton
Editing: Pietro Scalia
Production design: Maria Djurkovic
Costume design: Massimo Cantini Parrini
Makeup / hair: Elisabetta Beraldo
VFX supervisor: David Sewell
Sound: David Werntz
Stunt coordinator: Simone Belli
Runtime: 131 min · 2h 11m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $95,000,000
Box office: $39,220,516
Return: 41% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Ferrari (2023)

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Manuel São Bento2023-09-01
★ 6/10
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/ferrari-venice-film-festival-review-penelope-cruz-drives-an-uneven-biopic/ "Ferrari has the potential to be a memorable biopic but lacks a more thoughtful emotional focus in its performance-driven character study. Adam Driver is excellent, but Penélope Cruz clearly stands out with an emotionally devastating performance. The dialogues between the main couple are the highlights of a globally abrupt film that deals with the deaths of people outside the family nucleus in a manner that is too fleeting and insignificant, in addition to overdramatizing a particular subplot. Competent racing sequences. It fulfills the basic purpose of telling the story of a complex man whose life is much sadder than one can imagine." Rating: B-
CinemaSerf2023-12-30
★ 6/10
Perhaps Adam Driver thought his "House of Gucci" (2021) role would better qualify him to play the eponymous and visionary Italian motor sport impresario, but what we really end up with here is more in the vein of the recent Bradley Cooper "Maestro". Sure, there are some great re-enactments of the races - though maybe not at the beginning with Driver's faced superimposed into a car like you'd put a kid's face on a birthday card. The bulk of the rest of this is more a treatment of his tempestuous marriage with Laura (an uncharacteristically flat Penélope Cruz) and how he juggles his family - and their past tragedies - with his second family with Lina (Shailene Woodley) and son Piero (Giuseppe Festinese) about whom his wife knows nothing! The business is struggling. The production car manufacture is no longer paying for the racing cars and with bankruptcy looming, Enzo must put all of his eggs into the one basket that is the thousand mile endurance Mille Miglia and hope to win and generate extra sales. It's this last half hour that brings the film to life. You can almost smell the fumes of the engines as the cars race the narrow and treacherous roads of rural, post war, Italy. There's also an indication of the honour amongst the drivers and an awareness of the respect that they have for each other - especially as we know fatality and disaster are frequently in that cockpit too. At it's best, it's an intense and well photographed almost documentary style of film, but there's too much pointless, meandering, melodrama with a leading man who just hasn't a charismatic bone in his body. Although I didn't hate it, it was way too much about a flawed marriage and not about the engineering that made me care.