Nico (Velvet Underground), new Biopic: Watch

By editorial board on October 15, 2018

 Nico, Christa Päffgen, died in Ibiza  the 18th July 1988. the late German chanteuse with the Velvet Underground, is getting a new biopic  

"Most people think, as Andy Warhol once said, that after her experience with Velvet Underground and the Factory – and after having had sex with most of the rock stars of those years – Nico simply 'became a fat junkie' and disappeared," Nicchiarelli said in a statement pitching the film to international buyers at the Rome Film Festival. "But is this how her life really went?" Italian director Susanna Nicchiarelli, known on the festival circuit for her standout debut “Cosmonauta,” will start shooting Nov. 7 in Italy on the film, which is about Nico’s later years, titled “Nico, 1988.”

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Besides Dyrholm, who took the Berlin statuette for her role as a wronged wife in Thomas Vinterberg’s “The Commune,” the film’s pan-European cast includes Romanian actress Anamaria Marinca (“4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 days”); Britain’s Karina Fernandez (“Happy Go Lucky”); Belgium’s Fabrizio Rongione, a regular in the Dardennes brothers’ films; France’s Sandor Funteck (“Blue Is the Warmest Color”); and promising young British stage actor Calvin Demba in his screen debut.

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The movie begins in 1987 with a heroin-addicted Nico, played by Danish actress Trine Dyrholm, touring Europe as a solo artist at age 48. Backed by a new manager and accompanied by her son Ari, Nico attempts to get clean from drugs as the tour winds on. The screenplay is based on interviews with both Ari and Nico's then-manager Alan Wise. "The entire film is constructed following the inspiration of Nico's music: her performances and the lyrics of her songs," the director said. "It will tell us more than any other dialogue or cdbf0b9b48f467ea7961c7ccc7e1d445situation in the film."

“The entire film is constructed following the inspiration of Nico’s music: her performances and the lyrics of her songs,”the-beautiful-nico-from-velvet-underground-300x295 Nicchiarelli’s statement says. “It will tell us more than any other dialogue or situation in the film.”The film will also use flashbacks and dreamlike sequences.Dyrholm,  who besides being an actress is also a singer-songwriter, will perform Nico’s original songs from that period.

Nico contributed lead vocals on three tracks ("Femme Fatale," "All Tomorrow's Parties," "I'll Be Your Mirror") on the Velvet Underground's debut LP, 1967's The Velvet Underground & Nico, which ranks Number 13 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

 

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