ITALIAN MOVIE “TELL IT LIKE A WOMAN” RECEIVED 2023 LA, ITALIA AWARDS ON MARCH 5 AND 6 FOR ITS OSCAR NOMINATED SONG “APPLAUSE” WRITTEN BY DIANE WARREN AND PERFORMED BY SOFIA CARSON

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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 06: Chiara Tilesi, Andrea Iervolino, Jacqueline Fernandez, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Leena Yadav and Nick Vallelonga on stage during the LA Italia Film Festival Special Screening Of "Tell It Like a Woman" at TCL Chinese 6 Theatres on March 06, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for LA Italia Film Festival )

Photo n. 1: Chiara Tilesi, Andrea Iervolino, Jacqueline Fernandez, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Leena Yadav

 

HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 05: Andrea Iervolino and Raffaella De Laurentiis on stage during the Los Angeles, Italia Festival Inauguration Ceremony, Red Carpet And Opening Ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre on March 05, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Los Angeles, Italia Film Festival)
HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 05: Chiara Tilesi and Consul General of Italy in Los Angeles Raffaella Valentini on stage during the Los Angeles, Italia Festival Inauguration Ceremony, Red Carpet And Opening Ceremony at TCL Chinese Theatre on March 05, 2023 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Los Angeles, Italia Film Festival)

 

 

TELL IT LIKE A WOMAN features Cara Delevingne, Jennifer Hudson, Marcia Gay Harden, Eva Longoria, and Leonor Varela. It is an amazing film directed by seven female directors from all over the world who use different styles to express their personal idea of femininity ( Silvia Carobbio, Catherine Hardwicke, Taraji P. Henson, Mipo Oh, Lucía Puenzo, Maria Sole Tognazzi, Leena Yadav ).

TELL IT LIKE A WOMAN is the result of a collaboration between Iervolino Entertainment, a film and television content production company owned by Andrea Iervolino and Monika Bacardi, and We do it Together, a non-profit production company owned by Chiara Tilesi and Lucas Akoskin, which aims to achieve gender equality.

An anthology consisting of seven short stories directed and performed by only female protagonists from all parts of the world:

Unspoken directed by Maria Sole Tognazzi and starring Margherita Buy;
Lagonegro directed by Lucia Puenzo and starring Eva Longoria
Elbows deep directed by Catherine Hardwicke and starring Cara Delevingne, Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden and Jasmine Luv
Sharing a Ride directed by Leena Yadav and starring Jacqueline Fernandez and Anjali Lama
A Week Of My Life directed by Mipo O and starring Anne Watanabe
Pepcy & Kim directed by Taraji P. Henson and starring Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson and Pauletta Washington
Aria (animation) directed by Lucia Bigheroni and Silvia Carobbio.

Moreover, the song featured in this film “Applause”, written by Diane Warren and performed by Sophia Carson will compete in the best original song category at the Oscars 2023.

 

LOS ANGELES ITALIA 

Capri in the World Institute

Photo: Sophia Carson and Diane Warren