NICO, 1988

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Italy/Belgium, 2016/2017 – in pre-production

Original language: English
Direction and Screenplay: Susanna Nicchiarelli
Production: Vivo Film (IT) with Rai Cinema, in coproduction with Tarantula (BE)
Cast: Trine Dyrholm, Anamaria Marinca, Fabrizio Rongione, Sandro Funtek, Karina Fernandez, Cavlin Demba

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Christa Päffgen, aka Nico, the Andy Wahrol and Velvet Underground muse, died at the age of 50 in Ibiza, after falling from her pink bike. This film is about her last years. A road movie on Nico’s last tours, the portrait of a unique musician and her band, the story of one of the most beautiful women in the world who became happy only when she got rid of her beauty.