Tension mounts for Paolo Virzi ahead of London Oscars
(AGI) London, Sept 26 - Paolo Virzi, whose film EmotionalCapital is a candidate for best foreign film at the LondonOscars, said he was enjoying the competition but was anxiousand clearly emotional. His mother died very recently. Hethought it would be interesting to see what effect thisneo-noir thriller would have on an Anglo Saxon audience, havingalready gone down well in New York. There were several otherItalian films and dozens of foreign ones in the running, someof which were genuine rivals. He felt anxious because of theresponsibility and because Italian cinema was plagued