Nino – A Film About Nino Rota

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Nino – A Film About Nino Rota (2026)

Directed by Walter Fasano

Documentary, Music · 2h 00m

An in-depth documentary into the life of renowned Italian composer Nino Rota, who wrote the score for 16 films directed by Federico Fellini, including “La Strada,” “8 1/2,” “Juliet of the Spirits” and “Amarcord,” besides “La Dolce Vita.” He also composed music for Franco Zeffirelli’s “Romeo and Juliet” and the Sicilian-inspired theme for “The Godfather,” whose “Part II” score won him his only Oscar. Rota’s 150 films also included collaborations with King Vidor (“War and Peace”) and Luchino Visconti (“The Leopard”). Rota died at 68 in 1979.

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Cast

Sting Self – Narrator Nino Rota Self (archive footage) Park Chan-wook Self – Director Alexandre Desplat Self – Film music composer
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Vince Mendoza Self – Conductor, arranger

Crew

Director
Walter Fasano
Producer
Mattia Guerra, Filippo Sugar, Elisabetta Biganzoli, Marco Colombo, Marco Morabito

Details

Original title
Nino - Un film su Nino Rota
Release date
2026-09-11
Runtime
2h 00m
Genres
Documentary, Music
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
Italian, English
Countries
Italy
Production
Be Water Film, Sugar Play, Adler Entertainment, I Diavoli, Apulia Film Commission, Rai Documentari