Mischa Barton - Pampinea (Virgin Territory) #3: 11/1- We have a TRAILER!

**Cristofle** · 06-05-2006, 03:50 PM

*banner made by Sam*

Plotline:

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“A kissed mouth never loses its freshness. Like the moon, it always rises new again”. - Giovanni Boccaccio

GUILTY PLEASURES, a refreshing celebration of life in all its beauty, puts a modern spin on Giovanni Boccaccio’s classic work of Italian literature.

In the 14th century, Florence was a city of pure delight, sumptuously prosperous: a city of art and culture where people of all ages celebrated life to the full. But in 1346 life changed. The city was ravaged by a merciless plague known as ‘The Black Death’.

Lorenzo de Lamberti (Hayden Christensen) an innocent and adventurous young blood, finds himself on the wrong side of Gerbino de la Ratta (Tim Roth). De La Ratta’s wealth has been gleaned from his ability to live on both sides of the law; murder is part of his armoury and Lorenzo is his prime target. Lorenzo escapes from Florence and finds refuge working as a gardener in a convent.

Pampinea Anastagi (Mischa Barton) is the only daughter of a respected and wealthy family who suddenly finds herself alone. Gerbino de la Ratta, who has designs on both her body and wealth, subtly threatens to confiscate her home to pay off her father’s debts – then offers to marry her as an escape route from her imminent financial ruin. Pampinea counters that she has been betrothed to be married to a Russian count who is on his way to Florence from Novgorod.

Pampinea meets with a small group of friends and persuades them to escape Florence and travel to her family’s villa in the countryside to act as witness to her marriage to the Russian Count. The marriage will release her both from Gerbino’s unwanted attention and the threat of financial ruin.

As Pampinea’s friends escape Florence and embark on a series of adventures of their own, Pampinea retreats to a convent where from behind her nun’s veil – and after a secret kiss – she falls in love with Lorenzo. Lorenzo also falls in love, but does not know who has delivered the fatal heart-melting kiss.

The twists and turns of their love story and the adventures of their friends, finally lead to Pampinea’s villa, where all the dramatic and comic conflicts and confusions of the numerous relationships finally come together and are resolved in a celebration of love and life in all their glory.

Writer/director David Leland´s modern interpretation of Giovanni Boccaccio´s classic work is a stimulating and erotic story of innocence, love, sex and lasting friendship. As these friends make their way through the Tuscan landscape they discover life through the tragedy and danger they left behind. It is a timeless tale full of irreverence and humour - rich with passion and sexuality – and has a unique vision and dramatic style of its own.

Some things Mischa has said about the movie...in Nylon:

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"The Catholic Church was very controlling at the time, so a lot of it is about that," Barton says. "My character, Pampinea, is the good girl who falls in love with the boy she's not supposed to marry. She's a very strong character, so she ends up going for what she wants."

In Teen Vogue:

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And this winter will see the release of Angels and Virgins, a romantic period piece set in Italy during the Black Death; Mischa stars as an orphaned aristocrat who falls in love with "the boy who has nothing", played by Hayden Christensen. "It's an update of The Decameron," Mischa explains, "a book of stories that were told in the fourteenth century, during the plague. It was a very strict time, but everyone thought that the world was ending so there was room for outrageousness."

On ET:

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"The movie is a modernized period piece," she told ET last year, when she returned from location shoots. "It is an action drama set in Italy. It is based on the book by GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO. I play the love interest of Hayden's character. She is an aristocratic girl who is the one that instigates the idea for the characters to leave Florence and go to the countryside [while the black plague is killing the residents of the city]."

Official Stills (HQ; click to enlarge):

Several pictures of Mischa as she was filming the movie can be found here

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PLEASE right click and save as for our first trailer of the movie here

This movie has gone through several title changes and is set to be released on March 9 2007. Link to IMDB page

CourtneyS416 · 06-05-2006, 03:50 PM

Liz, you totally had the thread prepped before it was done.

**Cristofle** · 06-05-2006, 03:57 PM

I'm used to this, lol. The CoopCakes are going through a thread a day on The OC side (we're on #77!) and I started literally about 200 Spooner threads.

**Cristofle** · 06-06-2006, 06:45 PM

I want to bump this up with some factoids Sam has provided:

It's being released by MGM via Weinstein Company. MGM as most of you probably know is huge, so hopefully that means good things.

The title WILL be changed to Angels and Virgins; Guilty Pleasures had a bad reaction, lol.

It has a big budget. That means lots of promotion.

Erica_85 · 06-06-2006, 11:45 PM

Thanks for the update! If it's this big budget hopefully they'll promote many months in advance.

**Sam_MC** · 06-07-2006, 04:46 AM

Its being distributed by The Weintein Company via MGM - not sure if that distinction is important lol.

The budget is reportedly $38 million.

CourtneyS416 · 06-15-2006, 09:17 PM

If this movie comes out in jan 07 AND closing the ring in dec 06, we're gonna be in heaven.

**Cristofle** · 06-23-2006, 06:50 AM

It's been indicated Closing of the Ring might come out in November. But more to the point, I don't care that it's only June, they've been in production for this movie for 500 years. I want a trailer!

smad · 06-23-2006, 10:34 AM

I love both in this film,beautiful and good couple!

*Shannon* · 06-23-2006, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Cristofle

I want to bump this up with some factoids Sam has provided:

It's being released by MGM via Weinstein Company. MGM as most of you probably know is huge, so hopefully that means good things.

The title WILL be changed to Angels and Virgins; Guilty Pleasures had a bad reaction, lol.

It has a big budget. That means lots of promotion.

That is huge. I work in the business, I guess you could say, and yes, this is important. If I hear anything, I'll let you know.

This is looking good! Love the banner.

CourtneyS416 · 06-24-2006, 06:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Cristofle

It's been indicated Closing of the Ring might come out in November. But more to the point, I don't care that it's only June, they've been in production for this movie for 500 years. I want a trailer!

We demand a trailer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Erica_85 · 06-24-2006, 08:36 PM

I love that banner so much!

**Cristofle** · 06-25-2006, 09:28 AM

Updated the first post with some pictures.

**Cristofle** · 06-25-2006, 09:43 AM

Here are some pictures of Hayden onset. While Mischa's not in them, you can get an idea of the scale of production; it looks awesome:

http://haydenchristensen.smugmug.com...20931/Original
http://haydenchristensen.smugmug.com...20957/Original
http://haydenchristensen.smugmug.com...20965/Original

And here are some pictures of Mischa and Hayden at Cannes:

http://haydenchristensen.smugmug.com/gallery/850571

CourtneyS416 · 06-25-2006, 09:51 AM

those pics rock. it makes me so excited for the movie.

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