Franco Battiato is starting to film a new film based on life of Friedrich Händel. "I have been working on this the past two years. I have read over 70 books on him and searched for an actor to play him. I have found him in Germany. He speaks three languages and plays the piano " the Sicilian artist tells. This will be his fourth film as director/producer. He debuted as a director in 2003 with Perdutoamor that he also wrote. Musikanten , a film based on life of Ludwig van Beethoven was released in 2005 in Venice Film Festival and his third film Niente é come sembra in 2006. He won Nastro d'Argento award for the best new director for Perdutoamor . Meanwhile another production will debut next month in Castello Aragonese in Otranto. A popular opera Ottocento with the music by Francesco Libetta based on Maria Corti's novel L'Ora di tutti . Battiato is the artistic supervisor of the production.
