Mira Sorvino Hopes to Obtain Italian Passport Like Her Father Paul Sorvino

"I too wish to have the Italian passport like my father Paul Sorvino managed to. I hope to succeed soon!" comments the Oscar-winning actress Mira Sorvino on the sidelines of the "L.A., Italia 2024" Gala, organized with the support of MiC and Intesa Sanpaolo, at the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles. "I remember the emotion of my father when we landed for the first time in Naples to go to the 'Capri, Hollywood' festival. It was 2001 and my father was so moved that he left an indelible mark in my heart," adds Sorvino, who was awarded yesterday by producer Raffaella de Laurentiis, Chairperson of the event founded by Pascal Vicedomini - It was a magical journey that inspired me to marry right there in Capri, with my husband Chris Backus. A wedding we prepared since the previous New Year's Eve when we returned to the island of Tiberio for the Conference of Italian artists in the world promoted by the then minister Mirko Tremaglia. The occasion of the 19th edition of "L.A., Italia", the Italian festival in Hollywood that precedes the Academy Awards, also stimulates Mira Sorvino (Oscar winner 1995 for the film 'Mighty Aphrodite' by Woody Allen), the memory of the visit made to 'N'cop o' Vomero' as her father Paul used to emphasize when he spoke of the city from which his parents had departed for the USA at the beginning of the last century, in search of a better future. "Italy is in my DNA and I sincerely hope that my children will fall in love with my country of origin just as my father was and as I am," concludes Mira Sorvino, proudly showing the Pulcinella mask (created by artist Lello Esposito) awarded by the "L.A., Italia Festival" to all the great artists honored, since the first edition in 2006. To be honored, yesterday in California, by the Consul General of Italy Raffaella Valentini, were Mira and De Laurentiis, the English Trudie Styler, awarded along with fellow producer Andrea Iervolino, for their respective commitment to communities living on the margins of the so-called civilized international society (she, Trudie, president of the Rainforest Foundation for Amazonia; he, the Italian-Canadian producer also committed to promoting African excellence through documentaries made for the TaTaTu platform). Also present and awarded at the Festival, sponsored by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, and Enterprises and Made in Italy, were director Rory Kennedy (daughter of former Democratic Senator Robert Kennedy), actress Madalina Genea, (fresh from the success of the film 'Deep Fear' and accompanied to the gala by actor Billy Zane (co-star of Titanic)) and still the directors Michele Danner (who presented the comedy 'The Italians' in world premiere) and Ilaria Borrelli (awarded for 'The Goat'). And then many Italians like the actor and producer Luca Barbareschi, directors Edoardo De Angelis and Brando De Sica, actors Francesco Mandelli and Edoardo Costa, Oscar-winning screenwriter Nick Vallelonga, the Dp Massimo Zeri, actresses Sofia Milos, Caterina Milicchio and Antonella Salvucci who presented the evening with the director of the Italian Cultural Institute Emanuele Amendola. The event, realized with Riflessi, Givova, Ilbe and WWPS, had been inaugurated on March 3 with the awarding of Matteo Garrone and the actors of 'Io capitano' (curated by Franco Nero), of Lina Sastri (who presented the film 'La casa di Ninetta' in world premiere), of Dennis Dellai (with the film 800 days) and of Selma Dell'Olio (with her documentary Enigma Rol).