Novella lures auteur.(Bernardo Bertolucci set to return with Io e te)(Brief article)

Helmer Bernardo Bertolucci is preparing to return behind the camera with an intimate coming-of-age drama based on bestselling short novel "Io e te" by Italo author Niccolo Ammaniti, who will co-pen.

Bertolucci, who is being honored by the Museum of Modern Art with a retro, announced the project to Italian media in New York.

"Io e te" is largely set in a Rome basement where an introverted adolescent hides out, having told his parents he has gone on a ski trip. In this hideout the boy gets an unexpected visit from an older half-sister he barely knows who is strung out on heroin and needs his help.

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