For Milan-based producer Massimo Fabbro, the upcoming U.S. release of “Trifole” — which he calls “this tiny film from a tiny corner of Italy” — marks a feat on a par with scoring the mythically rare white truffle at the core of the ultra-indie drama.
On Nov. 14, Cohen Media Group will launch the English- and Italian-language film at the Quad Cinema in New York and in Los Angeles and other U.S. cities, totalling roughly 150 screens.
“Trifole,” which is the sophomore feature of Gabriele Fabbro — who is the producer’s son — was shot in Italy’s Piedmont region on a shoestring budget of €1.4 million ($1.6 million). The project stems from the director’s gastronomic passion for white truffle and its connection with terroir and tradition.
The storyline — based on years of research around the city of Alba, in the heart of northwestern Piedmont, where the rare white truffle grows — revolves around an…