Edward Norton is being honored by the Los Angeles-Italia Festival with a special screening of Barry Alexander Brown’s documentary “Fasting and the Longevity Revolution,” which Norton narrates.
Norton will be feted on Wednesday at the festival’s annual pre-Oscars event celebrating showbiz ties between Italy and Hollywood, which is running March 8-14 at Hollywood’s TCL Chinese Theater.
He will be joined on stage by Alexander Brown, who is long known for his work as an editor with Spike Lee; Italian-American biologist and nutrition expert Valter Longo; and social impact producer Chiara Tilesi for a talk focused on the Mediterranean diet “and the relationship between mindful nutrition and quality of life,” according to a statement. The doc —which is based on research by Longo and other experts — travels through Italian villages in Calabria and Sardinia, cities including Milan, Genoa and Los Angeles, and into the mountains of southern Ecuador “to reveal that genetic mutations, fasting, or both can make simple organisms live 10 times longer and protect humans from cancer, diabetes, dementia and heart disease,” as its synopsis says.
Founded and produced by Pascal Vicedomini, the L.A.-Italia fest is being held with the support of Italy’s Ministry of Culture and other entities. This year’s program includes the U.S. premiere of Anna Magnani biopic “Anna: The Untold Story,” directed by and starring Monica Guerritore; special screenings of Italian box office hits “Buen Camino” starring Checco Zalone, “Ohi Vita” by Pio and Amedeo and “La vita va così” by Riccardo Milani; a tribute to Italian singer-songwriter and music producer Tony Renis; and a celebration of Bernardo Bertolucci on the 50th anniversary of his epic “Novecento,” starring Robert De Niro and Gérard Depardieu.
The event’s closer is FIFA World Cup documentary “Two Billion Hearts,” directed by Brazil’s Murilo Salles and narrated by Liev Schreiber, ahead of the 2026 tournament set to take place across the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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