Wes Anderson keeps it in the family with 'Castello Cavalcanti' short

Wes Anderson's films are known for having some family component, whether it be the team behind the film or the character relationships. In keeping with this tradition, the plot of Anderson's new short, Castello Cavalcanti, involves Jason Schwartzman's character Castello discovering his ancestors in Molte Miglia, Italy. This is all after Schwartzman accidentally crashes into a statue of Jesus in the small town.

Post-crash he bonds with the town people over drinks outside of a cafe. Castello tells his new family: "In a way I'm glad I crashed, it's a warning for me I could've got killed, you know? Like that coop of chickens over there. Tarred, feathered and spit-roasted." He looks off into the distance before taking a call from his 'sweetie.' "I'm in my ancestral village if you could believe it," he tells her. The mechanic who screwed the steering wheel on backwards was his brother-in-law Gus, he insists.

Since being uploaded on YouTube, it's already gotten 13,000 views and counting. The LA Times was one of the first to report it being up on Prada's YouTube channel, after Prada tweeted the video.

Castello Cavalcanti premiered at the Rome Film Festival, fittingly enough. It's set in the 1950s and is being seen as a nod to silent and Fellini films. There is also the Prada part. They are the company behind the short. Roman Coppola, cousin to Schwartzman and producer on the short, created the "Prada: Candy" web series. "Prada racing" spans across the back of Schwartzman's shirt in the short, where he of course has a mustache and thicker eyebrows than usual .

Credits start rolling after 6:40 and the whole short in its entirety is barely 8 minutes. You can watch it all here, because "The Grand Budapest Hotel" feature won't be released until March.
 

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