Pioneering Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti, who led one of two experiments that led to the discovery of the Higgs boson, nicknamed the “God particle,” will be the subject of a biographical film titled “The Mystery Particle.” The high-profile biopic will be directed by Stefano Mordini (“The Invisible Witness”). Gianotti is currently the first director general
Pioneering Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti, who led one of two experiments that led to the discovery of the Higgs boson, nicknamed the “God particle,” will be the subject of a biographical film titled “The Mystery Particle.”
The high-profile biopic will be directed by Stefano Mordini (“The Invisible Witness”).
Gianotti is currently the first director general of CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, which has the most powerful particle accelerator in the world. The Higgs boson helped explain how matter formed after the Big Bang.
“The Mysterious Particle”, which is being developed for the international market, is being produced by Picomedia (a company of Asacha Media Group, part of Fremantle) and Cinemaundici. Picomedia is directed by Roberto Sessa, the veteran producer behind the hit Italian young adult drama “The Sea Outside.”
“The Mysterious Particle” will tell the personal and professional story of Gianotti, who dreamed of becoming a prima ballerina as a child, then considered becoming a classical pianist, before earning a doctorate. He earned his PhD in physics from the University of Milan and began his career at CERN in 1994. He reportedly lives in an apartment with views of Lake Geneva and Mont Blanc from his balcony window. There, Gianotti plays his favorite composers, including Bach, Schubert and Brahms, on his piano in his spare time.
The film will primarily take place in and around CERN Geneva, where the $10 billion ATLAS particle accelerator is located in a cavern located in a tunnel beneath a small Swiss town.
Mordini’s work includes “Smalltown Italy” which went to Berlin, the mob noir “Pericle il nero” (“Pericles the Black Man”) which went to Cannes and the 2024 Italian Netflix original series “Adorazione.”
The writing team of “The Mysterious Particle” is made up of Paolo Giordano (“We Are Who We Are”), who has a background in physics and whose novel “The Solitude of Prime Numbers” won Italy’s highest literary prize, the Premio Strega, Luca Infascelli “The Art of Joy” and Mordini.
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