Joe Pantoliano to Will Lead Drama FROM THE VINE CAME THE GRAPE

The Hollywood Reporter says Joe Pantoliano will star in the Italian vineyard drama From the Vine Came the Grape. Sean Cisterna directs.

Pantoliano, best known for his major roles on The Sopranos and in Memento, will play a downtrodden corporate executive who suffers a crisis of ethics, retreats to his family's hometown in southern Italy and discovers a vineyard on its last legs. Alienated family members, played by Wendy Crewson and Paula Brancati, track him down to stop a vineyard-revitalization project before it spirals out of control.

Italian actor Marco Leonardi (Cinema Paradiso, Like Water for Chocolate), Tony Nardi, Tony Nappo, Franco Lo Presti and Kevin Hanchard make up the rest of the cast.

Cisterna (Kiss and Cry, Full Out) directs an adaptation of the novel Finding Marco, by Kenneth Canio Cancellara, who also executive produces. Willem Wennekers penned the script.

Read the original story on The Hollywood Reporter.