Castello Cavalcanti is a new eight-minute short film by Wes Anderson that stars Jason Schwartzman. Anderson created the short in collaboration with Prada. It takes place in 1955 in Italy and follows Jed Cavalcanti, a race car driver played by Schwartzman who gets into a wreck during the Motle Miglia rally. The actor runs into a few surprises as he collects himself in the small town he’s stranded in.
The world premiere of the short film took place at the Rome Film Festival on November 13th, 2013 as part of the “Special Events Out of Competition” section.