Nico, 1988 is an upcoming biopic about the mercurial model turned actress turned singer-songwriter (played by Danish actress Trine Dyrholm). Most people probably know Nico because of her association with Andy Warhol and The Velvet Underground but as a fan I can tell you there is much more to her than that one album.
Her acting career had started a few years prior with a small role in Fellini‘s La Dolce Vita, her singing career started in 1965 with the release of two songs, featuring a young Jimmy Page on guitar. She released her first solo album in 1967, the same year her only album with The Velvets was released. After her brief period with the Velvets she went on to carve out a career as a singer-songwriter while continuing to act throughout the 1970s, mostly in the films of her then-partner French director Philippe Garrel.
One of the exciting things about this trailer is the numerous references to important events in Nico’s career. Some of the names Nico worked with are rattled off at the start of the trailer so we can get to the story this film is interested in telling. One of the impressive things about this trailer is that it doesn’t focus on the ’60s, it would’ve been appealing to simply focus on the young Nico when the world was at her feet and everybody at the Factory was fawning over her.
The fact that this film chooses to focus on Nico’s road back to music after a long time of drug abuse instead is a good sign. So far, Nico, 1988 has won the Verizon Horizons Award for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival and based on this trailer I wouldn’t be surprised if it continues to wow fans and general audiences alike.
Nico, 1988 is directed by Susanna Nicchiarelli and stars Trine Dyrholm, John Gordon Sinclair and Francesco Colella. At the time of writing, release dates are unknown, they will appear here once announced.
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