Polanskis RP Productions is also credited as co-producer.
Barbareschi and Polanski have been friends for nearly 50 years, and he is fiercely loyal to the director.
I know the real story.
Luca Barbereschi arrives in VenicePascal Le Segretain/Getty Images
I was there in 1975 and 1976, he says.
I cannot speak for Roman but the 70s were not today.
It was free sex for all.
Roman never gave drugs to anyone.
It was a completely different time.
I dont think he ever raped anybody.
He was a very sexy man and women were chasing him.
His new collaboration with Polanski is in a different veinfromAn Officer And A Spy.
Watch the international trailerhere.
The director co-wrote the screenplay with his long-time friend Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski and producer Ewa Piaskowska.
Roman has a huge sense of humor.
It was so much fun watching them work together.
They have been friends forever, 70, 80 years, since they were kids.
Its an amazing chance to put them together.
I dont think it will get sold in America now, which I think is embarrassing for them.
Thats the biggest scandal.An Officer and A Spysold more than a million tickets there.
It remains to be seen if the mood will thaw at home after the film is revealed in Venice.
