question: Was M0 's prequel produced by a Italian person
query: SELECT count(*) WHERE {
  ?x0 ns:film.film.produced_by|ns:film.film.production_companies ?x1 .
  ?x0 ns:film.film.sequel M0 .
  ?x1 a ns:people.person .
  ?x1 ns:people.person.nationality ns:m.03rjj
  }