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45th Venice International Film Festival
The 45th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 29 August to 9 September 1988. Jury The following people comprised the 1988 jury: *Sergio Leone (Head of Jury) * Maria Julia Bertotto * Klaus Eder * Hannah Fischer * Gilbert de Goldschmidt * Adoor Gopalakrishnan * Lena Olin * Natalya Ryazantseva * Harry Dean Stanton * Lina Wertmüller Official selection In competition Autonomous sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following feature films were selected to be screened as ''In Competition'' for this section: * ''The Kiss Of Judas (''Il bacio di Giuda'') by Paolo Benvenuti (Italy) * ''The Gassy Sky'' (''Der gläserne Himmel'') by Nina Grosse (West Germany) * '' Ghosts... of the Civil Dead'' by John Hillcoat (Australia) * '' High Hopes'' by Mike Leigh (United Kingdom) * '' Let's Get Lost'' by Bruce Weber (United States) * ''Little Vera'' (''Malenkaya Vera'') by Vasili Pichul (Soviet Union) * '' Mortu Nega'' (en. ''Death Denied'' or ''Those Whom Death ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po River, Po and the Piave River, Piave rivers (more exactly between the Brenta (river), Brenta and the Sile (river), Sile). In 2020, around 258,685 people resided in greater Venice or the ''Comune di Venezia'', of whom around 55,000 live in the historical island city of Venice (''centro storico'') and the rest on the mainland (''terraferma''). Together with the cities of Padua, Italy, Padua and Treviso, Italy, Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million. The name is derived from the ancient Adri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teng Wenji
Teng may refer to: *Teng (surname) (滕), a Chinese surname *Teng (state), an ancient Chinese state *Teng (mythology), a flying dragon in Chinese mythology *Teng County Teng County or Tengxian (; za, Dwngz Yen) is a county of eastern Guangxi, China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Wuzhou. , it had a population of 1,125,264 residing in an area of . The county is divided into a nor ..., a county in Guangxi, China * Triboelectric nanogenerator, a method of power generation based on charge transfer between dissimilar materials {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Invisible Ones
''The Invisible Ones'' ( it, Gli invisibili) is a 1988 Italian drama film written and directed by Pasquale Squitieri. It is loosely based on the novel ''Gli invisibili'' by Nanni Balestrini. The film was entered into the main competition at the 45th edition of the Venice Film Festival.Sauro Borelli. "Una storia invisibile". ''L'Unità''. 6 September 1988. Plot At the beginning of the eighties, Sirio, a young worker of the Terni steelworks with a past in student protesting, decides to abandon his job to join an extreme left-wing group. Although he declares himself contrary to the armed struggle following the decision by some elements of the group to carry out terrorist actions, he is arrested upon being caught with his best friend Apache. Although there is no real evidence of his guilt, Sirio is promised freedom only if he will talk about the organization and his companions. He refuses, and is subsequently transferred to a maximum security prison where he meets some of his com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Passer
Ivan Passer (10 July 1933 – 9 January 2020) was a Czech film director and screenwriter, best known for his involvement in the Czechoslovak New Wave and for directing American films such as '' Born to Win'' (1971), ''Cutter's Way'' (1981) and ''Stalin'' (1992). Life and career Passer was born in Prague, the son of Marianna (Mandelick) and Alois Passer. Passer attended King George boarding school in Poděbrady with future filmmakers Miloš Forman, Jerzy Skolimowski and Paul Fierlinger and playwright Václav Havel. He then studied at FAMU in Prague, but did not finish the program. He began his career as an assistant director on Ladislav Helge's ''Velká samota''. Later he collaborated with his friend Forman on all of Forman's Czech films, including ''Loves of a Blonde'' (1965) and ''The Firemen's Ball'' (1967), both of which Passer co-wrote and which were nominated for Academy Awards. He introduced Forman to cinematographer Miroslav Ondříček whom he knew from ''Velká samota' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haunted Summer
''Haunted Summer'' is a 1988 drama film directed by Ivan Passer. Plot summary In 1816, authors Lord Byron, Percy Shelley, and Mary Shelley (née Godwin) get together for some philosophical discussions, but the situation soon deteriorates into mind games, drugs, and sex. It is a fictionalization of the summer that Lord Byron and the Shelleys, together with Byron's doctor, John William Polidori, spent in the isolated Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva. It is there they devise a contest to produce the best horror story to kill the dullness of summer. It is also there that one of the world's most famous books was given life—Mary Shelley's ''Frankenstein''. Cast * Philip Anglim as Lord Byron * Eric Stoltz as Percy Shelley * Alice Krige as Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin * Alex Winter as Dr. John William Polidori * Laura Dern as Claire Clairmont See also Other films about this meeting of authors include the following: * ''Gothic'' (1986 film) * ''Rowing with the Wind'' (1988 film) * ''Mary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Botelho
João Manuel Relvas Leopoldo Botelho (born 1949) is a Portuguese film director. He has directed and written the screenplays of numerous films. His films have won several awards. His works have been nominated for the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion. Botelho was awarded the prestigious Ordem do Infante D.Henrique (Grau Comendador), one of the highest Portuguese honors, by President Jorge Sampaio on 10 June 2005. Early years Botelho was born in Lamego, northern Portugal. He enrolled in mechanical engineering at the University of Coimbra and in cinema at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema), in 1974, dropping out in both cases. He has worked as a graphic artist. His first cinematographic works were ''O Alto do Cobre'' and ''Um Projecto de Educação Popular'', both in 1976. Awards *In 1985, he won the Tucano de Ouro for Best Director at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival for ''Um Adeus Português''. *Nominated for the Golden Globes, Portugal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hard Times (1988 Film)
''Hard Times'' ( pt, Tempos Difíceis) is a 1988 Portuguese film adaption of the 1854 novel by Charles Dickens, directed by João Botelho. However, the story is set in modern times. The film was selected as the Portuguese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 61st Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Henrique Viana as José Grandela * Júlia Britton as Luisa Cremalheira * Eunice Muñoz as Mrs. Vilaverde * Ruy Furtado as Tomaz Cremalheira * Isabel de Castro as Teresa Cremalheira * Joaquim Mendes as Sebastião * Isabel Ruth as Sebastião's Wife See also * List of submissions to the 61st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Portuguese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Portugal has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1980. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Vecchiali
Paul Vecchiali (28 April 1930 – 18 January 2023) was a French filmmaker and author. Biography Vecchiali was born in Ajaccio, Corsica, France. He spent his childhood in Toulon. His family, suspected of collaboration, preferred to leave this city after the war. His cinema took as a starting point the French cinema of the 1930s, with an experimental and autobiographical tone. His best-known films are arguably ''Rosa la rose'' and ''Encore''.Romain Charbon, 'Vesperales', in ''Têtu'', October 2008, issue 137, page 32 His films were notably low-budget. In 1987, he became the first director to link AIDS to homosexuality in a French film with his film ''Encore''. Vecchiali died in Paris on 18 January 2023, at the age of 92. Filmography *''Les Ruses du diable'' (1965) *''L'Étrangleur'' (1972) *''Femmes Femmes'' (1974) *''Change pas de main'' (1975) *''La Machine'' (1977) *''Corps à cœur'' (1978) *''That's Life'' (''C'est la vie'') (1981) *''At the Top of the Stairs'' (1983) *''Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Once More (1988 Film)
''Once More'' (also known as ''Encore'') is a 1988 French drama film written and directed by Paul Vecchiali. The film was entered into the main competition at the 45th edition of the Venice Film Festival, where it won the Filmcritica Award and a Special Golden Ciak Award. Plot The film follows the life of Louis, who holds a trustworthy but subordinate job in a major company. He lives with his wife Sybèle and their daughter Anne-Marie, with whom he has a special relationship. He starts to grow sick of his seemingly mundane life, however, and starts to look for happiness elsewhere; this is where he starts discovering his attractions to men. He meets Yvan, a mysterious yet fascinating character, though the two do not pursue a sexual relationship. It is through Yvan however that Louis meets Frantz, a gay movie star. Their love only begins to unfurl the horrific events upon his horizon, which will ultimately change their lives forever. Cast * Jean-Louis Rolland as Louis * Flor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Géza Bereményi
Géza Bereményi (born 25 January 1946) is a Hungarian writer, screenwriter and film director. He was awarded Best European Director for his film Eldorado at the 2nd European Film Awards The 2nd Annual European Film Awards, presented by the European Film Academy, recognized excellence in European cinema. The ceremony took place on 25 November 1989 at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées in Paris, France and was hosted by Franco-Swis .... Biography Born as Géza Vetró (his forefather, master builder Giovanni Vetro Vetro settled here in the early 18th century). His father, Géza Vetró, escaped from the military draft in Romania to Transylvania, Hungary, and after the birth of his son, he escaped from the SAS draft. His mother was Éva Mária Bereményi. Until the age of six, he was raised by his maternal grandparents, Sándor and Róza Bereményi, at 9 Teleki tér. References External links * 1946 births Living people Writers from Budapest 20th-century Hungar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eldorado (1988 Film)
''Eldorado'' ( hu, Eldorádó, also known as ''The Midas Touch'') is a 1988 Hungarian drama film written and directed by Géza Bereményi. The film was entered into the main competition at the 45th edition of the Venice Film Festival. For this film Bereményi won the European Film Award for Best Director at the 2nd European Film Awards. Plot The story takes place in the urban districts of Pest focusing on the marketplace on Teleki square (which was still existing mostly unchanged when the movie was made) from after the end of World War II in 1945 until the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The main character is the head of the black market in Budapest. He thinks he can buy everyone and everything but at the end he must face that he can't buy life. The movie contains some archive footage of the events in the revolution. Cast *Károly Eperjes as Sándor Monori *Judit Pogány as Mrs. Monori *Enikő Eszenyi Enikő Eszenyi (born 11 January 1961) is a Hungarian actress and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodolfo Brandão
Rodolfo is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Rodolfo (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian footballer Rodolfo José da Silva Bardella *Rodolfo Albano III, Filipino politician * Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr. (1928-2012), Filipino actor and comedian better known as Dolphy. *Rodolfo Bodipo (born 1977), naturalized Equatoguinean football striker *Rodolfo Dantas Bispo (born 1982), Brazilian footballer *Rodolfo Camacho (born 1975), Colombian road cyclist *Rodolfo Escalera (born 1929), Mexican American Oil Painter who specialized in realism *Rodolfo Fariñas (born 1951), Filipino politician *Rudy Fernández (basketball) (born 1985), Spanish basketball player *Rodolfo Graziani (born 1882), Italian military officer *Rodolfo Jiménez (born 1972), Mexican actor and television host *Rodolfo Landeros Gallegos (born 1931), Mexican politician *Rodolfo Manzo (born 1949), Peruvian footballer *Rodolfo Martín Villa (born 1934), Spanish politician *Rodolfo Massi (born 1965), Italian road bi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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