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Antonio Catania
Antonio Catania (born 22 February 1952) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Acireale, Province of Catania, Antonio Catania studied acting at the Drama School of the Piccolo Teatro in Milan. After the graduation he started an intense stage career, often working with Gabriele Salvatores with the stage company Compagnia dell'Elfo. After several minor roles, in the 1990s Catania started obtaining more significant roles, in films directed by Silvio Soldini, Carlo Verdone, Leone Pompucci, Nanni Moretti and the same Salvatores. Catania is also active in television, notably in TV series ''Zanzibar'' and '' Boris''. Selected filmography * '' Mediterraneo'' (1991) * '' Puerto Escondido'' (1992) * ''Mille bolle blu'' (1993) * ''Camerieri'' (1995) * '' Bits and Pieces'' (1996) * '' Vesna Goes Fast'' (1996) * ''Penniless Hearts'' (1996) * ''Physical Jerks'' (1997) * ''Nirvana'' (1997) * '' The Game Bag'' (1997) * '' The Dinner'' (1998) * '' That's Life'' (1998) * ''Outlaw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Acireale
Acireale (; scn, Jaciriali, locally shortened to ''Jaci'' or ''Aci'') is a coastal city and ''comune'' in the north-east of the Metropolitan City of Catania, Sicily, southern Italy, at the foot of Mount Etna, on the coast facing the Ionian Sea. It is home to numerous churches, including the Neo-Gothic St. Pietro's Basilica, St. Sebastiano's Basilica in the Sicilian Baroque style, and the 17th century Acireale Cathedral, and a seminary, for the training of priests. Acireale is also noted for its art and paintings: the oldest academy in Sicily, the " Accademia dei Dafnici e degli Zelanti", is located here. History According to tradition, the city's origins trace back to Xiphonia, a mysterious Greek city whose location is unknown. In Roman times, there existed another Greek town, Akis, which was involved in the Punic Wars. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, there is a great love between Ā́cis, the spirit of the Ā́cis River, and Galatea the sea-nymph. According to mythology, the tears ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bits And Pieces (1996 Film)
''Bits and Pieces'', originally ''Il cielo è sempre più blu'', is a 1996 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonello Grimaldi. The title of the film is a reference to a song by Rino Gaetano. The film depicts several short stories set in a single day in Rome. Cast *Asia Argento *Dario Argento *Luca Lionello *Luca Barbareschi *Monica Bellucci *Claudio Bisio *Margherita Buy *Antonio Catania *Roberto Citran *Iaia Forte *Enrico Lo Verso *Daniele Luchetti *Ivano Marescotti *Margaret Mazzantini *Francesca Neri *Andrea Occhipinti *Silvio Orlando *Sergio Rubini *Gigio Alberti *Carlo Croccolo *Cecilia Dazzi *Giannina Facio * Nicola Farron * Alessandro Haber *Lucrezia Lante della Rovere *Marino Masé *Giulio Scarpati *Gabriele Salvatores *Monica Scattini *Gianmarco Tognazzi *Sergio Endrigo *Alessandro Baricco *Giuseppe Piccioni *Massimo Wertmüller Massimo Wertmüller (born 13 August 1956) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1978. Filmography Films T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bimba - È Clonata Una Stella
''Bimba - È clonata una stella'' (''Bimba - A star is cloned'') is a 2002 Italian comedy film written, directed and starred by Sabina Guzzanti. It received a Nastro d'Argento nomination for the best original song ("Mucca cannibala"). Cast * Sabina Guzzanti as Bimba (Anna Cicciarelli) / Lucy * Francesco Paolantoni as Dr. Cassi * Adriana Asti as Fatima * Antonio Catania as Dr. Macaluso * Giovanni Esposito as Emilio * Iaia Forte as Drama Teacher * Stefania Orsola Garello as PR * Neri Marcorè as 'Cavoli a merenda' Presenter * Caterina Guzzanti as Rachele * Olimpia Carlisi Olimpia Carlisi (born 29 December 1946) is an Italian stage, film and television actress. Career Carlisi was born in Campi Bisenzio, Florence, on 29 December 1946. After her debut as a stage actress, she made her film debut working with Roberto ... as The Madonna References External links * 2002 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Sabina Guzzanti 2002 directorial debut films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Council Of Egypt
''The Council of Egypt'' ( it, Il consiglio d'Egitto) is a 2002 Italian drama film directed by Emidio Greco. It is based on the novel with the same name written by Leonardo Sciascia. It premiered at the 2002 Montreal World Film Festival, in which it entered the main competition. The film was awarded with a Nastro d'Argento for best scenography. Cast * Silvio Orlando: Don Giuseppe Vella * Tommaso Ragno: Layer Francesco Paolo Di Blasi * Renato Carpentieri: Monsignor Ayroldi * Antonio Catania: Don Saverio Zarbo * Marine Delterme: Countess Regalpetra * Leopoldo Trieste: Father Salvatore * Giancarlo Giannini Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for ''Seven Beauties' ...: Narrator (voice) References External links * 2002 films Italian drama films Films based on Italian novels Films direct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ask Me If I'm Happy
''Ask Me If I'm Happy'' ( it, Chiedimi se sono felice) is a 2000 Italian comedy drama film directed by Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo and Massimo Venier. Plot In Milan, the three friends Aldo, Giovanni and Giacomo do different jobs, although far below their expectations. So their dream is to set up a play adapted from ''Cyrano de Bergerac''. With them also joins Marina, although the company for listing on the scene proves very complicated. Cast * Aldo Baglio as Aldo * Giovanni Storti as Giovanni * Giacomo Poretti as Giacomo *Marina Massironi as Marina *Silvana Fallisi as Silvana *Antonio Catania as Antonio *Giuseppe Battiston as Beppe *Augusto Zucchi as Director of the Mall *Paola Cortellesi as Dalia *Cinzia Massironi Cinzia Massironi (born October 28, 1966) is an Italian actress and voice actress. She was born in Legnano, and is a cousin of the actress Marina Massironi. Massironi lent her voice to many Italian versions of cartoon or anime characters (both fema ... as Francesca Recepti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Is Not Paradise
''This Is Not Paradise'' ( it, Qui non è il paradiso) is a 2000 Italian neo-noir film written and directed by Gianluca Maria Tavarelli and starring Fabrizio Gifuni. It is loosely based on actual events happened in Turin in 1996. It was nominated for two Silver Ribbons, for best screenplay and best original story. Plot Renato and his best friend Walter live two unsatisfied lives. The two decide that the only way they can ever change for the better is by robbing a postal van and escape to Costa Rica. Their plan would be perfect were it not for an especially determined police commissioner called Lucidi. Lucidi retraces Renato and Walter's steps and reconstructs Renato's miserable life bit by bit. Cast *Fabrizio Gifuni as Renato Sapienza *Valerio Binasco as Wallter Taranto *Antonio Catania as Commissioner Lucidi * Erika Bernardi as Claudia * Riccardo Zinna as Inspector Esposito *Ugo Conti as Enzo Pace *Adriano Pappalardo as Michele Manzo * Riccardo Montanaro as Donato Catena * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bread And Tulips
''Bread and Tulips'' ( it, Pane e tulipani) is a 2000 romance comedy film directed by Italian Director Silvio Soldini. The movie stars Licia Maglietta and Bruno Ganz as Rosalba Barletta and Fernando Girasole. The film was an official selection at numerous film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival.https://www.variety.com/profiles/Film/main/35237/Bread+and+Tulips.html?dataSet=1 "Bread and Tulips", ''Variety'' Plot Rosalba Barletta, a Neapolitan-born housewife from Pescara, finds herself stranded during a family vacation. Instead of waiting for her controlling and unfaithful husband, she hitchhikes her way home, only to impulsively detour to Venice. In the lagoon city, the woman, who soon runs out of money, finds accommodations with a restaurant maître d'hôtel, Fernando Girasole, an elderly man from Iceland who speaks a refined and literary Italian. Rosalba finds herself enjoying her new life: she strikes up an affectionate frien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Outlaw (1999 Film)
''Outlaw'' ( it, Ormai è fatta!) is a 1999 Italian drama film directed by Enzo Monteleone. It is based on the book by the Italian anarchist Horst Fantazzini. It was entered into the 21st Moscow International Film Festival. Plot On July 23, 1973, in the prison of Fossano, Piedmont, the young Horst Fantazzini, detained with a sentence of 22 years, decides that the time has come to try to escape. However, the operation soon turns out to be more difficult than expected, and Horst is forced to take two guards hostage. At this point the jailbreak can be said to have failed in practice, but Horst certainly has no intention of giving up. Thus begins a long day, punctuated by the slow passing of minutes and hours, along which negotiations, hopes, hostage fears, Fantazzini's wife's anxiety, the telephone calls of the lawyer who uselessly advises Horst to surrender, a phone call from his father, who reproaches his son for being a thief without a real motivation unlike when he had specific po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
That's Life (1998 Film)
''That's Life'' ( it, Così è la vita) is a 1998 Italian comedy film directed by Aldo, Giovanni & Giacomo and Massimo Venier. Plot Aldo Baglio is detained for forgery of credit cards and has befriended his large cellmate Crapanzano; Giacomo Poretti is an upstanding police office that dreams of becoming a writer and lives with her sister's family, by which he is treated like an unwanted guest; Giovanni Storti is a children's toy inventor who is not loved by his wife, Elena. One morning, Aldo needs to be escorted to the courthouse. The designated police officers are Giacomo and his colleague Antonio. However, Giacomo is left alone by Antonio who goes to meet Elena instead, the latter cheating on Giovanni. During the drive, Aldo accidentally finds a gun in the glove compartment and decide to hijack the vehicle. Simultaneously, Giovanni's car is stolen under his eyes, so he stops Giovanni's police car that was passing by, ending up being taken hostage, too. After a long and adventurou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dinner (1998 Film)
''La cena'', internationally released as ''The Dinner'', is a 1998 Italian commedia all'italiana film directed by Ettore Scola. For their performance the male ensemble cast won the Nastro d'Argento for Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor, while Stefania Sandrelli won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress. Cast * Fanny Ardant : Flora * Antonio Catania : Mago Adam * Francesca D'Aloja : Alessandra * Riccardo Garrone : Diomede * Vittorio Gassman : Maestro Pezzullo * Giancarlo Giannini : Professore * Marie Gillain : Allieva * Nello Mascia : Menghini * Adalberto Maria Merli : Bricco * Stefania Sandrelli : Isabella * Lea Gramsdorff: Sabrina * Corrado Olmi: Arturo, husband of Flora * Eros Pagni: Duilio * Daniela Poggi: the stranger * Giorgio Tirabassi: Franco * Giorgio Colangeli Giorgio Colangeli (born 14 December 1949) is an Italian stage, television and film actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Colangeli graduated in nuclear physics, then he started a stage c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Game Bag
''The Game Bag'' ( it, Il carniere) is a 1997 Italian war drama film directed by Maurizio Zaccaro. For his performance Leo Gullotta won the David di Donatello for best supporting actor. Plot In late summer 1991, three Italians reach a hunting reserve in Croatia with a station wagon. They go to deer, but, unaware of what's in store for months, they do not decipher the enigmatic signs that surround them. One of the three is suddenly wounded in the knee by a bullet of unknown provenance, and they end up in a hotel targeted by snipers night and day. Cast *Massimo Ghini: Renzo *Paraskeva Djukelova: Rada *Antonio Catania: Paolo * Leo Gullotta: Carlo * Yavor Milushev: Boris * Giorgio Tirabassi Giorgio Tirabassi (born 1 February 1960) is an Italian film, television, and stage actor, as well as director. Life and career Born in Rome, Tirabassi made his debut as an actor in avant-garde theater and then worked at the Teatro Stabile di Ca ... References External links * 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirvana (1997 Film)
''Nirvana'' is a 1997 Italian cyberpunk science fiction film directed by Gabriele Salvatores. The film stars Christopher Lambert, Diego Abatantuono, Sergio Rubini, and Stefania Rocca. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film tells the story of a virtual reality game designer, Jimi (Christopher Lambert), who discovers that the main character of his game, Solo (Diego Abatantuono), has achieved sentience due to an attack by a computer virus. Asked by his creation (who feels everything the character in the game feels, including multiple deaths) to eliminate its existence, Jimi sets out to erase the game from the server of his employer, Okasama Star, before it's commercially released on Christmas Day, and thus spare Solo further suffering. Jimi has been depressed since his wife Lisa (Emmanuelle Seigner) left him. He decides to make his search for her a part of his quest to delete Solo and the game. Along the way he recruits Lisa's friend Joyst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
