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Aurelio De Laurentiis
Aurelio De Laurentiis (born 24 May 1949) is an Italian film producer through his company, Filmauro, and the owner of Italian Association football, football clubs S.S.C. Napoli, Napoli (of which he is also chairman) and S.S.C. Bari, Bari. He is the nephew of film producer Dino De Laurentiis and first-cousin once removed of chef Giada De Laurentiis. He serves on the board of directors of the National Italian America Foundation. In 1995, he was a member of the jury at the 19th Moscow International Film Festival. After Napoli went bankrupt in 2004 and were relegated to the third division of Italian Football, De Laurentiis bought the club with the ambition of bringing them back up the divisions whilst ensuring financial stability. After 2 promotions in 3 years, Napoli were back in Serie A. They spent the first few years in mid-table, and in the 2010–11 Serie A, 2010–11 season qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Napoli spent the 2010s competing at the top of the table and i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
, established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption = The territory of the ''comune'' (''Roma Capitale'', in red) inside the Metropolitan City of Rome (''Città Metropolitana di Roma'', in yellow). The white spot in the centre is Vatican City. , pushpin_map = Italy#Europe , pushpin_map_caption = Location within Italy##Location within Europe , pushpin_relief = yes , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Italy , subdivision_type2 = Region , subdivision_name2 = Lazio , subdivision_type3 = Metropolitan city , subdivision_name3 = Rome Capital , government_footnotes= , government_type = Strong Mayor–Council , leader_title2 = Legislature , leader_name2 = Capitoline Assemb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tifosi Film
''Tifosi'' (also known as ''Fans'') is a 1999 Italian comedy film directed by Neri Parenti. Plot The film consists of four segments. The Roman Cesare, a supporter of Lazio, hates to death the Interist Carlo, even if their children fall in love. Silvio, a supporter of Milan, finds himself involved in a match in the company of peasants fans of A.S. Roma. The hooligan "Zebrone", a supporter of Juventus, faces three representatives of a rival football team, who intend to steal the scarf that Zebrone has received as a gift from a footballer. The thief Gennaro meets the legendary Diego Maradona in his villa in Naples during a match between Napoli and Atalanta Atalanta (; grc-gre, Ἀταλάντη, Atalantē) meaning "equal in weight", is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene and who is primarily known .... Cast References External links * Italian sports comedy films I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Terzo Tempo
''The Third Half'' ( it, Il terzo tempo) is a 2013 Italian sport drama film co-written and directed by Enrico Maria Artale, at his feature film debut. The film was screened at the 73rd edition of the Venice Film Festival in the Horizons section. Plot Samuel is a troubled teenager with a drug addict mother and a father he never knew. He spent the last years of his life committing thefts, robberies and assaults, entering and leaving juvenile reform school. After serving yet another sentence, he is included in a rehabilitation program: he obtains semi-release and starts working on the farm in a small town in the Roman province. His supervisor is Vincenzo, a social worker who, after the death of his wife, struggles to find his balance. His life is divided between work, his teenage daughter and the local rugby team that he, a former professional player, trains. Samuel adapts with difficulty to the rules and new rhythms of life. His relationship with Vincenzo was immediately problema ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Posti In Piedi In Paradiso
''A Flat for Three'' (Italian: ''Posti in piedi in paradiso'') is a 2012 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. The film won three Nastro d'Argento Awards, for best comedy film, best actress (Micaela Ramazzotti) and best supporting actor (Marco Giallini). The film was a box office success, grossing over 9 million euros. Plot In Italy burden of the economic crisis three men in Rome: Ulisse, Fulvio and Domenico decide to rent an apartment together in order to live with their modest work. However the three encounter any difficulties that have forced them to always be one step away from starvation. Ulisse has to maintain his wife and daughter selling recordings of important foreign singers, Fulvio has the task of reviewing silly scandals of celebrities instead of writing articles for major artists, while Domenico must keep his wife and children going to make love with old single pensioners. At the end of the story the three, despite all the difficulties, able to have a little ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vacanze Di Natale A Cortina
''Vacanze di Natale a Cortina'' () is a 2011 Italian comedy film written and directed by Neri Parenti. The film features many cameos including Bob Sinclar, Renato Balestra, Edinson Cavani, Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Cesare Prandelli, Mara Venier and Simona Ventura. It grossed $14,847,186 at the Italian box office. Plot During the Christmas holidays, in Cortina d'Ampezzo interweave three stories. The lawyer Covelli discovers that his wife is unfaithful, but in straight lines is not so, but the wife decides to play along. Two poor sellers want to make jealous their relatives peasants who have won the lottery. Finally, a Sicilian hairdresser must assist his master, who must sign a contract with a Russian rich man for the future of electricity in Italy. Cast * Christian De Sica as Roberto Covelli * Sabrina Ferilli as Elena Covelli * Dario Bandiera as Lando * Ricky Memphis as Massimo Proietti * Valeria Graci as Brunella Proietti * Katia Follesa as Wanda * Giuseppe Giacoba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuale D'amore 3
''The Ages of Love'' ( it, Manuale d'amore 3, also known as ''Manual of Love 3'') is a 2011 Italian romantic comedy film consisting of three segments. It was directed by Giovanni Veronesi, and it is a sequel of '' Manual of Love'' (2005) and ''Manual of Love 2'' (2007). Plot The film is composed of three episodes, connected through a young taxi driver who plays Cupid. Each episode is following a different couple: *Giovinezza (''youth''): Roberto and Micol (Riccardo Scamarcio and Laura Chiatti); *Maturità (''maturity''): Fabio and Eliana (Carlo Verdone and Donatella Finocchiaro); *Oltre (''beyond''): Adrian and Viola (Robert De Niro and Monica Bellucci). In the first story, Roberto is a lawyer sent to a rural town in Tuscany to convince a family of old farmers to sell their land. They are reluctant to accept the offer, so Roberto stays for a few days. He spends his time in a company of locals, where he meets Micol, a beautiful young woman who flirts with him. They have fun tog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italians (film)
''Italians'' is a 2009 Italian comedy film written and directed by Giovanni Veronesi. For this film Paolo Buonvino won the Silver Ribbon for best score. the film also received three nominations at David di Donatello for best score, best sound and best special effects. Plot First segment: Fortunato is a trucker specialized in the transport of luxury vehicles, especially Ferrari, in Saudi Arabia and in other Gulf countries. Tired of a life away from home and in the process of retiring, he accompanies his successor, the young Marcello, for his last trip in Dubai. Second segment: Giulio Cesare Carminati, a successful Roman dentist, is forced to travel to St. Petersburg for a medical conference that he had organized but which would not want to participate because of the depression in which he fell since his wife's premature death. There he comes into contact with Vito Calzone, an exuberant Sicilian who lives in the Russian city and organizes meetings with local escorts on behalf of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grande, Grosso E Verdone
''Grande, grosso e... Verdone'' is a 2008 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Verdone. Plot Carlo Verdone once again plays three characters from his comic repertoire: the naive boy, the logor teacher, and the Roman "cafone". In the first episode, Leo is desperate for his mother's sudden death, and experiences various vicissitudes to organize funeral and burial. At the end of the story Leo discovers with the family that the funeral company, cremating the mother's body, has exchanged the urn with that of a motorcyclist! In the second episode, the striking Professor Callisto has a possessive relationship with the timid son who never had a girl, and decides to take as a "maid" a college girl to bring about a good relationship of friendship between her and his son. But his son wants to rebel against the father, and abandons him during an excursion to the catacombs of Rome. In the last story, the vulgar Moreno goes with his family of cafes in a luxury hotel in Taormina, generating t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manual Of Love 2
''Manual of Love 2'' ( it, Manuale d'amore 2 - Capitoli successivi) is a 2007 Italian romantic comedy film in four quartets directed by Giovanni Veronesi. It is the sequel of '' Manual of Love'' and was followed by '' Manual of Love 3''. Plot The film is divided into four episodes, centered on the theme of love. First segment Dario and Nicola, two men from Apulia, are involved in a car accident. Both are taken to hospital suffering from paralysis of the legs, and there Nicola meets a beautiful nurse named Lucia. While Nicola continues his rehabilitation therapy, he finds that he loves Lucia more and more, and she, too, in time, falls in love with him. Second segment Franco and Manuela have been married for a short time, and they want a child. However, Franco has a low semen count, and this creates many complications for the couple. Given that in Italy the two cannot use artificial insemination, because the law prevents it, Franco and Manuela travel to Spain, where Manuela is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Best Enemy (2005 Film)
''My Best Enemy'' ( es, Mi mejor enemigo) is a 2005 Chilean/ Argentine/Spanish drama directed by Álex Bowen. It stars Nicolás Saavedra, Erto Pantoja and Felipe Braun and won the Pudú de Plata for the best Chilean movie at the Valdivia International Film Festival. Plot ''My Best Enemy'' tells the story of a 5-man Chilean patrol lost in Patagonia during the Beagle conflict of December 1978. The patrol becomes lost and builds a trench in the middle of the Patagonian plains only to discover that there is an Argentine trench in front of them. Likewise the Argentine group is also lost and unsure of the actual location of the country's border. The story is set during a period in which war seems imminent, and portrays these two groups interacting in ways both friendly and conflictive (hence the title of the movie). See also * Cinema of Chile Chilean cinema refers to all films produced in Chile or made by Chileans. It had its origins at the start of the 20th century with the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuale D'amore
''Manual of Love'' ( it, Manuale d'amore) is a 2005 Italian blockbuster romantic comedy film in four quartets. It was directed by Giovanni Veronesi, who made two sequels, '' Manuale d'amore 2 – Capitoli successivi'' in 2007, and ''Manuale d'amore 3'' in 2011. Plot Each of the four episodes follows a different couple, focusing on a particular stage of a typical love relationship: *Innamoramento (''falling in love''): Giulia and Tommaso (Jasmine Trinca and Silvio Muccino) meet by chance. He falls in love on the spot; although initially Giulia doesn't return his sentiments, a romantic dinner leads the relationship to bloom and develop into an actual marriage proposal. *Crisi (''crisis''): Barbara and Marco (Margherita Buy and Sergio Rubini) are a couple going through a crisis, close to divorce. She is the stereotypical wife, full of initiative which her husband does not share. He on the other hand gets more and more boring in his routine. *Tradimento (''cheating''): A traffi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christmas In Love
''Christmas in Love'' is a 2004 cinepanettone film starring Christian De Sica, Danny DeVito, Massimo Boldi, Cristiana Capotondi and Ronn Moss. The film was directed by Neri Parenti. The film was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song at the 63rd Golden Globe Awards. Plot Fabrizio Barbetti (Christian De Sica) and Lisa Pinzoni (Sabrina Ferilli) are two remarried doctors who, since divorce, have been simply unable to get along with each other. They hate one another to such an extent that they argue and fight in public, even on television, but their lives as a divorced couple are going to change as they establish, with their respective new partners, to spend their Christmas holidays in Gstaad, Switzerland. Here, after a difficult start, the two end up falling again for each other and begin planning to make their partners do so as well, so that they can end their current relationships and start a new life together. However, they ignore that Angela (Fabrizio's new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
