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Compagni Di Scuola
''Compagni di scuola'' is a 1988 Italian comedy film directed by and starring Carlo Verdone. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Federica is a 35 years old a kept woman. She decides to organize a reunion with her high school classmates, 15 years after graduation. They gather at her villa and begin to recall cheerfully the years at school, and their life afterward. However, for many of them this has been disappointing, and for many the regrets and dissatisfaction quickly emerge and turn the encounter into a melancholic or even tragic experience. Some attempt to forcefully recreate the atmosphere of their youth, a failed singer tries to exploit the occasion to make some money, another one who had successfully pursued a career in politics will end up raping the young lover of one of his old classmates. In the morning, the guests leave and return to their life, although for some the event has been a turning ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Casaro
Renato Casaro (; born 26 October 1935) is an Italian artist known for his movie posters, which include films like ''My Name Is Nobody'', ''Quadrophenia'', ''Conan the Barbarian'', ''Tenebrae'', ''Octopussy'', '' Never Say Never Again'', '' Rambo: First Blood Part II'' (Int'l Version), ''Red Sonja'' and '' Flesh and Blood''. He is considered one of the most important, influential and innovative Italian film poster artists. He has made hundreds of works dedicated to the cinema, becoming very popular abroad. He has also painted calendars, collectibles, book covers and album covers. Early life Renato Casaro was born on 26 October 1935 in Treviso. His early interest in posters reportedly began with movie advertisements. He would go every day to the cinema to see if they were changing the posters, and if they were he would ask if he could take them home where he would try to reproduce them. In 1953, at age 18, Renato found a job as a staff artist at Studio Favalli, a famous design and a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Natasha Hovey
Natasha Hovey (born August 14, 1967) is a Lebanese-Italian-French former film and television actress and a radio-hostess. Hovey was born in Beirut, Lebanon, the daughter of an American musician father and a Dutch graphologist mother. She moved to Rome at 7, and at 16 debuted as actress with a leading role in Carlo Verdone's ''Acqua e sapone''. Her typical role was the young, pretty high-class girl. She also appeared in commercials, television programs and stage works. In the late 1990s she moved to Paris and retired from the entertainment industry. Selected filmography * ''Acqua e sapone'' (1983) * '' Summer Games'' (1984) * ''Demons'' (1985) * '' Compagni di scuola'' (1988) * '' Volevo i pantaloni'' (1990) * ''La piovra ''La Piovra'' (; en, The Octopus, referring to the Mafia) is an Italian television drama series about the Mafia. The series was directed by various directors who each worked on different seasons, including Damiano Damiani (first season), Flores ...' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianni Musy
Giovanni Musy (August 3, 1931 – October 7, 2011) was an Italian actor and dubbing artist. Biography Born in Milan, the son of actors Enrico Glori and Gianna Pacetti, he started his career as a child actor at eleven years old. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in his hometown. Starting from the late 1950s, Musy began an intense career as a character actor, being often cast in roles of villain. Musy became best known through his television work, notably the RAI TV-series '' Le inchieste del commissario Maigret'', '' E le stelle stanno a guardare'', ''Dov'è Anna''. Musy was also very active as a voice actor and a dubber. He was the primary Italian voice of Dumbledore from the '' Harry Potter'' film franchise as well as Gandalf from ''The Lord of the Rings''. He sometimes dubbed actors such as Richard Harris, Marlon Brando, Christopher Plummer, Sean Connery, George Peppard, James Coburn and more. Personal life Musy was the father of voice actress Stella Musy. He als ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvio Vannucci
Silvio () is an Italian male name, the male equivalent of Silvia. Sílvio is a variant of the name in Portuguese. It is derived from the Latin "Silvius", meaning "spirit of the wood," and may refer to: People * Silvio Berlusconi (born 1936), Italian politician, entrepreneur, and media magnate * Silvio Branco (born 1966), Italian boxer * Silvio O. Conte (1921–1991), US politician and member of the House of Representatives * Silvio De Sousa (born 1998), Angolan basketball player * Silvio Fernández (other), multiple people * Silvio Frondizi (1907–1974), Argentine lawyer * Silvio Gai (1873–1967), Italian politician * Silvio Gava (1901–1999), Italian politician * Silvio Gazzaniga (1921–2016), Italian sculptor * Silvio Gesell (1862–1930), German economist * Silvio Horta (1974–2020), American TV writer and producer * Silvio Leonard (born 1955), Cuban sprinter * Silvio Marzolini (1940–2020), Argentine footballer * Silvio Micali (born 1954), Italian computer scien ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni Vettorazzo
Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of Don Juan * Giovanni (Pokémon), boss of Team Rocket in the fictional world of Pokémon * Giovanni (World of Darkness), a group of vampires in ''Vampire: The Masquerade/World of Darkness'' roleplay and video game * "Giovanni", a song by Band-Maid from the 2021 album ''Unseen World'' * ''Giovanni's Island'', a 2014 Japanese anime drama film * ''Giovanni's Room'', a 1956 novel by James Baldwin * Via Giovanni, places in Rome See also * * *Geovani *Giovanni Battista *San Giovanni (other) *San Giovanni Battista (other) San Giovanni Battista is the Italian translation of Saint John the Baptist. It may also refer to: Italian churches * San Giovanni Battista, Highway A11, a church in Florence, Italy * San Giovanni Battista, Pra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gianluca Favilla
Gianluca is an Italian masculine given name. Its English translation is "John Luke" and it is often a shorter form of "Giovanni Luca". * Gianluca Alfenoni (born 1996), Argentine footballer *Gianluca Arrighi (born 1972), Italian writer *Gianluca Attanasio (born 1979), Italian singer-songwriter, composer, and film director *Gianluca Atzori (born 1971), Italian footballer and manager * Gianluca Bacchiocchi (born 1987), Italian footballer *Gianluca Barattolo (born 1978), Italian rowing coxswain *Gianluca Barba (born 1995), Italian footballer *Gianluca Barilari (born 1964), Swiss basketball coach *Gianluca Basile (born 1975), Italian basketball player *Gianluca Berti (born 1967), Italian footballer *Gianluca Bezzina (born 1989), Maltese singer and doctor, also known by the mononym Gianluca *Gianluca Bocchi (born 1954), Italian philosopher * Gianluca Bollini (born 1980), Sammarinese footballer *Gianluca Bortolami (born 1968), Italian road cyclist *Gianluca Brambilla (born 1987), Italia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isa Gallinelli
Isa or ISA may refer to: Places * Isa, Amur Oblast, Russia * Isa, Kagoshima, Japan * Isa, Nigeria * Isa District, Kagoshima, former district in Japan * Isa Town, middle class town located in Bahrain * Mount Isa, Queensland, Australia * Mount Isa Airport, IATA airport code "ISA" * Isa (river), a river in Belarus People * Īsā, the name of Jesus in Islam * Isa (name), an Arabic name corresponding to Jesus in English * Isa, stage name of Lee Chae-young, member of K-Pop group STAYC * Isa, female given name, short for Isabel or similar names beginning with Isa- such as Isadora * Isa Tengblad (born 1998), Swedish singer using the mononym Isa Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * ISA (''Days of Our Lives''), spy agency in TV series * Isa the iguana, in TV series ''Dora the Explorer'' *Interplanetary Strategic Alliance (ISA), military alliance in videogame saga ''Killzone'' Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media * ''Isa'' (album), a 2004 album by Enslaved * ''I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luisa Maneri
Luisa (Italian and Spanish), Luísa (Portuguese) or Louise (French) is a feminine given name; it is the feminine form of the given name Louis (Luis), the French form of the Frankish Chlodowig (German Ludwig), from the Germanic elements ''hlod'' "fame" and ''wig'' "combat". Variations include Luisinha, Luisella, Luisana, Luisetta, Luigia, Luisel. Its popularity derives from the cult of Saint Louise de Marillac of Paris, and from Giuseppe Verdi's opera ''Luisa Miller''. People with the given name Luisa *Luisa Accati (born 1942), Italian historian, anthropologist and feminist public intellectual *Luisa Cáceres de Arismendi (1799–1866), heroine of the Venezuelan War of Independence *Luisa Baldini, Anglo-Italian news reporter and presenter, presently working for BBC News *Luisa Bradshaw-White (born 1975), English actress *Luisa María Calderón (born 1965), Mexican politician *Luisa Capetillo (1879–1922), Corsican-Puerto Rican writer and anarchist *Luisa Casati (1881–1957 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piero Natoli
Piero Natoli (22 November 1947 – 8 May 2001) was an Italian actor, director and screenwriter. Born in Rome, Natoli entered the cinema industry as an assistant director to Marco Bellocchio. After an intense career as a documentarist for RAI, in 1980 he debuted as director and actor with ''Armonica a bocca''. Between the second half of 1980s and the early 2000s he had an intense career as a character actor, working with Gabriele Muccino, Paolo Virzì, Marco Risi, Carlo Verdone and Antonello Grimaldi, among others. He died of an intracranial aneurysm. His daughter Carlotta Natoli Carlotta Natoli (born 29 May 1971) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Rome, the daughter of Piero Natoli, she made her film debut in 1980, at the age of eight years, in her father's semi-autobiographical indie film ''Con... fusione ... is also an actress. References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Natoli, Piero 1947 births 2001 deaths Male actors from Rome Italian male stage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luigi Petrucci
Luigi Petrucci (born 13 September 1956) is an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Naples, at young age Petrucci studied singing, piano and guitar, and he started his professional acting career on stage, where he worked with the companies of Eduardo De Filippo, Carlo and Aldo Giuffrè, Nino Taranto and Dolores Palumbo, among others. He made his film debut in 1981, and had his breakout with the role of Postiglione in Carlo Verdone's '' Compagni di scuola''. Filmography *'' Blues metropolitano'' (1984, directed by Salvatore Piscicelli) *'' L'amara scienza'' (1985) *''Italian Fast Food'' (1986, directed by Lodovico Gasparini) *'' Compagni di scuola'' (1988, directed by Carlo Verdone) *'' Supysaua'' (1988, directed by Enrico Coletti) *''Il bambino e il poliziotto'' (1989, directed by Carlo Verdone) *''Matilda'' (1990, directed by Antonietta De Lillo) *'' Fantozzi alla riscossa'' (1990, directed by Neri Parenti, Paolo Villaggio) *''Piedipiatti'' (1991, direc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |