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Donatella Finocchiaro
Donatella Finocchiaro (born 16 November 1970) is an Italian actress. She has appeared in more than 20 films since 2002. She starred in ''The Wedding Director'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Angela'' (2002) * ''Lost Love'' (''Perdutoamor''; 2003) * '' On My Skin'' (''Sulla mia pelle''; 2003) * ''Amatemi'' (2005) * '' Secret Journey'' (2006) * ''Ice on Fire'' (''La fiamma sul ghiaccio''; 2006) * ''The Wedding Director'' (''Il regista di matrimoni''; 2006) * ''Don't Make Any Plans for Tonight'' (2006) * '' The Sweet and the Bitter'' (2007) * '' Amore che vieni, amore che vai'' (2008) * ''Galantuomini'' (2008) * '' Baarìa'' (2009) * '' Lost Kisses'' (2010) * ''Manuale d'amore 3'' (2011) * ''Make a Fake'' (2011) * ''Terraferma'' (2011) * '' To Rome with Love'' (2012) * ''Marina'' (2013) * '' War Story'' (2014) * ''Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle'' (2017) * ''Couch Potatoes'' (2017) * ''Youtopia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catania
Catania (, , Sicilian and ) is the second largest municipality in Sicily, after Palermo. Despite its reputation as the second city of the island, Catania is the largest Sicilian conurbation, among the largest in Italy, as evidenced also by the presence of important road and rail transport infrastructures as well as by the main airport in Sicily, fifth in Italy. It is located on Sicily's east coast, at the base of the active volcano, Mount Etna, and it faces the Ionian Sea. It is the capital of the 58-municipality region known as the Metropolitan City of Catania, which is the seventh-largest metropolitan city in Italy. The population of the city proper is 311,584, while the population of the Metropolitan City of Catania is 1,107,702. Catania was founded in the 8th century BC by Chalcidian Greeks. The city has weathered multiple geologic catastrophes: it was almost completely destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1169. A major eruption and lava flow from nearby Mount ... [...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] |
Italian Film Actresses
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1970 Births
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The Macaluso Sisters
''The Macaluso Sisters'' ( it, Le sorelle Macaluso) is a 2020 Italian drama film co-written and directed by Emma Dante, based on her own 2014 play of the same name. It was entered in the main competition at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. Plot Following the sudden death of one of them during childhood, the four Macaluso sisters experience trauma and grief in their entire lives. Cast Production Principal photography began in March 2019 in Palermo, Sicily. Release The film had its world premiere at the 77th Venice International Film Festival The 77th annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 2 to 12 September 2020, albeit in a "more restrained format" due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Australian actress Cate Blanchett was appointed as the President of the Jury. '' The Ti ... on 9 September 2020. It was released in Italy on 10 September 2020 by Teodora Film. References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Macaluso Sisters, The 2020 films 2020 dra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youtopia (film)
''Youtopia'' is a 2018 Italian drama film directed by Berardo Carboni Berardo Carboni (born in Atri, 27 January 1975) is an Italian director, screenwriter and producer. Biography Graduate in law, he has a PhD in “civil problems of the human being”. As scriptwriter and director, he has made shorts and documenta .... Synopsis Youtopia is the story of a young woman who decides to sell her virginity to pay the debts of her mother and of the man who decides to buy it. It's a Bildungsroman in which the protagonist discovers new worlds and new feelings. Cast References External links * 2018 films 2010s Italian-language films 2018 drama films Italian drama films Films about the Internet Films about social media Films about dysfunctional families Films about prostitution in Italy 2010s Italian films {{2010s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Couch Potatoes (film)
''Couch Potatoes'' ( it, Gli sdraiati) is a 2017 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Francesca Archibugi. Cast * Claudio Bisio as Giorgio Selva * Gaddo Bacchini as Tito Selva * Ilaria Brusadelli as Alice Bendidio * Cochi Ponzoni as Pinin Innocenti * Antonia Truppo as Rosalba Bendidio * Matteo Oscar Giuggioli as Lombo * Gigio Alberti as Gianni * Barbara Ronchi as Annalisa * Federica Fracassi as Carla * Donatella Finocchiaro as President Barenghi * Sandra Ceccarelli Sandra Ceccarelli (born 3 July 1967) is an Italian film actress. Daughter of Franco Ceccarelli, guitarist of the 1960s and 1970s Italian rock group Equipe 84, and Sandra von Glasersfeld (daughter of philosopher Ernst von Glasersfeld), Ceccar ... as Livia Innocenti * Carla Chiarelli as Elena * Giancarlo Dettori as the psychoanalyst References External links * 2017 films Films directed by Francesca Archibugi 2010s Italian-language films 2017 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films 2010s Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulipani, Love, Honour And A Bicycle
''Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle'' ( nl, Tulipani, Liefde, Eer en een Fiets) is a 2017 Dutch comedy film, written by Peter van Wijk and directed by Mike van Diem. It was shortlisted by the EYE Film Institute Netherlands as one of the eight films to be selected as the potential Dutch submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards. However, it was not selected, with ''Layla M.'' being chosen as the Dutch entry. Cast * Ksenia Solo as Anna * Giancarlo Giannini as Catarella * Gijs Naber as Gauke * Lidia Vitale as Immacolata * Donatella Finocchiaro as Chiara * Giorgio Pasotti Giorgio Pasotti (born 22 June 1973) is an Italian actor and former martial arts athlete. Life and career Born in Bergamo, Pasotti started performing martial arts at a very young age, practicing karate and kobudo and became European and World ... as Piero References External links * * Tulipani, Love, Honour and a Bicycle' at Library and Archives Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Story (2014 Film)
''War Story'' is a 2014 American drama film directed by Mark Jackson and starring Catherine Keener, Hafsia Herzi and Ben Kingsley. Screenplay is by Kristin Gore, music by Dave Eggar, Chuck Palmer, and Amy Lee, and cinematography by Reed Morano. The film had its world premiere at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2014. The film later screened at 2014 International Film Festival Rotterdam. Premise A war photographer, Lee goes to Sicily instead of going back home to New York City, to forget about being taken hostage in Libya. In Sicily, she crosses paths with her former lover and mentor Albert and tries to help Hafsia, a young Tunisian migrant, escape to France. Cast *Catherine Keener as Lee *Hafsia Herzi as Hafsia *Ben Kingsley as Albert *Donatella Finocchiaro as Daria * Vincenzo Amato as Filippo Music Music for the film was written and composed by Amy Lee, singer of American rock band Evanescence, and Dave Eggar. The soundtrack album was released on August 25, 2014. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marina (2013 Film)
''Marina'' is a biographical film released in 2013 and directed by Stijn Coninx. The film is based upon the life of the Italian singer Rocco Granata who moved to Belgium when he was a young boy. It features Matteo Simoni as Rocco Granata and Evelien Bosmans as Helena. Most part of the film is in Italian as Rocco's parents did not speak the Dutch language. Other parts are in Dutch and some dialogues in French and English. The film was first shown at the Montreal World Film Festival on 25 August 2013. It was released in Belgium in November. The film won a Golden Award at the Ostend Film Festival and the "publics favorite award" at the Valladolid International Film Festival. The movie contains a cameo, with Rocco Granata himself playing the role of the salesmen that sells him his first instrument. Plot Salvatore Granata is a rather poor man who lives with his wife, son and daughter in Calabria in Italy. One day Salvatore decides to move to Belgium to work in the coal mine of Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Rome With Love (film)
''To Rome with Love'' is a 2012 magical realist romantic comedy film written, directed by and co-starring Woody Allen in his first acting appearance since 2006, as well as his most recent appearance in a film he's directed. The film is set in Rome, Italy; it was released in Italian theaters on April 13, 2012, and opened in Los Angeles and New York City on June 22, 2012. The film features an ensemble cast, including Allen himself. The story is told in four separate vignettes: a clerk who wakes up to find himself a celebrity, an architect who takes a trip back to the street he lived on as a student, a young couple on their honeymoon, and an Italian funeral director whose uncanny singing ability enraptures his soon to be in-law, an American opera director. Plot Hayley's Story American tourist Hayley becomes engaged to lawyer Michelangelo while spending a summer in Rome. Hayley's parents, Jerry and Phyllis, fly to Italy to meet her fiancé. During the visit, Michelangelo's morticia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
