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Domenico Procacci
Domenico Procacci (born 8 February 1960) is an Italian film producer. Life and career Born in Bari, Procacci debuted as a producer in the late 1980s, when he co-founded with Renzo Rossellini and others the production company Vertigo. In 1990 he founded the company Fandango, which debuted with a box office hit, Sergio Rubini's ''La stazione''. He soon specialized in producing small-budget art films directed by young directors. In 1992, he started a long collaboration with Rolf de Heer, producing and even distributing his films in Italy, and in 2002 he co-founded with de Heer, Richard Lowenstein, Sue Murray and Bryce Menzies the production company Fandango Australia. Procacci won four David di Donatello Awards for best producer, and four Silver Ribbons in the same category. In 2014, Procacci had a son with Kasia Smutniak, whom he married in September 2019. Selected filmography * 1990 - '' The Station'' * 1992 - ''Flight of the Innocent'' * 1993 - ''Bad Boy Bubby '' ...
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Bari
Bari ( , ; nap, label= Barese, Bare ; lat, Barium) is the capital city of the Metropolitan City of Bari and of the Apulia region, on the Adriatic Sea, southern Italy. It is the second most important economic centre of mainland Southern Italy after Naples. It is a port and university city, as well as the city of Saint Nicholas. The city itself has a population of 315,284 inhabitants, over , while the urban area has 750,000 inhabitants. The metropolitan area has 1.3 million inhabitants. Bari is made up of four different urban sections. To the north is the closely built old town on the peninsula between two modern harbours, with the Basilica of Saint Nicholas, the Cathedral of San Sabino (1035–1171) and the Hohenstaufen Castle built for Frederick II, which is now also a major nightlife district. To the south is the Murat quarter (erected by Joachim Murat), the modern heart of the city, which is laid out on a rectangular grid-plan with a promenade on the sea and the majo ...
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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 ...
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Dust (2001 Film)
''Dust'' is a 2001 Western film in which centuries and continents intertwine in an intricate tapestry. A New York thief, a tough hundred-year-old woman, two brothers from the Wild West, a Macedonian revolutionary in the Ottoman Empire, and a beautiful pregnant woman all cross paths in a tale that spans two continents and three centuries. Its fractured narrative resembles a Cubist painting. The UK-Italian-German-Spanish-Macedonian co-production, written and directed by Milcho Manchevski, stars Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham, Adrian Lester, Rosemary Murphy, Nikolna Kujaca, Anne Brochet, and Vera Farmiga. It was the opening-night film of the 2001 Venice Film Festival and was later released in a number of countries, including the United States. Plot A New York thief, a tough-as-nails hundred-year-old woman, two brothers from the Wild West, a revolutionary hell-bent on liberating Macedonia from the Ottoman Empire, and a beautiful pregnant woman all cross paths in a tale that spans two co ...
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Dark Blue World
''Dark Blue World'' ( cs, Tmavomodrý svět) is a 2001 film by Czech director Jan Svěrák, the Academy Award-winning director of ''Kolya'', about Czech pilots who fought for the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. The screenplay was written by Zdeněk Svěrák, the director's father. The film stars Czech actors Ondřej Vetchý, Kryštof Hádek and Oldřich Kaiser. British actors include Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance and Anna Massey. Plot In 1950, during the Cold War, František (Franta) Sláma (Ondřej Vetchý) is incarcerated in Czechoslovakia, because of his prior service in the RAF. His recollections of the war begin in 1939, just days prior to the German invasion of Czechoslovakia. After the invasion, the Czechoslovak Army is disbanded and its Air Force has to surrender its aircraft. However, Franta and his young friend Karel Vojtíšek (Kryštof Hádek), among others, refuse to submit to their occupiers and flee to the United Kingdom to join the RA ...
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The Last Kiss (2001 Film)
''The Last Kiss'' ( it, L'ultimo bacio ) is a 2001 Italian comedy-drama film written and directed by Gabriele Muccino. It was remade into '' The Last Kiss'' in 2006 by Tony Goldwyn starring Zach Braff and Rachel Bilson. A sequel to the film ( it, link=no, Baciami ancora; en, Kiss me again, italics=yes) was released in Italy in February 2010. Plot Giulia (Giovanna Mezzogiorno) and Carlo (Stefano Accorsi) have been happy together for three years, but Giulia's announcement that she is pregnant sends him into a secret panic. Terrified at his imminent entry into the adult world of irreversible responsibilities, Carlo finds himself tempted by a bewitching 18-year-old girl, Francesca (Martina Stella), whom he meets by chance at a wedding. The possibility of one last youthful crazy fling before the impending prison of parenthood proves to be too attractive to resist. But a short-term fling with Francesca comes with serious consequences that threaten to damage his three-year relations ...
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The Monkey's Mask
''The Monkey's Mask'' is an international co-production 2000 thriller film directed by Samantha Lang. It stars Susie Porter and Kelly McGillis. Porter plays a lesbian private detective who falls in love with a suspect (McGillis) in the disappearance of a young woman. The film is based on the 1994 verse novel of the same name by Australian poet Dorothy Porter. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2001 the soundtrack was nominated for Best Original Soundtrack Album.ARIA Award previous winners. Plot A young woman called Mickey (Abbie Cornish) reads a poem to an audience at a bar. When she leaves, she gets into an unseen person's car. Jill Fitzpatrick (Porter) is a former police officer and a private detective who investigates missing persons. She gets a job to look for Mickey, who has been missing for two weeks. Jill goes to Mickey's university and meets her poetry professor, Diana (McGillis). Jill is quickly attracted to Diana, who is married. They meet several times for coffee, not al ...
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Johnny The Partisan
''Il partigiano Johnny'', internationally released as ''Johnny the Partisan'', is a 2000 Italian war drama film set in the Second World War and directed by Guido Chiesa. It is based on the novel of the same name by Beppe Fenoglio. The film entered the competition at the 57th Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the Children and Cinema Award. Plot Johnny, a university student with a passion for English literature, deserts the Italian Army in Rome after the September 1943 Badoglio Proclamation, and returns home to Alba. He initially takes refuge in a villa in the hills, where he devotes himself to his studies. After the death of a friend, he decides to take action. He leaves the city and joins the first partisan formation he meets, the "Reds", led by Biondo. He doesn't share their communist ideology, only their desire to fight the Fascists. Left alone after the group has dispersed under a German attack, he manages to reach a formation of the Badogliani, also call ...
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But Forever In My Mind
''But Forever in My Mind'' ( it, Come te nessuno mai) is a 1999 Italian comedy film directed by Gabriele Muccino. Its original Italian title translates into "Like you, nobody, never" Plot The movie is a tale about a young boy aroused by the sexual awakenings and the political views of the Italian youth. It's set around a group of friends. Silvio (the main character), Ponzi (his best friend) and a group of boys and girls that go to the same school. When the school is threatened with privatization, the students gather to decide whether to occupy the school or take a different action. The most radical kids end up setting the tone of the oncoming protest; the school is going to be occupied. In the night the friends gather, girls in one place and boys in another. They smoke and share experiences. Martino tells the boys that he's had sex with his girlfriend, and that he can last about ten minutes. On the other hand, as the girls chat, his girlfriend tells her friends that it was all ve ...
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The Room Of The Scirocco
''The Room of the Scirocco'' ( it, La stanza dello scirocco) is a 1998 Italian romantic comedy film written and directed by Maurizio Sciarra. It is based on the novel with the same name by Domenico Campana. The film won two Nastro d'Argento Awards, for best actor (Giancarlo Giannini) and for best score. Plot An elderly marquis, persecuted by fascism, returns to his homeland to be able to sell a property. On his arrival in the fire of his building his butler dies. In order not to suffer the persecutions, the Marquis of Acquafurata decides to take his place in order to carry out his plan undisturbed. The Fascist Party would like to appropriate the building. But instead the Marquis, thanks to the notary Spatafora, finds a false will in which the palace is given to the poorest couple in the country. Two young spouses, Vincenzo Labate and his wife Rosalia, take possession of the building. The beauty and reluctance of the young woman make the elderly Marquis fall in love, who after h ...
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The Ice Rink
''The Ice Rink'' (french: La Patinoire) is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Jean-Philippe Toussaint. It stars Tom Novembre, Mireille Perrier, :fr:Dolores Chaplin, Dolores Chaplin, Marie-France Pisier, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Gilbert Melki, and Bruce Campbell. Cast * Tom Novembre as Director * Mireille Perrier as Assistant * Marie-France Pisier as Producer * Bruce Campbell as Actor * :fr:Dolores Chaplin, Dolores Chaplin as Actress * Jean-Pierre Cassel as Ice Rink's Manager * Gilbert Melki as Stand-in for Actress Production The film was shot in Franconville, Val-d'Oise, Franconville, a suburb of Paris, France. Reception Stephen Holden of ''The New York Times'' wrote of the film: "If its pieces don't completely fit, ''The Ice Rink'' has sophisticated comic performances by a cast who know their characters well enough to make us like them in spite of their self-absorption." See also * List of films about ice hockey References External links

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Ecco Fatto
''Ecco fatto'' is a 1998 Italian film directed by Gabriele Muccino. Plot Cast * Giorgio Pasotti: Matteo * Claudio Santamaria: Piterone * Barbora Bobuľová: Margherita * Enrico Silvestrin: Paolo * Ginevra Colonna: Floriana * Stefano Abbati: preside * Gigio Alberti: Gigio * Sergio Rubini: parcheggiatore abusivo See also * List of Italian films of 1998 A list of films produced in Italy in 1998 (see 1998 in film): External linksItalian films of 1998at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1998 1998 Films Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or r ... External links * 1998 films Films directed by Gabriele Muccino Italian comedy films 1998 directorial debut films 1990s Italian-language films 1990s Italian films {{1990s-Italy-film-stub ...
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Dance Me To My Song
''Dance Me to My Song'' is a 1998 Australian drama film directed by Rolf de Heer. It was entered into the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. The film grossed $175,138 at the box office in Australia. Heather Rose described her intention to make the screenplay "not just another soppy disability film". Roger Ebert described the film as one where "the human will and spirit overwhelm you". David Stratton describes the film as "a warm, positive, affirmation of life". An article in ''Australian Feminist Studies'' discusses the film in the genre of women's films. Cast * John Brumpton as Eddie * Danny Cowles as Joe * Catherine Fitzgerald as Dogface * Susie Fraser as Social Worker * Carmel Johnson as Temporary Carer * Joey Kennedy as Madelaine * Phil MacPherson as Trev * Rena Owen Renas may refer to: Places *Rena, Badajoz, a municipality in Extremadura, Spain *Rena, Norway, a village in Innlandet county, Norway *Rena, Washington, a community in Clallam County, Washington, United States ...
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