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Fiorile
''Fiorile'' is a 1993 Italian drama film about a family curse caused by greed. The film was directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani, and stars Claudio Bigagli, Galatea Ranzi, and Michael Vartan. It was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. The title ''Fiorile'' allegedly is derived from the month of Floréal (April–May) in the French Republican Calendar. The film is also known as ''Wild Flower''. Plot While travelling to visit their grandfather in Tuscany, two children are told the story of a family curse that has lasted two hundred years. During Napoleon's Italian invasion, Elisabetta Benedetti fell in love with French soldier Jean but while he was distracted by her, Elisabetta's brother Corrado unintentionally stole the regiment's gold that Jean was guarding, causing Jean's death by firing squad and set the curse in train. The Benedettis become wealthy, corrupt and hated by their former friends, who rename them the ''Maledetti'', the cursed (''Benedetti'' means 'blessed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paolo Taviani
Paolo Taviani (; born 8 November 1931) and Vittorio Taviani (; 20 September 1929 – 15 April 2018), collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on film productions. At the Cannes Film Festival, the Taviani brothers won the ''Palme d'Or'' and the FIPRESCI prize for ''Padre Padrone'' in 1977 and the ''Grand Prix (Cannes Film Festival), Grand Prix du Jury'' for ''La notte di San Lorenzo'' (''The Night of the Shooting Stars'', 1982). In 2012 they won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival with ''Caesar Must Die''. Vittorio Taviani died on 15 April 2018 at the age of 88. Career Both born in San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy, the Taviani brothers began their careers as journalists. In 1960 they came to the world of film, cinema, directing with Joris Ivens the documentary ''L'Italia non è un paese povero'' (''Italy is not a poor country''). They went on to direct two films with Valentino Orsini, ''Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vittorio Taviani
Paolo Taviani (; born 8 November 1931) and Vittorio Taviani (; 20 September 1929 – 15 April 2018), collectively referred to as the Taviani brothers, were Italian film directors and screenwriters who collaborated on film productions. At the Cannes Film Festival, the Taviani brothers won the ''Palme d'Or'' and the FIPRESCI prize for ''Padre Padrone'' in 1977 and the '' Grand Prix du Jury'' for ''La notte di San Lorenzo'' (''The Night of the Shooting Stars'', 1982). In 2012 they won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival with ''Caesar Must Die''. Vittorio Taviani died on 15 April 2018 at the age of 88. Career Both born in San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy, the Taviani brothers began their careers as journalists. In 1960 they came to the world of cinema, directing with Joris Ivens the documentary ''L'Italia non è un paese povero'' (''Italy is not a poor country''). They went on to direct two films with Valentino Orsini, ''Un uomo da bruciare'' (''A Man to Burn'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Bigagli
Claudio Bigagli (born 8 December 1955) is an Italian actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1976. He starred in ''Fiorile'', which was entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' The Face with Two Left Feet'' (1979) * ''The Night of the Shooting Stars'' (1982) * ''Via degli specchi'' (1982) * ''Tu mi turbi'' (1983) * ''Kaos'' (1984) * ''It's Happening Tomorrow'' (1988) * ''Mediterraneo'' (1991) * ''Gangsters'' (1992) * '' Who Wants to Kill Sara?'' (1992) * '' Bonus malus'' (1993) * ''Fiorile'' (1993) * ''La bella vita'' (1994) * ''Who Killed Pasolini?'' (1995) * ''Stella's Favor'' (1996) * ''Unfair Competition'' (2001) * '' Three Steps Over Heaven'' (2004) * '' The Roses of the Desert'' (2006) * ''Some Say No'' (2011) * '' L'Universale'' (2016) * ''The Name of the Rose'' (2019) * ''The New Pope ''The New Pope'' is a drama television series created and directed by Paolo Sorrentino for Sky Atlantic, HBO and Canal+. It i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Galatea Ranzi
Galatea Ranzi (born 24 January 1967) is an Italian film, stage and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, Ranzi studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, graduating in 1988.Giorgio Dell'Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . She made her stage debut in 1987, in Luca Ronconi's ''Amor nello specchio'', then she worked in numerous other productions directed by Ronconi, as well as in works directed by Cesare Lievi and Massimo Castri, among others. Ranzi made her film debut in 1993, in Paolo and Vittorio Taviani's ''Fiorile'', and for her performance she was nominated to Nastro d'Argento for best actress. In 2005, she was nominated to David di Donatello for best supporting actress thanks to her performance in Giuseppe Piccioni's ''The Life That I Want''. In 2014, she was nominated to David di Donatello for best supporting actress for her performance in Paolo Sorrentino's ''The Great Beauty''. Selected fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Vartan
Michael S. Vartan (born November 27, 1968) is a French-American actor, known for his role as Michael Vaughn on the ABC television action drama '' Alias'', his role on the TNT medical drama '' Hawthorne'', and his role on the '' E!'' drama '' The Arrangement'' as Terence Anderson. His film roles include ''The Pallbearer'', ''Never Been Kissed'', ''The Next Best Thing'', '' One Hour Photo'', ''Monster-in-Law'', '' Rogue'', '' Colombiana'', and ''Small Town Crime''. Early life Michael Vartan was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He is the son of Edmond "Eddie" Vartan, a musician, and Doris (née Pucher), a painter and artist. His paternal aunt is singer Sylvie Vartan and his stepfather is writer Ian La Frenais. Michael's paternal grandfather was of Armenian and Bulgarian descent, while Michael's paternal grandmother was of Hungarian Jewish background. Michael's mother is a Polish Jewish immigrant to the United States. Vartan has said about his French backgro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renato Carpentieri
Renato Carpentieri (born 2 April 1943) is an Italian actor, stage director and playwright. Life and career Born in Savignano Irpino, Avellino, Carpentieri studied architecture in Naples, where from 1965 to 1974 he was engaged in the organization and promotion of cultural events with the group Nuova Cultura. In 1975 he was co-founder of the stage company Teatro dei Mutamenti, in which he was active until 1980 as a director, an actor and a playwright. He made his film debut in 1990, almost fifty years old, in Gianni Amelio's '' Porte aperte''. In 1993 he won a Nastro d'Argento for best supporting actor for his performance in Gabriele Salvatores' '' Puerto Escondido''. Since 1995 he has been the artistic director of the Neapolitan stage company Libera Scena Ensemble. Partial filmography *'' Open Doors'' (1990) *''The Yes Man'' (1991) *''The Stolen Children'' (1992) *'' Puerto Escondido'' (1992) *''Death of a Neapolitan Mathematician'' (1992) *'' Sud'' (1993) *''Caro diario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pier Paolo Capponi
Pier Paolo Capponi (9 June 1938 – 15 February 2018) was an Italian actor and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Subiaco, after his studies Capponi attended a theater school and later was chosen by director Vittorio De Seta for an important role in ''Un uomo a metà''. His film career was divided equally between ''auteur'' films (with, among others, Paolo e Vittorio Taviani, Valerio Zurlini, Gérard Corbiau, Francesco Rosi and Nelo Risi) and genre films, in which he was sometimes credited as Norman Clark. On the big screen with some regularity for a decade, after 1977 Capponi focused his appearances on TV series and on stage. Partial filmography * ''Our Man in Casablanca'' (1966) - Hermann von Heufen * '' Almost a Man'' (1966) - Ugo * ' (1966) - Man (uncredited) * ''King of Hearts'' (1966) - Un Officier Anglais * ''My Name Is Pecos'' (1966) - Joe Clane * '' Mister X'' (1967) - Mister X * '' The Subversives'' (1967) - Muzio * ''Frame Up'' (1968) - O'Neil * '' Black Je ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Cannes Film Festival
The 46th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 24 May 1993. The Palme d'Or went to '' Farewell My Concubine'' by Chen Kaige and ''The Piano'' by Jane Campion. The festival opened with ''My Favorite Season'', directed by André Téchiné and closed with '' Toxic Affair'', directed by Philomène Esposito. Jeanne Moreau was the mistress of ceremonies. Juries Main competition The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1993 feature film competition: *Louis Malle (France) Jury President *Claudia Cardinale (Italy) *Inna Churikova (Russia) *Judy Davis (Australia) *Abbas Kiarostami (Iran) *Emir Kusturica (Yugoslavia) *William Lubtchansky (France) * Tom Luddy (USA) *Gary Oldman (UK) *Augusto M. Seabra (Portugal) Camera d'Or The following people were appointed as the Jury of the 1993 Camera d'Or: *Micheline Presle (actress) Jury President * Anne De Gasperi (journalist) (France) *Aruna Vasudev (administration) * Attilio D’Onofrio (Italy) * Gabriel Auer (director) (France) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiara Caselli
Chiara Caselli (born 22 December 1967) is an Italian actress. In 1994, Caselli won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress award as well as the David di Donatello for Best Actress award. Caselli has appeared in American films including ''My Own Private Idaho'' opposite River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves. In 2002 she also appeared opposite John Malkovich in ''Ripley's Game''. Filmography * ''Traces of an Amorous Life'' (1990) * '' The Secret'' (1990) * ''My Own Private Idaho'' (1991) * '' Especially on Sunday'' (1991) * ''Nero'' (1992) * ''Sabato italiano'' (1992) * '' The Little Apocalypse'' (1993) * ''Fiorile'' (1993) * '' Where Are You? I'm Here'' (1993) * '' OcchioPinocchio'' (1994) * '' Beyond the Clouds'' (1995) * ''Love Story with Cramps'' (1995) * '' Oui'' (1996) * '' The Return of El Coyote'' (1998) * '' The Vivero Letter'' (1999) * ''Olympic Garage'' (1999) * '' Waiting for the Messiah'' (2000) * '' Sleepless'' (2001) * ''Ripley's Game'' (2002) * '' The Good Pope: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lino Capolicchio
Lino Capolicchio (21 August 1943 – 3 May 2022) was an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. He won a special David di Donatello acting award for his role in Vittorio de Sica's 1970 film, '' The Garden of the Finzi-Contini''. Capolicchio was a well-known television actor before breaking into film with an uncredited role in Franco Zeffirelli's ''The Taming of the Shrew'' in 1967. He appeared in over seventy films and television dramas. In 1995 he wrote and directed '' Pugili'', an award-winning film about the world of boxing. For three seasons, Capolicchio provided the voice for Bo Duke in the Italian broadcasts of ''The Dukes of Hazzard''. Partial filmography *1967: ''The Taming of the Shrew'' - Gregory (uncredited) *1968: '' Escalation'' - Luca Lambertinghi *1969: ''Metti una sera a cena'' - Rick / Nina's lover *1969: '' Il giovane normale'' - Giordano *1969: ''Vergogna schifosi'' - Carletto *1970: ''The Garden of the Finzi-Continis'' - Giorgio *1970: ''Le tue mani sul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constanze Engelbrecht
Constanze Engelbrecht (; 6 January 1950 – 21 July 2000) was a German actress who was one of the most popular actresses in the country between 1980 and 1990. She appeared in more than seventy films from 1960 to 1998. Her husband was an actor, and her daughter Julie Engelbrecht is an actress. Biography Constanze Engelbrecht was born on 6 January 1950 in Munich, Germany to actress and sculptor Gen Golch. Her very first role was the voice actress for the character "Jeff" in the German version of the TV series ''Lassie'', which she performed for six years. She debuted as a television actress at ten years old in the TV movie ''Und nicht mehr Jessica'' (1965) with Horst Naumann and Sascha Hehn. Engelbrecht's original goal was to become a classical soprano and she studied at the Richard Strauss Conservatory of Munich, at the Salzburg Mozarteneum and finally at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London before changing to acting and studying under the direction of Rosemarie Fend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto Perpignani
Roberto Perpignani (born 20 April 1941) is an Italian film editor. Biography He started his career in 1962 as assistant editor in Orson Welles' ''The Trial''. His first credit as film editor is for Bernardo Bertolucci's '' Prima della rivoluzione''. He won three David di Donatello for Best Editing, in 1983 for Paolo e Vittorio Taviani's ''The Night of the Shooting Stars'', in 1995 for Michael Radford's ''Il Postino'' and in 1997 for Roberto Faenza's '' Marianna Ucria''. Perpignani was also awarded a Premio Bianchi at the 53rd Venice International Film Festival. Personal life Perpignani was married with film producer Grazia Volpi, who produced many of the Taviani brothers' films, until her death in 2020. Selected filmography * ''The Trial'' (1962) * ''Before the Revolution'' (1964) * '' Nessuno mi può giudicare'' (1966) * '' Mi vedrai tornare'' (1966) * '' China Is Near'' (1967) * ''Don Juan in Sicily'' (1967) * ''Man, Pride and Vengeance'' (1967) * ''Partner'' (1968) * ''A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
