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Francesco Bruni (screenwriter)
Francesco Bruni (born 30 September 1961) is an Italian screenwriter and director. Life and career Born in Rome, Bruni started his professional career as a screenwriter in 1991, for the film ''Condominio''. In 1994 he started a long collaboration with director Paolo Virzì with Virzì's debut film ''La bella vita''. In 2011 Bruni made his directorial debut with '' Easy!'', which got him the David di Donatello for Best New Director as well as the Silver Ribbon in the same category. Bruni teaches screenwriting at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome. He is the father of rapper and singer Side Baby. Selected filmography * ''La bella vita'' (1994) * '' August Vacation '' (1995) * ''The Second Time'' (1995) * '' Ovosodo'' (1997) * '' Notes of Love'' (1998) * '' Kisses and Hugs'' (1999) * '' I Prefer the Sound of the Sea'' (2000) * '' The Words of My Father'' (2001) * '' My Name Is Tanino '' (2002) * '' Nati stanchi '' (2002) * '' Happiness Costs Noth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Notes Of Love
''Notes of Love'' ( it, La parola amore esiste, french: Mots d'amour, also known as ''The Word Love Exists'' and ''Love Notes'') is a 1998 Italian-French romance film directed by Mimmo Calopresti. For her performance Valeria Bruni Tedeschi won the David di Donatello Award for best actress. The film also won the Nastro d'Argento for best script and the Ciak d'oro for best supporting actress (to Marina Confalone). Cast *Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: Angela *Fabrizio Bentivoglio: Marco * Gérard Depardieu: Lawyer Levi *Mimmo Calopresti: Analyst *Valeria Milillo: Giovanna * Marina Confalone: Sara * Daria Nicolodi: Mother of Angela *Massimo Bonetti Massimo Bonetti (born 28 March 1951) is an Italian actor and director. Life and career Born in Rome, Bonetti after several years as character actor debuted in a leading role in 1981, in Aurelio Chiesa's ''Bim Bum Bam''. Then, he obtained role ...: Bruno References External links * 1998 films Italian romantic drama films 1998 romant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The First Beautiful Thing
''The First Beautiful Thing'' ( it, La prima cosa bella) is a 2010 Italian drama film directed by Paolo Virzì, produced by Medusa Film, Motorino Amaranto and Indiana Production, released in Italy on 15 January 2010. The film stars Micaela Ramazzotti, Valerio Mastandrea, Claudia Pandolfi and Stefania Sandrelli. On 9 November 2010 the film opened at the Cinema Italian style Film Festival in Los Angeles. Plot The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the 1970s to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and sometimes embarrassing mother of Bruno and Valeria. Everything begins in the Summer of 1971, at the annual Summer beauty pageant held at Livorno’s most popular bathing establishment. Anna is unexpectedly crowned “Most Beautiful Mother”, unwittingly stirring the violent jealousy of her husband, a Non-commissioned officer of Carabinieri. From then on, chaos strikes the family and for Anna, Bruno and his sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Matassa
''La matassa'' ("''The skein''") is a 2009 Italian comedy film written and directed by Giambattista Avellino and by Ficarra e Picone. The film was a box office success, ranking first for two weeks at the Italian box office and grossing $10,007,765. Plot summary The movie opens with Paolo ( Picone), the owner of ''Albergo Geraci'', standing on the roof and seeming like he's about to jump off as the firefighters and the local priest try to convince him to come down. A mysterious man (Claudio Gioè) climbs on a balcony and reveals he has to show him something important. He mentions that one of the papers is real and the others are ''what aolo'scousin gave him''. Meanwhile, Gaetano ( Ficarra), Paolo's cousin, rushes to the hotel to save his cousin. He sees the mysterious man, who taunts him, and seems perturbed. He walks in and Paolo tells him off. They start fighting over the hotel's ownership, which had caused their father's fight thirty years before, after which Paolo and Ga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Your Whole Life Ahead Of You
''Your Whole Life Ahead of You'' ( it, Tutta la vita davanti) is a 2008 Italian movie directed by Paolo Virzì and written by Virzì and Francesco Bruni. Plot The events of a freshly graduated young woman in the universe of precarious work. Cast * Isabella Ragonese — Marta * Sabrina Ferilli — Daniela * Massimo Ghini — Claudio * Valerio Mastandrea — Giorgio * Elio Germano — Lucio * Micaela Ramazzotti — Sonia * Valentina Carnelutti — Maria Chiara * Caterina Guzzanti — Fabiana Lanza Campitelli * Laura Morante - voce narrante (voice) * - Lara * Edoardo Gabbriellini Edoardo Gabbriellini (born 16 July 1975) is an Italian actor, screenwriter, and director. Life and career Born in Livorno, at 18 years old Gabbriellini was chosen by Paolo Virzì to star in his film ''Ovosodo''. For his performance he won the ... - Roberto External links * * * Films directed by Paolo Virzì Italian romantic comedy-drama films 2000s Italian-language films 2008 films Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Vicerè (film)
Federico De Roberto (16 January 1861 – 26 July 1927) was an Italian writer, who became well known for his historical novel (1894), translated as ''The Viceroys''. Biography De Roberto was born in Naples and began his writing career as a journalist for national newspapers, where he met Giovanni Verga and Luigi Capuana, the most prominent writers of the ''Verismo'' movement. Verga introduced him into the literary circles of Milan. De Roberto authored two books of short stories: (1887), (1888). His first novel, , (1889) is largely autobiographical; deeper in psychological analysis is the second, (1891). In 1894 his novel was published. It was the result of years of hard work, but obtained little success upon its release. Disillusionment and nervous disorders induced De Roberto to resume journalistic work: he became a writer for the and the . Only later, after some experience as a playwright, he returned to the novel, with (1908–1913), un unfinished sequel to . He died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il 7 E L'8
''Il 7 e l'8'' () it is a 2007 film, directed by Salvatore Ficarra, Valentino Picone and Giambattista Avellino and portrayed by the comic duo Ficarra and Picone. Together with the two comedians, the dancer Eleonora Abbagnato makes her movie debut. The film obtained in 2007 a nomination for the David di Donatello and to the Nastri d'argento for the best debutant director. Plot Palermo, January 6, 1975, in the maternity ward of a clinic, nurse Gino La Monica, to re-claim the fate that made him lose the opportunity to win the first prize of the New Year's lottery, since his ticket differs by a single one number compared to the winning one (the 7 instead of the 8), decides to swap the babies in the cribs 7 and 8. For the thirty years the two men grow up one in the family of the other, unaware of their swap. Tommaso has become a petty criminal who still lives in his mother's house, a widow, together with his sister Eleonora; while Daniele is a far behind law student, the son of an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napoleon And Me
''Napoleon and Me'' ( it, N (Io e Napoleone), french: Napoléon (et moi), es, N. Napeleón y yo) is a 2006 Italian-French-Spanish historical comedy-drama directed by Paolo Virzì. It is loosely based on the novel ''N.'' by Ernesto Ferrero. Plot In Portoferraio, island of Elba, young teacher Martino is fired over his criticism of Napoleon Bonaparte. Then Napoleon is exiled to reign over tiny Elba. He hires Martino as his secretary. Cast See also * List of Italian films A list of some notable films produced in the Cinema of Italy ordered by year and decade of release For an alphabetical list of articles on Italian films see :Italian films. 1910s * List of Italian films of 1910 * List of Italian films of 1911 * ... References External links * 2006 films Films based on Italian novels Spanish comedy-drama films 2006 comedy-drama films Films directed by Paolo Virzì Depictions of Napoleon on film Italian comedy-drama films French comedy-drama films 2000s Ital ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caterina In The Big City
''Caterina in the Big City'' (Italian title: ''Caterina va in città'') is a 2003 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Paolo Virzì and written by Virzì and Francesco Bruni. Plot Caterina is the 13-year-old only child of Giancarlo Iacovoni, an aspiring novelist and teacher of accounting at a country school in an area north of Rome that one character describes as "hillbilly country." In spite of his often lucid assessments of modern society, Iacovoni is a typically burned-out teacher whom his job (perhaps among other, undisclosed personal experiences) has imbued with bitterness and social resentment, with a sheer lack of perspective concerning human relations, and with an overbearing, holier-than-thou demeanor that is a major plot point throughout the movie. He relocates his daughter Caterina and his timid, long-suffering wife Agata to his birthplace, Rome, after having finally secured a long-coveted teaching position. The family settles in Giancarlo's former district, where h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Happiness Costs Nothing
''Happiness Costs Nothing'' ( it, La felicità non costa niente, french: La felicità, le bonheur ne coûte rien) is a 2003 Italian-French drama film directed by Mimmo Calopresti. Cast *Mimmo Calopresti: Sergio *Vincent Pérez: Francesco *Valeria Bruni Tedeschi: Carla *Francesca Neri: Sara * Fabrizia Sacchi: Claudia *Luisa De Santis: Lucia * Peppe Servillo: Gianni *Valeria Solarino: Alessia *Laura Betti Laura Betti ( Trombetti; 1 May 1927 – 31 July 2004) was an Italian actress known particularly for her work with directors Federico Fellini, Pier Paolo Pasolini and Bernardo Bertolucci. She had a long friendship with Pasolini and made a document ...: Nun References External links * 2003 films Italian drama films 2003 drama films Films directed by Mimmo Calopresti French drama films 2000s Italian-language films 2000s French films 2000s Italian films {{2000s-France-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nati Stanchi
''Nati stanchi'' (a.k.a. ''Born Tired'') is a 2002 Italian comedy film co-written by and starring the comic duo Ficarra e Picone. Plot Salvo and Valentino are two happy Sicilian friends, who do not want to work, because they know that if they find a permanent job, their girlfriends will ask them to marry them. Salvo and Valentino, however, when discover that there is a competition from a librarian in Milan, pretend to prepare for the exam and leave with the trump, encouraging parents and girlfriends. The two hope not to pass the test, and they are very happy, spending the days having fun in the Lombard city, also making very poor figures from the "South". When the two return to Sicily, they discover with great amazement and sadness that they managed to pass the test, because they wrote the test answers at random! Cast See also * List of Italian films of 2002 A list of films produced in Italy in 2002 (see 2002 in film): See also *2002 in Italy *2002 in Italian televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
My Name Is Tanino
''My Name Is Tanino'' is a 2002 comedy film directed by Paolo Virzì. The picaresque plot is about Tanino, an Italian liberal arts student who falls in love with a young American tourist he meets in Sicily and decides to track her down in the United States. Plot Gaetano Mendolìa, nicknamed Tanino, is a native of the fictional Castelluzzo del Golfo, a small seaside resort in the province of Trapani, Sicily. He studies cinematography in Rome and dreams of becoming a movie director. He meets Sally, an American girl vacationing in Italy, with whom he has a brief romance. At the end of her vacation, Sally returns to the fictional Seaport, Rhode Island but forgets her camera in Italy. Tanino decides to travel to the US with the pretext of returning Sally's camera to her but also to avoid Italian military service. He leaves at night without telling anyone. After arriving in America, Tanino has a series of adventures with the somewhat shady Li Causi family, Italian-Americans living in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
