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Fuoriclasse
''Fuoriclasse'' ("A League of Their Own", also being a pun on words with "Out of Class") is an Italian TV series set in a high school, directed by Riccardo Donna and starring Luciana Littizzetto. It is loosely based on the books by Domenico Starnone. The synopsis of the series is similar to the story of the film ''La scuola'' (1995), also scripted by Starnone. Plot and themes The plot centers on a high school in Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The ..., the Liceo Scientifico Caravaggio, and particularly on a freshman class and a senior class. Most teachers in the show are seen as very human and not just condemning of the students who do not study enough, while some of them are the usual strict or heartless teachers. The leading character of the series is Isa Passamag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ettore Bassi
Ettore Bassi, full name Ettore Francesco Maria Bassi (born 16 April 1970), is an Italian actor and television presenter. Biography Having loved magic since he was a child, he decided to study to become a magician and began to work as an animator in tourist villages. At the age of 19 he started his training as an actor attending the Acting School at Tangram Teatro di Torino. In 1992 he participated in the TV program ''Il più bello d'Italia'', winning the title as the best talent. In 1993 he debuted as a television presenter in the TV program of Rai 1, ''La Banda dello Zecchino''. In 1994 he started his career as an actor in the TV miniseries ''Italian Restaurant'', directed by Giorgio Capitani. Since then and for many years he has been alternating his work between television presenter and actor of fiction, photo-romances, cinema, and theatre. In 2000, alongside Pope John Paul II, he presented the Jubilee World Youth Day, broadcast all over the world. He became famous in Italy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lunetta Savino
Lunetta Savino (born 2 November 1957 in Bari) is an Italian theatre and movie actress, particularly famous for starring in popular TV series. She is best known in her home country for playing Cettina, one of the leading characters on Rai Uno's primetime TV series ''Un medico in famiglia''. In 2010, she starred in Ferzan Özpetek's movie '' Loose Cannons'', which received international acclaim. Career After graduating at Teatro "Alessandra Galante Garrone" in Bologna, Lunetta Savino made her stage debut in 1981 with '' Macbeth''. Savino has enjoyed a successful stage career, performing in several plays including an Italian-language version of ''The Merchant of Venice'' (1984), ''Sorelle Materassi'' (from a novel by Aldo Palazzeschi, 1988), and ''Medea'' (1994). In 1995, she made her stage debut at Teatro dell'Orologio in Rome with ''Prova orale per membri esterni'', a play by Claudio Grimaldi in which she starred as an oral sex instructor. The play proved to be extremely successf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciana Littizzetto
Luciana Littizzetto (born 29 October 1964) is an Italian comedy actress, shock jock and humor writer. Littizzetto is known in her home country for her irreverent gags, lampooning government ministers and church prelates alike. Nicknamed "Lucianina" (''Little Luciana'' in Italian), she is a prominent personality on Italian television, notably appearing weekly as guest on Rai 1's primetime show ''Che tempo che fa''. Besides more trivial topics, she notably advocated a stricter policy in Italy dealing with sexual harassment. Career Littizzetto grew up in the San Donato District in Turin where her family, originally from Bosconero, owned a milk and cheese shop. Luciana graduated in 1984 at the Turin music school with a piano playing degree. She later obtained a Bachelor's degree from the University of Turin, at the Faculty of Humanities, and also attended an acting school in Moncalieri, close to Turin. She briefly worked as a school teacher, but kept her stand-up comedy and actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulia Bevilacqua
Giulia Bevilacqua (born 19 May 1979) is an Italian film, stage and television actress. Life and career Born in Rome, the younger daughter of two architects, Bevilacqua studied at the Accademia Filarmonica as a chorister, and then attended at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia. Starting from 2002 she appeared in several TV series. Her breakout role was Anna Gori in three seasons of the Canale 5 crime series '' Distretto di Polizia''. Selected filmography * '' Distretto di Polizia'' (2005-2009, 2011, TV) * ''Cardiofitness'' (2007) * '' The Trial Begins'' (2007) * '' Fuoriclasse'' (2013-2014, TV) * ''Tutta colpa di Freud ''Tutta colpa di Freud'' (Italian for "All Freud’s Fault") is a 2014 Italian comedy film written and directed by Paolo Genovese. It was a box office hit, grossing over 8 million euros. The theme song "Tutta colpa di Freud" by Daniele Silvestri ...'' (2014) * '' È arrivata la felicità'' (2015, TV) * '' Natale col Boss'' (2015) * '' The King's M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rai 1
Rai 1 () is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainstream and generalist programming, usually aimed towards families, including ''TG1'' news bulletins, prime time drama, cinema and entertainment, and major breaking news, sports and special events. It was launched on 3 January 1954 as the first regular television service in Italy. It was the only one until 4 November 1961, when RAI launched a second channel. The channel was initially referred to as "Programma Nazionale". It received other names, such as "Rete 1" and "Raiuno" until it adopted its current name "Rai 1". It has the highest viewership in Italy, and regularly competes with Mediaset's Canale 5. In the United Kingdom, it is available in free to air satellite broadcast from Hot Bird 13B. Early history The first set of programming for Rai 1 wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Domenico Starnone
Domenico Starnone (born 15 February 1943) is an Italian writer, screenwriter and journalist. Born in Saviano, near Naples, he has worked for several newspapers and satirical magazines, including ''L'Unità'', '' Il Manifesto'', ''Tango'', and ''Cuore'', usually about episodes of his life as a high school teacher. He also works as screenwriter. Movies ''La scuola'', '' The Ties'' (both by Daniele Luchetti), ''Auguri Professore'' (by Riccardo Milani) and ''Denti'' (by Gabriele Salvatores) are based on his books. One of his novels is '' Via Gemito'', which won the Premio Strega in 2001. It was suggested in 2006 that the mysterious writer Elena Ferrante, author of '' L'amore molesto'' and '' I giorni dell'abbandono'', is Starnone himself. In a collection of interviews, the ''Frantumaglia: A Writer's Journey,'' Ferrante addresses these speculations; she writes that in relation to the speculation that Ferrante is likely to be Starnone, due to her anonymity, and his feeling 'tired of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanni Bruschetta
Nanni is an Italian surname and a masculine Italian given name (as a shortened form of Giovanni). Notable people with the name include: Surname * Federico Nanni (born 1981), Sammarinese footballer * Girolamo Nanni, 17th-century Italian painter of the Baroque period * Giulia Nanni (born 1997), Italian professional racing cyclist * Mauricio Nanni (born 1979), Uruguayan footballer * Roberto Nanni (born 1981), Argentine footballer * Tito Nanni (born 1959), American former professional baseball player * Fred Nanni (born 1925), American former professional football player Given name * Nanni (born before 1750 BC), author of the first known complaint letter (Complaint tablet to Ea-nasir) * Nanni Baldini (born 1975), Italian voice actor * Nanni Balestrini (born 1935), Italian experimental poet, author and visual artist * Nanni di Banco (c. 1384–1421), Italian sculptor from Florence * Nanni Cagnone (born 1939), Italian poet, novelist, essayist and playwright * Nanni Galli (born 1940), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fausto Sciarappa
Fausto is a given name and surname. It is used as a title for: __NOTOC__ Music * ''Fausto'' (opera), an opera by Louise Bertin Films * ''Fausto'' (1993 film), a French film directed by Rémy Duchemin * ''Fausto'' (2018 film), a Canadian film directed by Andrea Bussmann People with the given name * Fausto (footballer, born 1985), or Fausto José Tomás Lúcio, Portuguese footballer * Fausto Bordalo Dias (born 1948), Portuguese musician * Fausto Amodei (born 1935), Italian singer-songwriter * Fausto Bertinotti (born 1940), Italian politician * Fausto Budicin (born 1981), Croatian footballer * Fausto Cercignani (born 1941), Italian scholar, essayist and poet * Fausto Cigliano (born 1937), Italian singer, guitarist and occasional actor * Fausto Cleva (1902–1971), Italian-born American operatic conductor * Fausto Carmona (born 1980), Dominican baseball player * Fausto Coppi (1919–1960), Italian racing cyclist * Fausto Correia (1951–2007), Portuguese politician * Faust ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giulio Scarpati
Giulio Scarpati (born 20 February 1956) is an Italian actor. Life and career Born in Rome, pretty active on stage, after several small film roles Scarpati had his breakout role in 1991 as Marco, the main character in the Giuseppe Piccioni's drama film ''Chiedi la luna''. In 1994 he won a David di Donatello for best actor for his performance in Alessandro Di Robilant's '' Law of Courage''. Scarpati later obtained a large popularity with the role of Lele Martini in the Rai Uno television series ''Un medico in famiglia''.Giorgio Dell’Arti, Massimo Parrini. ''Catalogo dei viventi''. Marsilio, 2009. . Scarpati is married to the stage director Nora Venturini and has a son, Edoardo (27-05-1988), and a daughter, Lucia (27-11-1994). He also writes the sports column "Tribuna d’onore" for the newspaper ''La Repubblica''. Selected filmography * ''Ask for the Moon'' (1990) * ''The Raffle'' (1991) * '' Who Wants to Kill Sara?'' (1992) * ''Gangsters'' (1992) * '' Mario, Maria and Mar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Scuola
''La scuola'' (also known as ''School'') is a 1995 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Daniele Luchetti. It is loosely based on two books by Domenico Starnone, ''Ex Cattedra'' and ''Sottobanco''. The film was awarded with the David di Donatello for Best Film. Plot In a grammar school in the outskirts of Rome, it's the last day of school before the summer holidays. Professor Vivaldi, Italian literature teacher, before the end bitterly remembers what happened in that year and he wonders what will happen to those young students that he cared for as children from their first day of school. But they've paid him off in a somewhat offensive way, given that, as the professor has noted, today's youth are in most cases changed, drifters and without a sense of civic duty. Cast *Silvio Orlando: professor Vivaldi *Anna Galiena: professoressa Majello *Fabrizio Bentivoglio: professor Sperone *Antonio Petrocelli: professor Cirrotta * Anita Zagaria: professoressa Gana *Roberto Nobile: profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is mainly on the western bank of the Po (river), Po River, below its Susa Valley, and is surrounded by the western Alps, Alpine arch and Superga Hill. The population of the city proper is 847,287 (31 January 2022) while the population of the urban area is estimated by Larger Urban Zones, Eurostat to be 1.7 million inhabitants. The Turin metropolitan area is estimated by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD to have a population of 2.2 million. The city used to be a major European political centre. From 1563, it was the capital of the Duchy of Savoy, then of the Kingdom of Sardinia ruled by the House of Savoy, and the first capital of the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 to 1865. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
