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Francesco Acquaroli (actor)
Francesco Acquaroli (born 27 March 1962) is an Italian actor. Biography Acquaroli was born in Rome in 1962, after high school he attended the La Scaletta Theater School where he studied under Antonio Pierfederici with whom he made his theater debut in 1987. In 1988/89 he was in "La nave" by Gabriele D'Annunzio with the direction of Aldo Trionfo. Then he continue with other great directors such as Elio De Capitani, Mario Missiroli, Luca Ronconi, Giuseppe Patroni Griffi and many more. He made his television debut in 1997 in "The Red and the Black", where he played the Count of Altamira. He participated in other television series, including Distretto di Polizia, L'avvocato Porta, Romanzo criminale – La serie, and Squadra antimafia – Palermo oggi, "Rocco Schiavone" in seasons 1 to 3, for Rai 2 and in "Solo" for Mediaset. In film, Acquaroli debuted in Diaz – Don't Clean Up This Blood by Daniele Vicari, followed by "Oranges & Hammer" by Diego Bianchi, Pasolini by Abel Fer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best known movies include '' Ms .45'' (1981), ''King of New York'' (1990), ''Bad Lieutenant'' (1992) and '' The Funeral'' (1996). Early life Ferrara was born in the Bronx of Italian and Irish descent. He was raised Catholic, which subsequently influenced much of his work. At 8 years old, he moved to Peekskill in Westchester County, New York and he started making movies at Rockland Community College. Later, he attended the film conservatory at SUNY Purchase, where he directed several short films. Career Early work Ferrara studied at the San Francisco Art Institute; one of his teachers there was the famous avant-garde director Rosa von Praunheim. In the early 1970s, while still in art school, Ferrara directed a number of independently produced sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netflix
Netflix, Inc. is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service and production company based in Los Gatos, California. Founded in 1997 by Reed Hastings and Marc Randolph in Scotts Valley, California, it offers a film and television series library through distribution deals as well as its own productions, known as Netflix Originals. As of September 2022, Netflix had 222 million subscribers worldwide, including 73.3 million in the United States and Canada; 73.0 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, 39.6 million in Latin America and 34.8 million in the Asia-Pacific region. It is available worldwide aside from Mainland China, Syria, North Korea, and Russia. Netflix has played a prominent role in independent film distribution, and it is a member of the Motion Picture Association (MPA). Netflix can be accessed via web browsers or via application software installed on smart TVs, set-top boxes connected to televisions, tablet computers, smartph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rai 3
Rai 3 (formerly Rete 3) is an Italian free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster RAI – Radiotelevisione italiana. It was launched on 15 December 1979 and its programming is centred towards cultural and regional programming. It has always been considered the most left-leaning channel of Italian public television; its direct competitor to Mediaset's Rete 4. Foreign language programming In the Aosta Valley, Rai 3 broadcasts some programmes in French, about less than three hours a week. In the Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol region, Rai Sudtirol timeshares broadcast hours with Rai 3 when not broadcasting. In Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, Rai 3 Bis (TDD Furlanija Julijska Krajina) is a separate channel which broadcast daily from 18:40 with a half-hour daily newscast in Slovene, and other shows in Slovene. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bari International Film Festival
Bari International Film Festival (Bif&st) is an annual film festival held since 2009 in 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 a ..., Italy. Sections *International competition *National competition *Retrospectives of Italian and international cinema. References Film festivals in Italy {{Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome Film Festival
International Rome Film Fest is a film festival that takes place in Rome during the month of October. The name in Italian is Festa del Cinema di Roma. Sections The Rome Film Festival official program is divided into several sections: Cinema d'Oggi A selection of feature films, with priority given to world premieres. At the end of each screening, the audience votes for the People's Choice Award , Cinema d'Oggi. Gala Feature films that are world premieres, international or European premieres. Mondo Genere Feature films from various genres that are world, international or European premieres, with priority given to world premieres. Prospettive Italia World premieres highlighting new trends in Italian cinema. At the end of each screening, the audience votes for the People's Choice Award , Cinema Italia (Fiction) and the People's Choice Award , Cinema Italia (Documentary). Alice nella Città Devoted to children films, this sections has two competitive subsections, one for ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and social themes, such as the political thriller '' Z'' (1969), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and ''Missing'' (1982), for which he won the Palme d'Or and an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Most of his films have been made in French; however, six of them were made in English. His film ''Z'' was the first film, and one of the few, to be nominated for both the Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Film. Early life Costa-Gavras was born in Loutra Iraias, Arcadia. His family spent the Second World War in a village in the Peloponnese, and moved to Athens after the war. His father had been a member of the Pro-Soviet branch of the Greek Resistance, and was imprisoned during the Greek Civil War. His f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adults In The Room
''Adults in the Room'' ( gr, Ενήλικοι στην αίθουσα, Enílikoi stin aíthousa) is a 2019 French-Greek political film directed by Costa-Gavras. It is based on the book ''Adults in the Room: My Battle with Europe's Deep Establishment'' by Yanis Varoufakis about the 2015 Greek bailout. It is Gavras' first feature film that was shot in Greece. Plot In 2015, following Syriza's victory in the 2015 Greek legislative election, Minister of Finance Yánis Varoufákis is tasked by Prime Minister Aléxis Tsípras to negotiate a new deal on the memorandum of understanding signed by previous government with the Troika in order to avoid facing another inevitable debt crisis in the country months later. However, throughout successive meetings of the Eurogroup, Varoufákis's proposals are only met with flat refusals from the Troika. With constant threats from the European institution of an eviction of Greece from the Eurozone if their demands are not met, Greek PM Aléxis Tsí ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massimiliano Bruno
Massimiliano Bruno (born 4 June 1970) is an Italian director, screenwriter, playwright and actor. Life and career Born in Rome into a family of Calabrian origins, Bruno formed as an actor in a drama laboratory "Torre Spaccata". He started his professional career in the Roman underground theatre, both as an actor and a playwright. Bruno made his professional debut as a screenwriter in 2000, for the television film ''Non ho l'età''. In 2006 he collaborated to the screenplay of the box office hit ''Notte prima degli esami''. He made his directorial film debut in 2011 with '' Escort in Love'', which won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Comedy Film. For this film he was also nominated for a David di Donatello for Best New Director and for a Nastro d'Argento in the same category. Selected filmography * ''Notte prima degli esami'' (2006, screenwriter) * ''Notte prima degli esami – Oggi'' (2007, screenwriter) * '' This Night Is Still Ours'' (2008, actor and screenwriter) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Last Will Be The Last
''The Last Will Be the Last'' ( it, Gli ultimi saranno ultimi ) is a 2015 drama film written and directed by Massimiliano Bruno and starring Paola Cortellesi and Alessandro Gassmann. Plot In a city of Tuscia (Lazio), Luciana has a stable job in a weaving factory, and is in love with Stefano. Meanwhile, the shy policeman Antonio comes to the city, transferred from Verona after an unfortunate incident during his service. Luciana, because of her pregnancy, is fired from the factory, and she begins a very difficult period of financial straits. Antonio, meanwhile, suffers the harassment of his colleagues, and is absent-minded at work because of the remorse for the death of a friend of him during a military operation. Stefano, pressed by the difficult situation, has a relationship with a friend of Luciana. Luciana sinks ever deeper into despair, and decides to aim an attack at the office of the factory, against her former employer. Cast * Paola Cortellesi as Luciana Colacci * Ales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Can Quit Whenever I Want
''I Can Quit Whenever I Want'' ( it, Smetto quando voglio) is a 2014 Italian crime comedy film directed by Sydney Sibilia. It was followed by two sequels, subtitled ''Masterclass'' and ''Ad Honorem'', both released in 2017. Plot Pietro Zinni, a brilliant neurobiologist, loses his job at the university because of the financial crisis. Without any reasonable chance to find another contract, Pietro assembles a team of ex-researchers like him—a chemist, a cultural anthropologist, an economist, an archaeologist, and two Latin scholars—to produce a little-known smart drug that is not yet illegal under Italian law. The gang achieves immediate and unexpected success but is unprepared for the problematic lifestyle that comes with such sudden wealth. Cast *Edoardo Leo as Pietro Zinni *Valeria Solarino as Giulia *Valerio Aprea as Mattia Argeri *Paolo Calabresi as Arturo Frantini *Libero De Rienzo as Bartolomeo Bonelli *Stefano Fresi as Alberto Petrelli *Lorenzo Lavia as Giorgio Sironi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanni Moretti
Giovanni "Nanni" Moretti (; born 19 August 1953) is an Italian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. His films have won accolades including a Palme d'Or at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival for ''The Son's Room'', a Silver Bear at the 1986 Berlin Film Festival for ''The Mass is Ended'' and a Silver Lion at the 1981 Venice Film Festival for '' Sweet Dreams'', in addition to the David di Donatello Award for Best Film on three occasions (for ''Caro diario'' in 1994, ''The Son's Room'' in 2001 and '' Il caimano'' in 2006). Every film he has directed since ''Caro diario'' has been shown at the Cannes Film Festival, and in 2012 he was the president of the Official Competition jury. Life and work Moretti was born in Bruneck, Italy to Roman parents who were both teachers. His father was the late epigraphist Luigi Moretti, a Greek teacher at Sapienza University of Rome. His brother is literary scholar Franco Moretti. While growing up Moretti discovered his two passions, the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
