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Franco Committeri
Franco Committeri (17 August 1924 – 11 October 2001) was an Italian film producer. Born in Rome, Committeri started his career in the late 1950s as managing director of the film companies Istituto Luce and Cei Incom. In 1964 he became an independent producer, first founding the production company Jupiter and later establishing the company Massfilm. He produced almost all the films directed by Ettore Scola during this time, as well as works by Nino Manfredi, Luigi Magni, Elio Petri, Ugo Tognazzi and Marco Bellocchio. During his career Committeri won several awards, including a David di Donatello in 1981 and a Silver Ribbon in 1987. He was also an occasional actor. Selected filmography * ''Il generale dorme in piedi'' (1972) * ''La Tosca'' (1973) * ''Goodnight, Ladies and Gentlemen'' (1976) * '' In the Name of the Pope King'' (1977) * '' I viaggiatori della sera'' (1979) * ''Passion of Love'' (1981) * '' Portrait of a Woman, Nude'' (1981) * '' Le Bal'' (1983) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
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In The Name Of The Pope King
''In the Name of the Pope King'' or ''In nome del papa re'' is a 1977 Italian drama film written, and directed by Luigi Magni. Starring Nino Manfredi, it was not released in USA until 1986. The score was composed by Armando Trovajoli. Plot In October 1867, Papal Rome, under the rule of Pius IX, is shaken by a bomb explosion in the sewers of the barracks of Palazzo Serristori, which kills twenty-three French Papal Zouaves. A countess, the secret mother of revolutionary Cesare Costa, who is accused with friends Giuseppe Monti and Gaetano Tognetti of having organised this massacre, goes to a judge of the Holy See, Bishop of Priverno Colombo, asking him to help her. To overcome the resistance of the Prelate, she tells him that he is the father of the accused, born during their short affair in 1849. The prelate is able to release him, hiding him in his house along with his girlfriend, but he is not able to intervene in favor of the other two arrested and sentenced to death by the e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unfair Competition (film)
''Unfair Competition'' ( it, Concorrenza sleale) is a 2001 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola. It was filmed in Cinecittà and some of its sets were used by Martin Scorsese in Gangs of New York, as Ettore Scola said in Néstor Birri's book. Plot Rome 1938, Umberto (Diego Abatantuono) and Leone ( Sergio Castellitto) have got a men's costume shop, on the same street. Umberto is Catholic, Leone is Jewish. Racial Laws are approved in Italy in 1938 after Hitler's visit to Rome (see also Ettore Scola's A Special Day). Cast * Diego Abatantuono as Umberto Melchiorri * Sergio Castellitto as Leone Della Rocca * Gérard Depardieu as Professor Angelo * Antonella Attili as Giuditta Della Rocca * Jean-Claude Brialy as Grandad Mattia Della Rocca * Claude Rich as Count Treuberg * Elio Germano as Paolo Melchiorri * Sabrina Impacciatore as Matilde * Rolando Ravello as Ignazietto Paspinelli * Claudio Bigagli as Commissioner Collegiani Awards *23rd Moscow International ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milonga (film)
''Milonga'' (translation: ''Tango'') is a 1999 Italian giallo film co-written and directed by Emidio Greco. For his performance Giancarlo Giannini won the Globo d'oro for best actor. Plot In one of the most central squares of Rome, Piazza Barberini, the famous TV star Aldo Ruggeri is killed in broad daylight. The commissioner, accompanied by agent Ginevra Scapuzzo, arrives on the spot to start the investigation. After various vicissitudes the commissioner, thanks to a tango listened to on the radio, will be able to connect the facts by discovering the killers. Going to Milonga, that is the place where the tango is danced, he will find the two killers, a man and a woman. When the music ends, in a firefight, the commissioner kills the man while the girl manages to escape. Cast * Giancarlo Giannini: Inspector * Claudia Pandolfi: Scapuzzo * Carlo Cecchi: "Character A" * Irene Ferri: Killer woman * Gianni Sperti: Killer man * Yvonne Sciò: Marlene * Vanessa Gravina: Ros ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Dinner (1998 Film)
''La cena'', internationally released as ''The Dinner'', is a 1998 Italian commedia all'italiana film directed by Ettore Scola. For their performance the male ensemble cast won the Nastro d'Argento for Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actor, while Stefania Sandrelli won the Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress. Cast * Fanny Ardant : Flora * Antonio Catania : Mago Adam * Francesca D'Aloja : Alessandra * Riccardo Garrone : Diomede * Vittorio Gassman : Maestro Pezzullo * Giancarlo Giannini : Professore * Marie Gillain : Allieva * Nello Mascia : Menghini * Adalberto Maria Merli : Bricco * Stefania Sandrelli : Isabella * Lea Gramsdorff: Sabrina * Corrado Olmi: Arturo, husband of Flora * Eros Pagni: Duilio * Daniela Poggi: the stranger * Giorgio Tirabassi: Franco * Giorgio Colangeli Giorgio Colangeli (born 14 December 1949) is an Italian stage, television and film actor. Life and career Born in Rome, Colangeli graduated in nuclear physics, then he started a stage c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Romanzo Di Un Giovane Povero
''The Story of a Poor Young Man'' ( it, Romanzo di un giovane povero) is a 1995 Italian drama film directed by Ettore Scola. The film entered the 52nd Venice International Film Festival, where Isabella Ferrari was awarded with the Volpi Cup for best supporting actress. Alberto Sordi's performance was awarded with the Grolla d'oro for best leading actor in 1995. Cast * Alberto Sordi: Bartoloni * Rolando Ravello: Vincenzo Persico * Isabella Ferrari: Andreina * André Dussollier: Deputy Prosecutor Moscati * Sara Franchetti: Mother of Vincenzo * Mario Carotenuto: Pieralisi * Renato De Carmine Renato De Carmine (25 January 1923 – 18 July 2010) was an Italian stage, film and television actor. After graduating at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico, De Carmine worked mainly on stage, notably at the Piccolo Teatro ...: Lawyer Cantini References External links * 1995 films Films directed by Ettore Scola Italian drama films Films set in Rome Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario, Maria And Mario
''Mario, Maria and Mario'' ( it, Mario, Maria e Mario) is a 1993 Italian drama film written and directed by Ettore Scola. Plot Two young communist spouses, Mario and Maria Boschi, lead an ordinary life of work: he in the newspaper "L'Unità", she in a haberdashery, a little tense, like many, for the often urged need to reconcile the inexorable work commitments with the care and schedules of two very young children. To disturb the daily routine of the two is the crisis that arises within the local section of their party at the time of the Achille Occhetto's proposal to change name and symbol of the Italian Communist Party. Mario is for the yes, Mary for the no, and political disagreement risks to break the conjugal harmony. This risk is accentuated when in section another Mario makes an unadorned but convinced intervention in favor of the no. Cast *Giulio Scarpati as Mario Boschi *Valeria Cavalli as Maria Boschi *Enrico Lo Verso as Mario Della Rocca *Laura Betti as Laura *Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sostiene Pereira
''Sostiene Pereira'' (''Pereira prétend'' in French, ''Afirma Pereira'' in Portugal and ''Páginas da revolução'' in Brazil) is a 1995 Italian drama film directed by Roberto Faenza. It is based on Antonio Tabucchi's novel '' Sostiene Pereira''. Marcello Mastroianni won the David di Donatello as Best Actor. Plot In Lisbon, during the António de Oliveira Salazar's Estado Novo dictatorship, Pereira ( Marcello Mastroianni), a journalist who works in the culture section of a newspaper, discovers the real dark side of the regime when he meets and helps an anti-fascist young man, Monteiro Rossi ( Stefano Dionisi). Cast * Marcello Mastroianni - Pereira * Joaquim de Almeida - Manuel * Daniel Auteuil - Dr. Cardoso * Stefano Dionisi - Monteiro Rossi * Nicoletta Braschi - Marta * Marthe Keller - Mrs. Delgado * Teresa Madruga - Portiera * Nicolau Breyner - Father António * Filipe Ferrer - Silva * João Grosso - Police Chief * Mário Viegas - Newspaper Editor * Manuela Cassola Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Family (1987 Film)
''The Family'' ( it, La famiglia) is a 1987 Italian film directed by Ettore Scola and starring Vittorio Gassman, Fanny Ardant, Philippe Noiret, and Stefania Sandrelli. It was entered into the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film depicts a bourgeois Italian family seen through the eyes of Carlo, an old retired professor who is the last patriarch of his family. The memoirs of Carlo characterize the entire film, from the time of the Belle Époque until the 1980s, through two world wars, the economic boom, love, friendship, and all the events which constitute human life. The film unfolds all around the apartment bought by the grandfather of Carlo. It shows the family, its dynastic succession, and its many traditions. Cast * Vittorio Gassman - Carlo as a man / Carlo's grandfather * Stefania Sandrelli - Beatrice as a woman * Andrea Occhipinti - Carlo as a young man * Fanny Ardant - Adriana as a woman * Philippe Noiret - Jean Luc * Carlo Dapporto - Giulio as a man * Massimo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macaroni (film)
''Macaroni'' ( it, Maccheroni) is a 1985 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Ettore Scola. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, ahead of Federico Fellini's ''Ginger and Fred'', but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot Jack Lemmon plays a successful, physically exhausted, pill-popping American businessman, going through a divorce, who visits Naples, Italy. He spends several days there as a guest of a local business acquaintance, played by Marcello Mastroianni, who has a more laid-back philosophy and is devoted to his large family. In the process, Lemmon's character learns how to relax and live the good life. Cast * Marcello Mastroianni as Antonio Jasiello * Jack Lemmon (dubbed by Giuseppe Rinaldi) as Robert Traven * Daria Nicolodi as Laura Di Falco * Isa Danieli as Carmelina Jasiello * Maria Luisa Santella as Door Keeper * Patrizia Sacchi as Virginia * Bruno Esposito as Giulio Jasiello * Orsetta Greg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cuori Nella Tormenta
''Cuori nella tormenta'' (''Hearts in the storm'') is a 1984 Italian romantic comedy film. It marked the directorial debut of Enrico Oldoini. Plot Walter is a non-commissioned officer of the Navy, while Raf is a ship's cook; they become great friends but unfortunately they fall in love, without knowing it, with the same girl, Sonia, who clearly prefers the most brilliant Walter. The girl does not have the courage to reveal it to Raf, who believes instead that she loves him to death. Cast *Carlo Verdone as Walter Migliorini *Lello Arena as Raffaele aka "Raf" *Marina Suma as Sonia *Rossana Di Lorenzo as Walter's Mother See also * List of Italian films of 1984 A list of films produced in Italy in 1984 (see 1984 in film): External linksItalian films of 1984at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1984 1984 Films Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or rela ... References External links * 1984 films Italian romantic c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Bal (1983 Film)
''Le bal'' ( it, Ballando ballando, , meaning "The ball") is a 1983 Italian-Franco-Algerian film without dialogue directed by Ettore Scola that represents a fifty-year story of French society by way of a ballroom in France. Cast None of the characters is named. * Étienne Guichard as Le jeune étudiant de province / Le jeune professeur (The young provincial student, the young teacher) * Régis Bouquet as Le patron de la salle / Le paysan (The owner of the hall, the peasant) * Chantal Capron as Le mannequin (The model) * Francesco De Rosa as Toni, le jeune serveur (Toni, the young waiter) * Arnault LeCarpentier as Le jeune typographe / L'étudiant (The young typist, the student) * Liliane Delval (Liliane Léotard) as La fille aux cheveux longs / L'alcoolique (The girl with long hair, the alcoholic) * Martine Chauvin as La jeune fleuriste / L'étudiante (The young florist, the student) * Danielle Rochard as La livreuse d'une modiste, La refugiée, (The milliner's deliverywoman, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
