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Italian Films Of 1996
A list of films produced in Italy in 1996 (see 1996 in film): References Sources * * External linksItalian films of 1996at the Internet Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Italian Films Of 1996 1996 Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ... Films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film
A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. Recording and transmission of film The moving images of a film are created by photography, photographing actual scenes with a movie camera, motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of computer-generated imagery, CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Before the introduction of digital production, series of still imag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dean Jones (actor)
Dean Carroll Jones (January 25, 1931 – September 1, 2015) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles as Agent Zeke Kelso in ''That Darn Cat!'' (1965), Jim Douglas in ''The Love Bug'' (1968) and ''Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo'' (1977) and Dr. Herman Varnick in ''Beethoven'' (1992). He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for his performance as Albert Dooley in ''The Million Dollar Duck'' (1971). In 1995, he was inducted as a Disney Legends award winner for his film work. Early life Jones was born on January 25, 1931, in Decatur, Alabama, to Andrew Guy Jones, a traveling construction worker, and the former Nolia Elizabeth Wilhite. As a student at Riverside High School in Decatur, Jones had his own local radio show, ''Dean Jones Sings.''"Man at Work—Finally", ''People'', November 11, 1991.He served in the United States Navy during the Korean War, and after his discharge worked at the Bird Cage Theater at Knott's Berry Farm in Buena Park, California. Jones atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lina Wertmüller
Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich (14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021), known as Lina Wertmüller (), was an Italian film director and screenwriter. She is best known for her 1970s art film, art house films ''Seven Beauties'' (a genre-bending World War II film for which she became the first female director to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director in 1977), ''The Seduction of Mimi'', ''Love and Anarchy'', and ''Swept Away (1974 film), Swept Away''. In 2019, Wertmüller was announced as one of four recipients of the Academy Honorary Award for her career, the second female director to be so honoured. Early life Wertmüller was born Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller von Elgg Spanol von Braueich in Rome in 1928 to Federico, a lawyer from Palazzo San Gervasio, Basilicata, belonging to a devoutly Catholic family of distant Swiss descent, and to Maria Santamaria-Maurizio born in Rome. Wertmüller depicted her childhood as a period of adv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Blue Collar Worker And The Hairdresser In A Whirl Of Sex And Politics
''The Blue Collar Worker and the Hairdresser in a Whirl of Sex and Politics'' ( it, Metalmeccanico e parrucchiera in un turbine di sesso e politica, also known as ''The Worker and the Hairdresser'') is a 1996 Italian comedy film directed by Lina Wertmüller. Plot The ideals of Tunin, a communist metalworker, are challenged when he falls in love with Rossella, a supporter of the right-wing Northern League. Cast * Tullio Solenghi: Tunin Gavazzi *Gene Gnocchi: Zvanin *Veronica Pivetti: Rossella Giacometti * Piera Degli Esposti: Palmina Gavazzi * Cinzia Leone: Mariolina * Cyrielle Claire: Anitina *Rossy de Palma Rosa Elena García Echave (born 16 September 1964), known professionally as Rossy de Palma, is a Spanish actress and model. She is well known for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar such as ''Law of Desire'', ''Women on the Verge of a Nervou ... References External links * 1996 films 1996 comedy films Italian comedy films Films directed by Lina Wertmül ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Bellucci
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (; born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and model. She began her career as a fashion model, modelling for Dolce & Gabbana and Dior, before making a transition to Italian films and later American and French films. She made her film debut in Francesco Laudadio's Italian comedy '' La Riffa'' (1991). The following year she played a Bride of Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola's gothic horror romance film '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (1992). For her leading role in '' L'Appartement'' (1997), she received a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She played Malèna Scordia in the Giuseppe Tornatore's acclaimed Italian romantic drama '' Malèna'' (2000). She starred in Gaspar Noé's controversial arthouse psychological thriller film ''Irréversible'' (2002), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2004, she portrayed Mary Magdalene in Mel Gibson's biblical drama ''The Passion of the Christ'' (2004). She portrayed Persephone in the 2003 sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesca Neri
Francesca Neri (born 10 February 1964) is an Italian actress. Biography Neri was born in Trento, Italy. She has twice received the Silver Ribbon Award for Best Actress from the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists, for ''Pensavo fosse amore, invece era un calesse'', directed by Massimo Troisi (1991) and ''Carne trémula'' ''(Live Flesh)'' (1997). She has also received three nominations for the David di Donatello Award, as Best Actress in ''Il dolce rumore della vita'' and ''Io amo Andrea'' (both 1999) and as Best Supporting Actress for ''La felicità non costa niente'' (2003). Other notable films include her three films in Spain: ''Live Flesh'' (1997, by Pedro Almodóvar), ''¡Dispara!'' (''Outrage'', 1993, by Carlos Saura), both with her own voice speaking Spanish, and sex drama film '' Las edades de Lulú'' (''The Ages of Lulu'', 1990, by Bigas Luna, where she's dubbed into Spanish). After years of highly acclaimed work in Europe, she first received widespread ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asia Argento
Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with appearances in ''XXX'' (2002), ''Land of the Dead'' (2005) and ''Marie Antoinette'' (2006). Her other notable acting credits include '' Queen Margot'' (1994), ''Let's Not Keep in Touch'' (1994), ''Traveling Companion'' (1996), '' Last Days'' (2005) and ''Islands'' (2011). Argento is the recipient of several accolades, including two David di Donatello awards for Best Actress and three Italian Golden Globes. Her directorial credits include ''The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things'' (2004) and '' Misunderstood'' (2014). After the Weinstein scandal in 2017, she became a leader of the " #MeToo" movement. In August 2018, ''The New York Times'' detailed allegations that Argento sexually assaulted actor Jimmy Bennett in 2013, when he was 17 and s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margherita Buy
Margherita Buy (born 15 January 1962) is an Italian actress. She is a seven-time David di Donatello Awards winner and seven-time Nastro d'argento winner. Overview After a long period of studying at the Academy of Dramatic Arts, she made her breakthrough role in Duccio Tessari's ''Una grande storia d'amore'' (1986), which was followed by roles in Daniele Luchetti's two projects ''It's Happening Tomorrow'' (1988) and '' The Week of the Sphinx'' (1990). For the last one, she won the best performance by an actress in a leading role award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival. Afterwards, she played in Sergio Rubini's '' The Station'' for which she won her first David di Donatello Prize and the Silver Ribbon as best leading actress, in 1990. After ''The Station'', she became a premier star featuring in Italian box office hits like Carlo Verdone's '' Damned the day I met you'' (1992). She teamed up again with director Daniele Luchetti for '' The Storm Is Coming'' (1992) a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonello Grimaldi
Antonio Luigi Grimaldi, known as Antonello Grimaldi (born 14 August 1955) is an Italian actor, film and television director, and screenwriter. Biography Grimaldi was born on 14 August 1955 in Sassari on the island of Sardinia in Italy. After receiving his Laurea in law in 1981, he moved to Rome and attended the Gaumont School of Cinema, founded by producer Renzo Rossellini. He later taught music history at the Accademia di Belle Arti ( en, Academy of Fine Arts) in Sassari and film direction at the Scuola Golden in Turin. Career in film Grimaldi's directorial debut came in 1985 with ''Juke box''. In 1987, he was assistant director to Giuseppe Piccioni for the feature film ''Il Grande Blek'', starring Sergio Rubini and Francesca Neri. In 1997, Grimaldi appeared in ''Nirvana'', directed by Gabriele Salvatores. He then starred in two films directed by Gabriele Muccino: ''Ecco fatto'' (1998) and '' Come te nessuno mai'' (1999), where he played the role of the head of polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bits And Pieces (1996 Film)
''Bits and Pieces'', originally ''Il cielo è sempre più blu'', is a 1996 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Antonello Grimaldi. The title of the film is a reference to a song by Rino Gaetano. The film depicts several short stories set in a single day in Rome. Cast *Asia Argento *Dario Argento *Luca Lionello *Luca Barbareschi *Monica Bellucci *Claudio Bisio *Margherita Buy *Antonio Catania *Roberto Citran *Iaia Forte *Enrico Lo Verso *Daniele Luchetti *Ivano Marescotti *Margaret Mazzantini *Francesca Neri *Andrea Occhipinti *Silvio Orlando *Sergio Rubini *Gigio Alberti *Carlo Croccolo *Cecilia Dazzi *Giannina Facio * Nicola Farron * Alessandro Haber *Lucrezia Lante della Rovere *Marino Masé *Giulio Scarpati *Gabriele Salvatores *Monica Scattini *Gianmarco Tognazzi *Sergio Endrigo *Alessandro Baricco *Giuseppe Piccioni *Massimo Wertmüller Massimo Wertmüller (born 13 August 1956) is an Italian actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1978. Filmography Films T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margaret Mazzantini
Margaret Mazzantini (; born 27 October 1961) is an Italians, Italian-Irish people, Irish writer and actress. She became a film, television and stage actor, but is best known as a writer. Mazzantini began her acting career in 1980 starring in the cult horror classic ''Antropophagus'', she has also appeared in television and theatre. As a successful writer, her novels include ''Non ti muovere'' (''Don't Move'') which was adapted into a Don't Move (film), film of the same name and is directed by her husband Sergio Castellitto and stars Penélope Cruz. Her career as a writer and actress has earned her several awards and nominations including Campiello Awards, a Golden Ticket Awards, Golden Ticket Award, and a Goya Awards, Goya Award. Early life Mazzantini was born in Dublin, Ireland to Carlo Mazzantini, an Italian writer and artist, and Anne Donnelly, an Irish artist. She has three sisters (one of whom is Giselda Volodi). She spent her childhood around Europe, Spain, and Tangier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocco Papaleo
Rocco Antonio Papaleo (born 16 August 1958) is an Italian actor, film director and singer. Born in Lauria ( Basilicata), he moved to Rome to study math at university but left soon to attend the theatre school. He made his theatrical debut in 1985 acting ''Sussurri rapidi'' by Salvatore Di Mattia. In 1989, he made his first cinema appearance in ''Senza Pelle'', directed by Alessandro D'Alatri and appeared in the television series '' Classe di ferro''. He is known for his long collaboration with director Leonardo Pieraccioni. He also starred in films like '' Amalfi: Rewards of the Goddess'' (2009) by Hiroshi Nishitani and '' What a Beautiful Day'' (2010) by Gennaro Nunziante. He made his debut as a film director in '' Basilicata coast to coast'' (2010), winning a Nastro d'Argento and a David di Donatello award for Best New Director. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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