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Ivo The Genius
''Ivo the Genius'' ( it, Ivo il tardivo) is a 1995 Cinema of Italy, Italian comedy drama film co-written, directed and starred by Alessandro Benvenuti. Plot Ivo, a troubled forty-year old man, keen on solving puzzles has just recovered from a mental illness. He goes back to his hometown where he meets Sara, who wants to help him at all costs. He falls in love with her and in order to keep seeing her he agrees to go and live with four people with mental problems with whom he sets up a kind of misfits community. Cast * Alessandro Benvenuti as Ivo * Francesca Neri as Sara * Davide Bechini as Fabio * Francesco Casale as Andrea * Vito as Silvano * Antonino Iuorio as Antonio * Sandro Lombardi as Aldo * Luca Fagioli as Carlino * Sonia Grassi as Delfina * Daniele Trambusti as Lele * Maria Pelikan as Bruna *Lucia Ragni as Aunt Augusta * Guido Cerniglia as Sara's father See also * List of Italian films of 1995 References External links * 1995 films 1995 comedy-dram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Benvenuti
Alessandro Benvenuti (born 31 January 1950) is an Italian actor, film director and screenwriter. He was co-founder, together with Francesco Nuti and Athina Cenci, of the comedy ensemble "GianCattivi" with whom he achieved his first successes on stage and on television. He made his film debut in '' West of Paperino'', for which he won the 1982 Silver Ribbon for Best New Director, therefore he started a critically appreciated career as director, screenwriter and actor of a set of original, offbeat comedies. In 1995 he won a second Silver Ribbon for the script of the film '' Belle al Bar''. In 1996, he received three Globi d'oro nominations for his comedy drama film '' Ivo the Genius'' in the categories best film, best actor and best director. Filmography As director *'' West of Paperino'' (1981) *'' It Was a Dark and Stormy Night'' (1985) *''Welcome to Home Gori'' (1990) *'' The Party's Over'' (1991) *'' Cain vs. Cain'' (1993) *'' Belle al Bar'' (1994) *'' Ivo the Genius'' (1995 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |