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Lino Troisi
Lino Troisi (4 May 1932 - 4 May 1998) was an Italian stage, film, television and voice actor. Life and career Born in Maddaloni, Troisi grew up in Rome, where he studied acting at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. He was mainly active in theatre, in which he worked with Giorgio Strehler, Klaus Michael Grüber and Luca Ronconi, among others. He was also active in films and on television, and was also a voice actor and a dubber. He died of cancer, at the age of 66. Selected filmography * ''Day by Day, Desperately'', directed by Alfredo Giannetti (1961) * ''Tony Arzenta'', directed by Duccio Tessari (1973) * '' The Murri Affair'', directed by Mauro Bolognini (1974) * ''Gambling City'', directed by Sergio Martino (1975) * '' I'm Starting from Three'', directed by Massimo Troisi (1981) * ''Honey'', directed by Gianfranco Angelucci (1981) * ''Sciopèn'', directed by Luciano Odorisio (1982) * ''Il ras del quartiere'', directed by Carlo Vanzina (1983) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maddaloni
Maddaloni (Campanian: ) is a town and ''comune'' of Campania, Italy, in the province of Caserta, about southeast of Caserta, with stations on the railways from Caserta to Benevento and from Caserta to Naples. Main sights The city is at the base of one of the Tifata hills, the towers of its medieval castle and the Church of San Michele crowning the heights above. The fine old palace of the Caraffa family (once dukes of Maddaloni), the old college now named after Giordano Bruno, and the institute for the sons of soldiers are the chief points of interest. The Gothic church of Santa Margherita has a series of 15th-century frescoes by the Florentine painter Giovanni Balducci. The church of the Annunziata has a series of early 17th century paintings that decorate the rich wooden ceiling. Many of the works were patronized by the local feudal lords, the Carafa family. The town has two museums, the Museo Civico and the Museo Archeologico, which contains pre-Roman tombs and objects fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm Starting From Three
''Ricomincio da tre'', internationally released as ''I'm Starting from Three'', is a 1981 Italian comedy film directed, co-written, and starring Massimo Troisi in his film debut. The film was awarded with two David di Donatello awards for Best Film and Best Actor. Plot Gaetano is a shy Neapolitan boy who lives in a southern-Italian city with his family: one brother, one sister, his mother and his father, an extremely Catholic man who has lost his right hand, and confides in a miracle by Madonna of the swords to get it back. Tired and bored about the excessive provincialism of his "entourage", and his alienating job in a food factory, Gaetano decides to hitch-hike to the more modern and cosmopolitan city of Florence. There he meets a beautiful girl, Marta, and they fall in love. Gaetano sets at Marta's and is later joined by his old friend Lello, a clumsy and rotund boy, albeit very funny in his friendship with the protagonist. One night at Marta's, while reading a manuscript, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giancarlo Giannini
Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor and voice actor. He won the Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973) and received an Academy Award nomination for ''Seven Beauties'' (1975). He is also a four-time recipient of the David di Donatello Award for Best Actor. Giannini began his career on stage, starring in Franco Zeffirelli's productions of '' Romeo and Juliet'' and '' A Midsummer Night's Dream''. After appearing predominantly on television throughout the early 1960s, he had his first lead role in a film in ''Rita the Mosquito'' (1965), the first of many collaborations with filmmaker Lina Wertmüller. He rose to international stardom through Wertmüller's ''The Seduction of Mimi'' (1972), ''Love and Anarchy'' (1973), ''Swept Away'' (1974), culminating in his Oscar-nominated turn in ''Seven Beauties'' (1975). His other films include ''The Innocent'' (1976), ''Lili Marleen'' (1980), ''New York Stories' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Tornatore
Giuseppe Tornatore (born 27 May 1956) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He is considered one of the directors who brought critical acclaim back to Italian cinema.Katz, Ephraim, "Italy," ''The Film Encyclopedia'' (New York: HarperResource, 2001), pp. 682-685. In a career spanning over 30 years he is best known for directing and writing drama films such as '' Everybody's Fine'', ''The Legend of 1900'', '' Malèna'', '' Baarìa'' and ''The Best Offer''. His most noted film is '' Cinema Paradiso'', for which Tornatore won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He has also directed several advertising campaigns for Dolce & Gabbana. Tornatore is also known for his long-standing association with composer Ennio Morricone, who composed music for thirteen Tornatore feature films since 1988. Life and career Born in Bagheria, near Palermo, Tornatore developed an interest in acting and the theatre from at least the age of 16 and put on works by Luigi Pirandello an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Ferrara
Giuseppe Ferrara (15 July 1932 – 25 June 2016) was an Italian film director and screenwriter. Biography Born in Castelfiorentino, near , he founded at the high school an innovative film club, which proposes and critically analyzes neorealism movies; since then he showed a character of "novelty", often considered as "subversive". He graduated from the |
One Hundred Days In Palermo
''One Hundred Days in Palermo'' ( it, Cento giorni a Palermo) is a 1984 non-fiction film directed by Giuseppe Ferrara with Giuseppe Tornatore as screenplay writer. The film is a France/Italy coproduction and tells about the last hundred days in the life of the Italian " Generale dei Carabinieri" and anti-mafia highest authority Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa as prefect of Palermo, the capital of the Italian island of Sicily. Dalla Chiesa's life ended with his barbaric murder, shot by the machine guns of a mafia squad (along his wife and his bodyguard) on September 3, 1982. Cast * Lino Ventura as General Carlo Alberto Dalla Chiesa * Giuliana De Sio as Emanuela Setti Carraro * Lino Troisi as Pio La Torre * Stefano Satta Flores as Captain Fontana * Arnoldo Foà as Virginio Rognoni * Andrea Aureli * Accursio Di Leo * Adalberto Maria Merli Adalberto Maria Merli (born 14 January 1938) is an Italian actor and voice actor. Biography Born in Rome, Merli is active on film and televis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlo Vanzina
Carlo Vanzina (13 March 1951 – 8 July 2018) was an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter. Vanzina was born in Rome, the son of Maria Teresa Nati and film director Stefano Vanzina and brother of Enrico Vanzina. In English-speaking countries, he is likely best known for his 1985 giallo '' Nothing Underneath'', starring Donald Pleasence and Renee Simonsen, which received a substantial home video release and aired on cable frequently. He would effectively remake his own film in 2011 as ''The Last Fashion Show'' with Richard E. Grant. Many of his projects were made for Italian television with English-speaking actors, and in turn these films received English-language home video releases in America. He frequently worked with models-turned-actresses such as Renee Simonsen, Carole Bouquet, Carol Alt, Lauren Hutton, and Elle Macpherson. Two of his films, '' Eccezzziunale... veramente'' (1982) and ''Vacanze di Natale'' (1983), were shown as part of a retrospective on I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Ras Del Quartiere
''Il ras del quartiere'' () is a 1983 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Vanzina. Cast *Diego Abatantuono as Domingo *Isabella Ferrari as Veronica Gatti *Lino Troisi as Tarcisio Gatti *Daniel Stephen as Orson *Antonio Allocca as the Brigadier *Gianni Cajafa as the janitor *Gianni Ansaldi as Arturo Beccalossi *Lara Nakszyński as Lola *Mauro Di Francesco Mauro Di Francesco (born 17 May 1951) is an Italian actor, comedian and television personality. Life and career Born in Milan, Di Francesco started his career in the mid-1960s as a child actor appearing in some RAI miniseries. In the 1970s, he ... as Jena References External links * 1983 films Films directed by Carlo Vanzina 1980s Italian-language films 1983 comedy films Italian comedy films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-Italy-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luciano Odorisio
Luciano Orodisio (born Chieti, 7 March 1942) is an Italian actor, screenwriter, and film and television director. Filmography Actor * '' Uccideva a freddo'', directed by Guido Celano (1966) (Italian) * ''Il seme dell'uomo'', directed by Marco Ferreri (1969) Screenwriter Film * '' L'educatore autorizzato'', directed by Luciano Odorisio (1980) * ''Sciopèn'', directed by Luciano Odorisio (1982) * '' Il momento magico'', directed by Luciano Odorisio (1984) * '' La monaca di Monza'', directed by Luciano Odorisio (1987) * '' Via Paradiso'', directed by Luciano Odorisio (1988) * '' Ne parliamo lunedì'', directed by Luciano Odorisio (1990) Television * '' Mio figlio'', directed by Luciano Odorisio (2005) * ''Io e mio figlio - Nuove storie per il commissario Vivaldi'', directed by Luciano Odorisio (2010) Director Film * '' L'educatore autorizzato'' (1980) * ''Sciopèn'' (1982) * '' Dear Maestro'' (1983) * '' Il momento magico'' (1984) * '' La monaca di Monza'' (1987) * '' Via Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sciopèn
''Sciopèn'' (also known as ''Chopin'') is a 1982 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Odorisio. The film entered the competition at the 39th Venice Film Festival, in which it won the Silver Lion for best first work. Odorisio was awarded best new director at the San Sebastián International Film Festival, while Tino Schirinzi won a Silver Ribbon for best supporting actor. Plot In Abruzzo, in the town of Chieti, a group of friends workers, with the passion of classical music, try to rebuild a historic city orchestra, which no longer exists. The final concert provides only compositions the famous composer Frédéric Chopin, and the citizens of Chieti seem willing to finance the project. However, the mayor and local officials are skeptical, because the think only to their interests. So the project soon failed, but the workers come from defeat with a smile. Cast *Michele Placido: Francesco Maria Vitale *Giuliana De Sio: Marta Vitale *Adalberto Maria Merli: Andrea Serano *Gui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
