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Luca Bigazzi
Luca Bigazzi (born 9 December 1958) is an Italian cinematographer. He has won seven David di Donatello for Best Cinematography awards and received fourteen nominations, making him the highest awarded artist in this category. He is the first Italian cinematographer to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or Movie category, for the 2016 series ''The Young Pope'' by Paolo Sorrentino. He has worked with directors such as Silvio Soldini, Mario Martone, Felice Farina, Gianni Amelio, Francesca Archibugi, Michele Placido, Abbas Kiarostami, and Paolo Sorrentino. Career Bigazzi started working in the advertising field in 1977 as assistant director, and at the same time he cultivated his passion for photography. He shifted to working in cinema in 1983, and his debut as director of photography was in that year's Silvio Soldini film ''Paesaggio con figure'', which was screened at the Locarno Film Festival. Gradually, Bigazzi devoted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city has 3.26 million inhabitants. Its continuously built-up urban area (whose outer suburbs extend well beyond the boundaries of the administrative metropolitan city and even stretch into the nearby country of Switzerland) is the fourth largest in the EU with 5.27 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan), is estimated between 8.2 million and 12.5 million making it by far the largest metropolitan area in Italy and one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is considered a leading alpha global city, with strengths in the fields of art, chemicals, commerce, design, education, entertainment, fashion, finance, healthcar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lamerica
''Lamerica'' is a 1994 Italian drama film directed by Gianni Amelio. It entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, in which Amelio won the Golden Osella for Best Director. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 67th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. Plot The film Lamerica is a story of two men caught up in the startup of a scam shoe company. The main characters Gino anSpiro(later discovered to be Michele), go on an adventure of misfortune. Gino is a young man originally from Sicily who is involved in a company that is trying to “give every Albanian good shoes,” but it truly is a scam. Mr. Fiore (Gino’s boss) and Gino were unsatisfied with the officials that were originally set up to run the company. With the help of an Albanian middleman, they decided to find their own candidate who would be a “man of straw”, meaning he would do what they say. Spiro, or Michele, was the old m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Film Awards
The European Film Awards (or European Film Academy Awards) have been presented annually since 1988 by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in 19 categories, of which the most important is the ''Best Film''. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors. The awards were officially also called the "Felix Awards" until 1997, in reference to the former award's trophy statuette, which was replaced by a feminine statuette. Since 1997, the European Film Awards have been held in early- to mid-December. Hosting duties have alternated between Berlin, Germany in odd-numbered years and other European cities in even-numbered years. The most recent European Film Awards were held on 12 December 2020 as a virtual ceremony. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russian films were excluded from the 2022 European Film Awards. Awarding procedures Feature films participating ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Youth (2015 Film)
''Youth'' is a 2015 comedy-drama film written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is the director's second English-language film, and stars Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel as best friends who reflect on their lives while holidaying in the Swiss Alps. It is a story of the eternal struggle between age and youth, the past and the future, life and death, commitment and betrayal. The cast also includes Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, and Jane Fonda. The film premiered at the ''2015 Cannes Film Festival'', where it competed for the Palme d'Or and had a positive critical response. At the 28th European Film Awards, ''Youth'' won Best Film, Best Director for Sorrentino, and Best Actor for Caine. It received one Academy Award nomination: Best Original Song, for David Lang's composition of " Simple Song #3". At the Golden Globe Awards, Lang was also nominated along with Jane Fonda for Best Supporting Actress. Plot Septuagenarian best friends Fred Ballinger and Mick Boyle are on vacation in the S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Academy Award For Best International Feature Film
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film prior to 2020) is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.80th Academy Awards – Special Rules for the Best Foreign Language Film Award . . Retrieved November 2, 2007. When the first Academy Awards ceremony was held on May 16, 1929, to honor fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Beauty
''The Great Beauty'' ( it, La grande bellezza ) is a 2013 art drama film co-written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. Filming took place in Rome starting on 9 August 2012. It premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival where it was screened in competition for the Palme d'Or. It was shown at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, the 2013 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (winning Grand Prix), and at the 2013 Reykjavik European Film Festival. The film won Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, as well as the Golden Globe and the BAFTA award in the same category. It is a co-production between the Italian Medusa Film and Indigo Film and the French Babe Films, with support from Banca Popolare di Vicenza, Pathé and France 2 Cinéma. With a production budget of €9.2 million, the film grossed over $24 million worldwide. Plot The film opens with a quote from Céline's novel ''Journey to the End of the Night'': "Travel is useful; it exercises the imagi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
This Must Be The Place (film)
''This Must Be the Place'' is a 2011 Italian-French-Irish drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino, written by Sorrentino and Umberto Contarello (it) and released in the United States in late 2012. It stars Sean Penn and Frances McDormand. The film deals with a middle-aged wealthy rock star who becomes bored in his retirement and takes on the quest of finding his father's tormentor, a Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the United States. The film was an Italian-majority production with co-producers in France and Ireland. Principal photography began in August, 2010. Filming took place in Ireland and Italy, as well as the states of Michigan, New Mexico, and New York. The film was in competition at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Cheyenne is a wealthy former rock star, now bored and jaded in his 20-year retirement in Dublin. He retired after two of his teenaged fans committed suicide. He travels to New York to reconcile with his estranged father during his final hours, only to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Il Divo (film)
''Il divo'' (, ''The Celebrity'' or more literally ''The Divine'', from Latin ''divus,'' "god") is a 2008 Italian biographical drama film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It is based on the figure of former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. It competed at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008, where it was awarded the Jury Prize. The film also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for the Oscar for Best Makeup at the 82nd Academy Awards in 2010. Synopsis The film presents the story of Giulio Andreotti, a seven-time Prime Minister of Italy notorious for his alleged ties to the Mafia. The narration covers Andreotti's seventh election in 1992, his failed bid for the presidency of the Italian Republic, the bribe scandal ''Tangentopoli'' and his trial in 1995. As the film opens, Giulio Andreotti gives an inner monologue observing how he has managed to survive his tumultuous political career while his various detractors have died. A montage shows the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Family Friend
''The Family Friend'' ( it, L'amico di famiglia) is a 2006 Italian film directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It was entered into the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. Plot Geremia, an aging tailor/money lender, is a repulsive, mean, stingy man who lives in his shabby house with his scornful, bedridden mother. He has a morbid, obsessive relationship with money and he uses it to insinuate himself into other people's affairs, pretending to be the "family friend". One day he is asked by a man to lend him money for the wedding of Rosalba, his daughter. Cast * Giacomo Rizzo - Geremia De Geremei * Laura Chiatti - Rosalba De Luca * Gigi Angelillo - Saverio * Marco Giallini - Attanasio * Barbara Valmorin - Nonna al bingo * Luisa De Santis - Silvia * Clara Bindi - Madre di Geremia * Roberta Fiorentini - Moglie di Saverio * Elia Schilton - Teasuro * Lorenzo Gioielli - Montanaro * Emilio De Marchi - Chef * Giorgio Colangeli - Massa * Fabio Grossi - Cognato di Saverio * Lucia Ragni - Cassiera * Fabrizio B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Consequences Of Love
''The Consequences of Love'' ( it, Le Conseguenze dell'Amore) is a 2004 Italian psychological thriller film written and directed by Paolo Sorrentino. It stars Toni Servillo, Olivia Magnani, Adriano Giannini, Gianna Paola Scaffidi, and Raffaele Pisu. In the film, Titta Di Girolamo (Servillo), a mysterious and brooding Italian ex-businessman, begins a relationship with Sofia (Magnani), the barmaid at the Swiss hotel where he lives. The film competed at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. It won five David di Donatello awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor. It was also the first film to achieve widespread critical acclaim for Sorrentino. Plot Titta Di Girolamo is a middle-aged loner who has spent the last eight years living in an upmarket hotel in Lugano, Switzerland. Every day he puts on his suit and wanders around, avoiding contact with people. In the morning, he solves the chess puzzles in the paper and in the evening he plays Grabber with a bankrupt aristocra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ciprì & Maresco
Ciprì & Maresco is the name used by the pair of Italian screenwriters and directors Daniele Ciprì (born 17 August 1962) and Franco Maresco (born 5 May 1958). Biography The couple started collaborating in 1986, and they became popular with "Cinico TV", a Rai 3 series of 49 black-and-white shorts in which they depicted in a grotesque, comical and visionary style the ordinary life of Palermo suburbs. After making their feature film debut in 1995 with ''The Uncle from Brooklyn'', in 1998 their provocative film ''Totò che visse due volte'' caused a stir, being temporarily banned by Italian censorship for blasphemy. Following a third film (the mockumentary ''The Return of Cagliostro''), a documentary about the comedy duo Franco and Ciccio (''How We Got the Italian Cinema Into Trouble: Franco & Ciccio's Real Story''), and two TV-series for La7, the couple split to pursue solo projects. Filmography ; Feature films * '' The Uncle from Brooklyn'' (1995) * '' Totò che visse due volte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giuseppe Piccioni
Giuseppe Piccioni (born 2 July 1953) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. He has directed nine films since 1987. His 2004 film ''The Life That I Want'' was entered into the 27th Moscow International Film Festival. Selected filmography * ''Ask for the Moon'' - 1990 * ''Diary of a Man Condemned to Marriage'' - 1993 * ''Penniless Hearts'' - 1996 * ''Not of this World (film), Not of this World (Fuori dal mundo)'' - 1999 * ''Light of My Eyes'' - 2001 * ''The Life That I Want'' - 2004 * ''Giulia Doesn't Date at Night'' - 2009) * ''The Red and the Blue (film), The Red and the Blue'' - 2012 * ''Questi giorni'' - 2016 * ''L'ombra del giorno'' - 2016 References External links * 1953 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Italian male screenwriters People from Ascoli Piceno Ciak d'oro winners {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
