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Libera (film)
''Libera'' (also known as ''Free'') is a 1993 Italian comedy film written and directed by Pappi Corsicato. It consists of three segments, the last of them ("Libera!") was originally a separate short film shot in 1991. Plot Each episode is named after the protagonist. In the first, Aurora, a young woman is married to a very rich man who is never at home and allows her to live comfortably as a "maintained". His only amusement is to help a local priest, singing and irreverent; but soon her husband is arrested for fraud and she, who had had to renounce true love to choose this type of life, will see the house robbed by her ex "Pistoletta", a bricklayer, to whom she had asked for help. In the second, Carmela, an adolescent ephebic leaves the reformatory and returns to live with his mother in the lower area where he was born. He falls in love with the neighborhood cassette seller, arousing the ire of a girl who is in love with him, who will accuse him of theft in revenge and have him a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pappi Corsicato
Pappi Corsicato (born 12 June 1960) is an Italian film director and screenwriter. Selected filmography * ''Libera (film), Libera'' (1993) * ''Black Holes (film), Black Holes'' (1995) * ''The Vesuvians'' (1997) * ''Chimera (2001 film), Chimera'' (2001) * ''The Seed of Discord'' (2008) *''Armando Testa - Povero ma moderno'' (2009) *''Another Woman's Face'' (2012) *''Julian Schnabel: A Private Portrait'' (2017) *''Pompeii: Sin City'' (2021) References External links * 1960 births Living people Italian film directors Italian screenwriters Film people from Naples Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners Italian male screenwriters {{Italy-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nastro D'Argento
The Nastro d'Argento, also known by its translated name Silver Ribbon, is an Italian film award awarded each year since 1946 by the Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists (Italian: ''Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani''). It is the oldest Italian film award, given every year at the ''Teatro Antico'' in Taormina (Sicily). Awards The awards are currently given in the following categories: *Best Film (''Miglior film''; since 2017) *Best Director (''Miglior regista'', since 2017) *Best Comedy (''Migliore commedia''; since 2009) * Best New Director (''Miglior regista esordiente''; since 1974) *Best Producer (''Miglior produttore''; since 1954) *Best Original Story (''Migliore soggetto'') * Best Screenplay (''Migliore sceneggiatura''; since 1948) * Best Actor (''Migliore attore protagonista'') * Best Actress (''Migliore attrice protagonista'') * Best Supporting Actor (''Migliore attore non protagonista'') * Best Supporting Actress (''Migliore attrice non ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Comedy Films
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Films Directed By Pappi Corsicato
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1993 Films
The year 1993 in film involved many significant films, including the blockbuster hits '' Jurassic Park'', '' The Fugitive'' and '' The Firm''. (For more about films in foreign languages, check sources in those languages.) Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1993 by worldwide gross are as follows: Events * January 1 – China Film Import & Export Corporation ends its 40-year monopoly distributing all films in China, with 16 other Chinese film studios now responsible for distributing their own films. * January 29 – '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' opens in the United Kingdom setting an opening weekend record of £2,633,635 million. * March 31 – Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of ''The Crow''. * May 27 – Actress Kim Basinger files for bankruptcy after a California judge initially orders her to pay $8.9 million for refusing to honor a verbal contract to star in the film ''Boxing Helena''. As a result, Basinger loses the town that she purc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Comedy Films
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List Of Italian Films Of 1993
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Nastro D'Argento For Best New Director
The ''Nastro d'Argento'' (Silver Ribbon) is a film award assigned each year, since 1946, by ''Sindacato Nazionale dei Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani'' ("Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists"), the association of Italian film critics. Thi is the list of the Nastro d'Argento Awards for the Best New Director, assigned since 1974. Four of the winners of this award have subsequently also received the Nastro d'Argento Award for the Best Director: Maurizio Nichetti, Giuseppe Tornatore, Paolo Virzì and Paolo Sorrentino. 1970s *1974 - Marco Leto - '' La villeggiatura'' *1975 - Luigi Di Gianni - '' Il tempo dell'inizio'' *1976 - Ennio Lorenzini - ''Quanto è bello lu murire acciso'' *1977 - Giorgio Ferrara - '' Un cuore simplice'' *1978 - Sergio Nuti - '' Non contate su di noi'' *1979 - Salvatore Nocita - '' Ligabue'' 1980s *1980 - Maurizio Nichetti - ''Ratataplan'' *1981 - Massimo Troisi - '' Ricomincio da tre'' *1982 - Alessandro Benvenuti - '' Ad ovest di Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Repubblica
''la Repubblica'' (; the Republic) is an Italian daily general-interest newspaper. It was founded in 1976 in Rome by Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso (now known as GEDI Gruppo Editoriale) and led by Eugenio Scalfari, Carlo Caracciolo and Arnoldo Mondadori Editore. Born as a leftist newspaper, it has since moderated to a milder centre-left political stance, and moved further to the centre after the appointment of Maurizio Molinari as editor. History Foundation ''la Repubblica'' was founded by Eugenio Scalfari, previously director of the weekly magazine ''L'Espresso''. The publisher Carlo Caracciolo and Mondadori had invested 2.3 billion lire (half each) and a break-even point was calculated at 150,000 copies. Scalfari invited a few trusted colleagues: Gianni Rocca, then Giorgio Bocca, Sandro Viola, Mario Pirani, Miriam Mafai, Barbara Spinelli, Natalia Aspesi and Giuseppe Turani. The cartoons were the prerogative of Giorgio Forattini until 1999. Early years The newspaper first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iaia Forte
Iaia Forte (born 16 March 1962) is an Italian actress. She is probably best known for the Maurizio Nichetti's comedy film '' Luna e l'altra'', for which she won a Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress, a Globo d'oro for Best Actress and she was nominated for David di Donatello in the same category. Other films she appeared in include '' Paz!'' (for which she was nominated for Nastro d'Argento as Best Supporting Actress), '' Il seme della discordia'', '' Teatro di guerra'', '' Tre mogli'' and ''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 com ...''. References External links * 1962 births Living people Italian film actresses Nastro d'Argento winners Ciak d'oro winners Italian stage actresses {{italy-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
43rd Berlin International Film Festival
The 43rd annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 11 to 22 February 1993. The Golden Bear was awarded to American-Taiwanese film ''The Wedding Banquet'' directed by Ang Lee and Chinese film '' Xiāng hún nǚ'' directed by Xie Fei. The retrospective dedicated to CinemaScope was shown at the festival. Jury The following people were announced as being on the jury for the festival: * Frank Beyer, director and screenwriter (Germany) - Jury President * Juan Antonio Bardem, director (Spain) * Michel Boujut, writer, producer and film critic (France) * François Duplat, producer (France) * Katinka Faragó, producer (Sweden) * Krystyna Janda, actress (Poland) * Naum Kleiman, historian and film critic (Russia) * Brock Peters, actor (United States) * Susan Strasberg, actress (United States) * Johanna ter Steege, actress (Netherlands) * Zhang Yimou, director (China) Films in competition The following films were in competition for the Golden Bear and Silver Bear awards: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tosca D'Aquino
Tosca D'Aquino (born 10 June 1966) is an Italian actress, comedian and television presenter. Life and career Born in Naples, Tosca D'Aquino started her career at 15 years old, appearing in several local television shows. At nineteen years old she moved in Rome to pursue an acting career, and there she enrolled at the Accademia Nazionale di Arte Drammatica Silvio D'Amico. In 1986 she was cast in the popular Saturday night show '' Fantastico'', then in 1988 she made her film debut in ''Rimini Rimini - Un anno dopo''. While being quite active in films, usually in comedic roles, her popularity is mainly linked to television, notably to the RAI Saturday night show ''Torno Sabato'', she co-hosted alongside Giorgio Panariello in the early 2000s. Selected filmography * ''Scugnizzi'' (1989) * '' Paganini'' (1989) * ''Captain Fracassa's Journey'' (1990) * ''Black Holes'' (1995) * '' The Graduates'' (1995) * ''The Cyclone'' (1996) * '' Il cielo in una stanza'' (1999) * '' Padre Pio: M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
